APPLETON, Wis. (WFRV) – The Community Blood Center is urging eligible donors to schedule a lifesaving donation as soon as possible after nearly a month of critical need for multiple blood types.

Type O negative and positive blood supplies remain critically low as trauma patients continue to rely on those types, including a new mother experiencing childbirth complications and a patient injured in an ATV crash.

In addition, Type A negative has been in critical shortage for more than a week following multiple emergencies at hospitals in Appleton, Green Bay, and Iron Mountain. Now, Type A positive is also in critical need after a Massive Transfusion Protocol was activated during an emergency Friday.

While blood shortages are not uncommon, officials say this current Code Red situation is uni

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