9/17/19
by News Department on 09/17/19Life Flight carries blood...
Geisinger Life Flight crews have a new life-saving tool on-board: blood.
According to Skook News, the addition of blood being on-board all air ambulances and the ground transport unit means better care for critically injured patients before they arrive at the hospital.
Life Flight’s six bases, nine helicopters and ground transport unit now have the equipment to properly store and transport blood, allowing crews to begin a blood transfusion as part of pre-hospital care.
The effort is a collaboration between Geisinger Life Fight, emergency medicine and transfusion medicine.
Geisinger Life Flights fleet stretches across central and northeastern Pennsylvania in Selinsgrove, State College, Avoca, Williamsport, Minersville and Lehighton, as well as a critical care transport ambulance.
In 2018, Geisinger completed more than 2,700 flights and has flown more than 63,000 patients since beginning operations in 1981.
