By John Gittings

WiscNews

SAUK COUNTY, Wis. — On-site blood transfusions began for three Sauk County EMS services in May, and all three have already used the new emergency-care tool.

Dells-Delton EMS, Reedsburg Ambulance and Baraboo Area Fire and EMS District all partnered with Madison-based ImpactLife before summer began to receive blood for on-site transfusions prior to hospitalization. The three agencies each have administered emergency blood once this summer.

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“Before we had blood, if we came across a person who lost blood, our only real fix to that was to try to stop the bleeding with a medication or give IV fluids,” Baraboo Area Fire and EMS Assistant Chief Mark Willer said, adding that an intravenous

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