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News Conference: Fast Access to Blood Saves Lives — The Urgent Need to Make It Available to All Trauma Patients

Leading experts in trauma and critical care surgery convened at a news conference on Monday, October 21, to discuss the lifesaving potential of making prehospital blood — blood administered before arriving at a hospital — widely available on ambulances across the United States.

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