“Revelations: The Unsung Heroes” highlights the lifesaving impact of whole blood in emergency care
SAN ANTONIO – South Texas Blood & Tissue will be celebrating the eighth anniversary of its groundbreaking Heroes in Arms program during San Antonio’s DreamWeek. “Revelations: The Unsung Heroes” will highlight the lifesaving impact of whole blood in emergency care and mark a major milestone: 40,000 Heroes in Arms donations.
“Revelations” will celebrate the Heroes in Arms anniversary and the unsung heroes behind emergency transfusions, including donors, first responders, and patients whose lives were saved because blood was available when seconds mattered. A screening of the Bloodlines documentary will be shown to the public as well.
Bloodlines is a 34-minute-long, independently produced documentary that follows the San Antonio Fire Department as they embark on the journey of launching Heroes in Arms. This film explores the critical impact of whole blood on patient outcomes, along with the medical training and logistics required to implement this life-saving resource.
Bloodlines is a 34-minute-long, independently produced documentary by Bryony Gibley and is the first documentary produced by FOAMfrat Studios.
REVELATIONS: The Unsung Heroes
Thursday, Jan. 29
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Security Service Event Center
15000 IH 10 West
San Antonio, TX 78249
VISUALS & INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:
- Emergency response vehicles and first responder crews will be on-site
- First-time, in-person meeting of a Heroes in Arms donor, first responder, and transfused patient (identities revealed at the event)
- Program leaders and EMS partners are available for interviews.
- Lunch will be served
MORE: Heroes in Arms is a revolutionary civilian prehospital whole blood program that provides specially screened type O-positive blood to emergency crews, allowing transfusions to begin at the scene or en route to the hospital. Since launching in 2018, the program has helped reduce deaths from traumatic injury and has inspired similar programs across Texas and the nation.
One of the donors who is dedicated to the program is Laura Burress, who was one of the first female donors of the HIA program.
“When this program started, I donated because I believed in the mission. Forty thousand donations later, it’s incredible to see how our community came together to protect one another,” said Burress. This is what neighbors helping neighbors truly looks like.”
