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.
Helipad will resupply blood for emergency medical providers and aid in major trauma care.
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.
San Antonio City Council District 4, represented by Dr. Adriana Rocha Garcia, is the winner of the second “SA District Challenge” blood drive competition held in August.
A STBTC team member’s customer service, leadership, and support of the mission of saving lives has led to a national award: Donor Collections Team Member of the Year.
As hospital orders continue to outpace blood donations, members of the San Antonio City Council have announced the “Summer District Challenge” from Aug. 9-13.
Day in and day out, Richard and his team collected convalescent plasma from donors who recovered from COVID-19 that were there to help and give as much as possible.
After recovering from COVID-19, Gordon Hartman (the founder of Morgan’s Wonderland) added one more cause to the many he supports – donations of blood and COVID-19 convalescent plasma.
In 2020 alone, 3,299 donations came from Northside ISD locations – including 945 from first-time donors.
The pandemic didn’t stop Jordan Ford from saying “yes” in donating to the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center.
Through the year, Sinclair Broadcast Group in San Antonio informed the public almost daily about the ongoing and urgent need for blood and convalescent plasma through its TV stations.
A growing population, pent-up demand for surgeries and busy trauma centers have combined to create a blood shortage in South Texas.
