# @americanredcross on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C3BhDisNy1_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/72590988-americanredcross-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-02-06T23:00:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** American Red Cross (@americanredcross) — https://gondola.cc/americanredcross

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In his 40 years of being a paramedic, Ed Moreshead has never been a patient in the back of an ambulance himself. That changed last year.

Ed was coming off a 48-hour shift when he started to feel sick. His symptoms got worse as the night went on. He fainted on his way to the bathroom, and when he regained consciousness, he called his wife for help.

In the emergency room, Ed was diagnosed with a severe gastrointestinal bleed. The bleeding was exacerbated by blood thinners he was on due to a heart condition.

“I bleed easily now,” he said. “The doctors had to shut that off.”

Ed spent five days in the intensive care unit while his medical team worked quickly to save his life. He received 10 units of blood — about the volume of blood the average adult has in their entire body.

“If the blood hadn’t been there, I would have died,” Ed said. “I would have died, probably in the first couple of days. I would not have made it five days.”

Ed is now healthy and doing well thanks to his care team and the donors who provided the lifesaving blood he received. He’s back to work, tending to his farm and leading an active lifestyle. ❤️

#BloodDonor #DonateBlood #GiveBlood #DonatePlatelets #BloodDonor #PlateletDonor #DonateBloodSaveLives #GiveBloodSaveLives #Paramedic #FlightParamedic #EMT #CriticalCare

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