Dallas Fire-Rescue looks to save lives with ambulance blood transfusions

Dallas Fire-Rescue is testing equipment that will allow paramedics to start blood transfusions on critically wounded patients before arriving at the hospital. Why it matters: Pre-hospital transfusions are a head start on treatment and can dramatically increase a patient's chance of survival if they are more than 30 minutes from a hospital, the department says. The big picture: Trauma patients nationwide are "dying needlessly" from blood loss...