ÜBER DIESE EPISODE
In this episode of The CATRAC Podcast, Douglas Havron talks with Josh Todd, a Division Chief with Austin–Travis County EMS and chair of the regional Whole Blood Workgroup, about bringing prehospital whole blood to more communities across Central Texas.
They discuss what it takes to build the program across EMS agencies, blood providers, and hospitals: portable refrigeration, real-time tracking, and a shared system for documenting transfusions and returning patient outcomes to crews. They also explain how rotating blood into higher-use areas and hospitals helps reduce waste while keeping it available in rural communities.
Josh and Douglas close with the work still ahead, including donor recruitment, deciding where blood resources are most needed, and funding the program for the long term.
