VIDEO: St. Johns County Fire and Rescueโs new blood transfusion team was put to the test by providing critical care to a patient involved in a motorcycle accident at the intersection of State Road 16 and County Road 16A in World Golf Village last week. This innovative team, consisting of three captains assigned to Medic 2, is already making an impact, equipped to provide ultrasounds, blood transfusions, and mobile chest tubes for injured patients in the field, covering the entire county.
Captain Jennifer Nist is a senior officer who went through additional training to provide care for patients. Her job is to open the bags of blood and plasma they carry in an SUV. It comes with an incubator to warm the blood and they can monitor the temperature on a phone.
The team was started on March 16, and theyโve already given three transfusions to patients. The teamโs most recent transfusion happened Wednesday in World Golf Village when a motorcycle and car collided.
