DPS Delivers 12 units of blood to Flagstaff Medical Center from Phoenix.

On Friday, January 22, 2010 at about 9:26 p.m. the Red Cross called the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) for assistance in transporting two (2) 20 pound boxes containing 12 units of blood platelets to the Flagstaff Medical Center. DPS Air Rescue Helicopter was not able to fly due to poor visibility. The DPS officers picked up the blood at the Red Cross Blood Center, in Phoenix near 32nd St & Baseline and relayed the blood through the road closure at I-17 and the Sedona turn off, to the Flagstaff Medical Center (FMC) in Flagstaff. Several medical procedures were postponed on Friday due to the inability of Red Cross to transport blood products through inclement weather and road closures. The blood was delivered by 11:30 p.m.

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