FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. - There is a new lifesaving trend in emergency medicine that could help more patients survive severe traumas like car accidents. It has to do with paramedics giving blood transfusions in the field rather than waiting for the patient to arrive at the emergency room.

What we know:

Fayette County Fire and Emergency Services is the latest department to start giving transfusions in the field. They say a patient with internal bleeding's life expectancy decreases by 11% every minute, and they can't stop the bleeding. They say transfusions will save more lives.

What they're saying:

They say the department will keep the blood and blood products in a squad vehicle at each end of Fayette County, and the vehicles respond to trauma scenes. Then, if necessary, the crew can admi

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