Kanawha County EMS service is another to join growing statewide initiative of giving whole blood on ambulances

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority is one of the most recent organizations coming on board to a growing statewide initiative that gives first responders the ability to provide whole blood transfusions on ambulances in the field. After implementing the whole blood program last year for EMS workers, the West Virginia Department…