Montana blood network grows from rural ambulance life save
A Montana trauma study recounts Crystal Hiwalker nearly dying from an ectopic pregnancy during a 100 mile storm ride to Billings. Doctors revived her and the Montana Interfacility Blood Network was created to let ambulances grab blood from hospitals on the way to advanced care, aiming to save rural patients with severe bleeding.
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Crystal Hiwalker
Lame Deer
Mont
Advanced Trauma Center
Billings
Billings Clinic
Hiwalker
Montana State
Montana Interfacility Blood Network
U.S
Gordon Riha
Riha
Alyssa Johnson
Montana
Johnson
Arnold
Claudia Cohn
National Association For the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies
Crystal
William
KFF Health News
TNS
Restored Minnesota oxbows revive Topeka shiners in drought rescue
In Luverne and Champepaden Creek area, Utrup and a Fish and Wildlife Service team found 85 Topeka shiners in sunfish nest sites within reconnected oxbow ponds after a drought. The species, once near extinction, has surged after federal grants and Nature Conservancy efforts to dig and protect oxbows across Minnesota.
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Luverne
Minn
Nick Utrup
Blue Mounds State Park
Utrup
Minnesota
Midwest
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Nature Conservancy
Marissa Ahlering
Ahlering
Fish and Wildlife Service
Topeka Shiner
South Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
and Wildlife Service
Scott Ralston
Ralston
Topeka
Outdoor Heritage Fund
Conservancy
Champepaden Creek
Heidi Keuler
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Montana Trauma Committee
Sadie Arnold
EFF
Emma Gibbons
Jenna Bloomfield
Laverne, Minn
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