DOT announces $50M in grants for prehospital blood transfusion
Safe Streets and Roads for All program to help fund 24 blood administration programs
Blood bag in hand scientis blood bank laboratory.
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WASHINGTON — 911.gov announced $1 billion in new federal funding to advance life-saving, post-crash care. The funding includes 24 grants worth $50 million for prehospital blood transfusion programs.
According to the release, “Prehospital blood transfusion enables EMS to administer blood at the scene or during transport.”
Grants Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program were awarded to agencies in California, Missouri, Oregon, Texas, Washington and West Virginia, as well as the Catawba Indian Nation.
A full list of awardees for the fiscal year 2025 can be
viewed here
. Some of the grant-funded projects include:
$3,352,067 to the City of Ontario, Calif. to test rapid delivery of whole blood to crash scenes with uncrewed aircraft systems (drones).
$1,451,086 to the City of Tampa to train and certify 30 paramedics to deliver by SUV low-titer O-positive whole blood, tranexamic acid and calcium for victims of severe roadway trauma.
$960,000 to the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Council to create a regional blood sharing network to ensure low-titer O+ whole blood or liquid plasma access within 30 minutes.
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