NBC News Investigative Series – May 2024
In May 2024, NBC News launched an eye-opening investigative series emphasizing the critical importance of carrying blood in ambulances. The series delved into the life-saving potential of equipping first responders with blood supplies. This comprehensive coverage, available across multiple NBC platforms, includes in-depth reports on the efforts of ex-military surgeons, often referred to as the “whole blood mafia,” who tirelessly advocate for policy changes to enable this practice. Additionally, the series highlights pioneering programs like the one at University Hospital in San Antonio, which has significantly reduced fatalities among pregnant women suffering from severe bleeding.
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt: Calls for Rescue Vehicles To Carry Blood
NBC News Online Digital Print: Ex-military surgeons embrace new mission to stop Americans from bleeding to death
Members of the “whole blood mafia” have used persuasion and persistence to increase the number of communities where rescue vehicles carry blood.
Hallie Jackson NBC News Now (extended format from NBC Nightly News): How ex-military surgeons are pushing for laws allowing ambulances to carry blood
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt: Program cuts down on deaths of pregnant women who suffer severe bleeding.
NBC News Online Digital Print: How a Texas hospital is fighting a condition that kills pregnant women
University Hospital in San Antonio has established itself as one of the top medical centers treating placenta accreta thanks in part to its innovative whole blood program.
