South Texas Blood & Tissue declares blood emergency
December 21, 2021
South Texas patients need donors to make up dramatic shortfall in donations during holidays.
South Texas patients need donors to make up dramatic shortfall in donations during holidays.
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In San Antonio and across the nation, emergency room doctors are seeing frighteningly high increases in trauma cases, many from car accidents, which are up dramatically.
Patients in areas served by South Texas Blood & Tissue Center are facing an emergency blood and platelet shortage, as donations have not kept pace with demand this fall.
After a hospital visit and calls with nurses, Ashley was about to be in the fight for her life.
Staff from South Texas Blood & Tissue Center, along with a donor and patient, showed the steps it takes to get a blood donation from donor to patient
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Helipad will resupply blood for emergency medical providers and aid in major trauma care.
Since her first diagnosis, Mia has had multiple transfusions including platelets, red blood cells and more. Donations have helped her continue treatment.
The South Texas Blood & Tissue Center is helping to launch a first-in-the nation partnership to ensure blood will be available in mass trauma situations and natural disasters.
Jillian Williams, who was featured in 2017 as an STBTC advocate for blood donations while undergoing cancer treatment, is coming home from the Paralympics in Tokyo with a gold medal.