SEATTLE — A rise in gun violence is really pushing up the need for blood right now, according to Bloodworks Northwest.
“An increase in gunshot wounds, which is really sad to say, but we are definitely seeing it,” said Dr. Kirsten Alcorn, Co-Chief Medical Officer at Bloodworks Northwest. Alcorn told KOMO News that she learned of one gunshot victim in the last few weeks, who needed 50 units of blood to stay alive.
“I thought I was gonna die, I really did. I was going in and out,” said King County Sheriff’s Office Detective Dave Easterly, recalling the trauma and medical help he got, after getting shot in the line of duty, on March 20.
Medics rushed to get Easterly to the Harborview Medical Center, where he told KOMO News, he underwent at least four surgeries in the following weeks.
