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  "textContent": "Giving whole blood or the component parts of blood are equally effective options for paramedics and emergency medical technicians to use in treating patients with severe, traumatic bleeding before arriving at the hospital, according to a large, nationwide trial directed by University of Pittsburgh and UPMC clinicians and scientists.",
  "title": "Prehospital trauma care gets flexible option as whole blood matches components in nationwide trial"
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