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Chelsea Tuff and her partner, Korey Blankenship, stop by Colorado Springs Fire’s Station 11 to thank first responders for delivering whole blood to her while pregnant with their daughter, Rosie. Photo by Chuck Bigger for UCHealth.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was Tuesday, Aug. 6 \u2013 just a week before Chelsea Tuff\u2019s due date. She and her partner, Korey Blankenship, were expecting a baby girl, and the pregnancy had been easy, with no complications.<\/p>\n

They could not have foreseen what the next hours would bring, or how a new program in Colorado Springs in which first responders carry whole blood likely was key to Chelsea delivering a healthy baby that same day.<\/p>\n

That morning, not long before a scheduled appointment with her midwife, Chelsea, 33, began experiencing contractions and thought that she might be in the early stages of labor.<\/p>\n

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Donating blood:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In southern Colorado and the metro Denver area, please visit Vitalant<\/a>\u00a0to learn more about donating blood.The program accepts referrals from Mountain Crest Behavioral Health, UCHealth and other community providers, including primary care physicians. Individuals may also self-refer.<\/p>\n

In northern Colorado, please visit the Garth Englund Blood Donation Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cShe checked me, and I was 3 cm dilated,\u201d Chelsea said of the appointment with the midwife. She went home, but later that afternoon, everything changed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI stood up and I felt an internal pop and I was like, \u2018I think my water broke.\u2019 I went to the bathroom and saw blood. Then gushes of blood.\u201d The blood kept coming every time she moved.<\/p>\n

Chelsea texted her midwife and sent her a photo of the huge puddle of blood on the floor. \u201cShe immediately called me,\u201d Chelsea said, recounting how the midwife calmly told Chelsea that she needed to get to the hospital quickly. \u201cShe said, \u2018you\u2019re going to go to Memorial Central<\/a>. I\u2019m going to call them. Everything\u2019s going to be OK, but you need to call an ambulance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Korey called 911 and then calmly ushered Chelsea\u2019s two sons, ages 10 and 12, out to the backyard and told them to wait for their grandmother, who was on her way after receiving a call from Chelsea.<\/p>\n

Emergency medical help arrived in a matter of minutes. Because of a new partnership with UCHealth, paramedics with the Colorado Springs Fire Department were carrying whole blood, enabling them to provide potentially life-saving blood transfusions to bleeding patients before they get to the hospital.<\/p>\n

Chelsea was experiencing a placental abruption, a condition in which the placenta prematurely tears away from the lining of the uterus. \u201cIt causes internal bleeding, and you can bleed a lot, really fast,\u201d said Dr. Matt Angelidis, an emergency medicine physician at UCHealth and the medical director for the Colorado Springs Fire Department.<\/p>\n

\"Chelsea
Chelsea Tuff\u2019s partner, Korey Blankenship, holds their daughter, Rosie. Dr. Matt Angelidis, an emergency medicine physician at UCHealth and the medical director for the Colorado Springs Fire Department, admires the baby. Photo: Chuck Bigger for UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe placenta supplies blood flow to the baby. With an abruption, there is decreased blood flow to the baby, which is why a cesarean section was needed fast. As you bleed, you lose the ability to deliver oxygen and nutrients to the baby. A whole blood transfusion buys time for baby. And it buys time for mom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chelsea was a good candidate for a whole blood transfusion, which was started within minutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was scared,\u201d Chelsea recalled. \u201cNobody else seemed scared. I\u2019m sure they knew how serious it was, but they kept their cool,\u201d she said of the EMS providers from CSFD and AMR. \u201cI do remember they were all incredibly kind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Korey said everything happened very quickly: From the time he called 911 to the C-section was a little over an hour.\u00a0 \u201cSo, it all happened really fast,\u201d he said. \u201cI am extremely grateful to the paramedics and EMTs for their fast response, their kindness and their expertise, and I am also very thankful to the medical team at Memorial Hospital for the wonderful care provided there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Rebecca Cisneros and Dr. Dani Weise-Fleckenstein<\/a> performed the emergency surgery.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey pulled Rosie out. She cried right away,\u201d Chelsea said. \u201cI was really emotional.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Dr.
Dr. Matt Angelidis, an emergency room physician at UCHealth Memorial Hospital and Dr. Matt Angelidis, an emergency medicine physician at UCHealth and the medical director for the Colorado Springs Fire Department, speaks to the importance of having whole blood available for first responders to deliver to patients in need. Photo by Chuck Bigger for UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since CSFD paramedics began carrying whole blood in April, it has so far been given to 35 patients in cases ranging from motor vehicle accidents, labor\/delivery complications, falls, gastrointestinal hemorrhaging and gunshot wounds, according to Angelidis. Colorado Springs was the first metro region in Colorado to launch an EMS whole blood program.<\/p>\n

\u201cHemorrhagic shock \u2013 bleeding to death \u2013 is the leading cause of death for people ages 45 and under, and we know that upward of 40% of these patients could survive with immediate blood transfusion in the field,\u201d said Angelidis, who worked to launch the program in Colorado Springs.

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Lifesaving whole blood program expands to northern Colorado<\/strong><\/p>\n

UCHealth and Thompson Valley Emergency Medical Services launched a whole blood program in Larimer and Weld counties on Dec. 17, 2024, to enhance emergency care and improve patient outcomes.<\/p>\n

The initiative enables area EMS to provide life-saving whole blood transfusions to patients experiencing significant blood loss before they reach the hospital. UCHealth LifeLine teams across the state also carry whole blood.<\/p>\n

Thompson Valley EMS<\/a> services Loveland and Berthoud. UCHealth EMS<\/a> services much of northern Larimer County and much of Weld County. By working together, the program covers approximately 3,450 square miles and a population of more than 550,000 people in northern Colorado. LifeLine, UCHealth\u2019s emergency air transport<\/a>, services the Front Range and southeast Wyoming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Offering whole blood in the field requires high-tech equipment to properly store, transport, reheat and transfuse the blood. Specialized coolers and warming equipment were purchased with gifts to the UCHealth Memorial Hospital Foundation<\/a> from philanthropic members of the Colorado Springs community, making the program possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst responders bringing blood to the scene of an injury clearly saves lives,\u201d said Angelidis. \u201cI have sat in too many after-action reviews where firefighters and first responders tearfully ask what they could have done differently, knowing if they could have transfused blood the outcome might have been different.\u00a0I\u2019m proud that UCHealth is empowering first responders with the equipment to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

The practice of using whole blood for massive blood loss first occurred in military battlefields, dating to World War I, and prehospital administration of whole blood is now safely being used in many EMS systems throughout the country. Whole blood \u2013 blood with none of its components separated or removed \u2013 is safe for patients of all blood types suffering traumatic injury or internal bleeding, like the kind Chelsea suffered, said Angelidis.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking at your case, looking at your vitals, I personally believe the whole blood transfusion was helpful,\u201d he explained to Chelsea and Korey recently. \u201cWe don\u2019t know for sure, but the outcome without the whole blood transfusion could have been very different.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do think it\u2019s fair to say this is why we are doing this,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is why we fought so hard to get whole blood in our city, so I\u2019m glad it was there for Chelsea and Rosie. I\u2019m glad we have a healthy baby here, and a happy mom.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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