Your gift can save 16 critical minutes In trauma emergencies, our EMS team works quickly to stabilize patients, but there is one intervention that can truly transform pre-hospital care: giving whole blood during transport. Whole blood provides oxygen, warmth, and clotting power the body desperately needs when someone is rapidly losing blood. Right now, it can take up to 19 minutes to warm blood before it can be safely transfused. That is too long. With new blood warmers and infusers, our EMS team can cut that time down to just 3 minutes. That 16-minute difference could be the line between life and death. This Giving Tuesday, we are committed to raising $20,000 to equip our ambulances with these lifesaving blood warmers. Your support will help ensure faster care, stronger outcomes, and a safer community for all. By giving today, you are not just making a donation. You are helping save lives — minute by minute.