Shown are (l-r) Tony Prado, communications specialist for the Blood Bank of Delmarva; Jordon Dattoli, training coordinator for Sussex County EMS; and Ralph Groves, account manager at the Blood Bank of Delmarva. TED PFIRRMANN PHOTOS
Robert Mauch, deputy director for Sussex County Emergency Services.
John Wright, manager of quality and standards for Sussex County EMS, gets his blood drawn by Chelsea Akers, supervisor for the Blood Bank of Delmarva.
Michael Majewski, lead mobile driver for the Blood Bank of Delmarva, checks people in for the collection event. 
Francis Beall gets a visit from Chelsea Akers and Daisy Tannen, supervisors for the Blood Bank of Delmarva.
The coolers that save lives. Donations are collected, labeled and packaged for transport.
Daisy Tannen, supervisor for the Blood Bank of Delmarva, tends to a donor during the blood drive.
Paramedics Samantha Lewis and Lauren Simms are looking after Glenn Marshall, special operations manager for Sussex County EMS, as he pretends to sleep.
JQuanna Stradford, left, and Dawn Bush are blood collection technicians for the Blood Bank of Delmarva.
Matt Troutman, education coordinator for Sussex County EMS, had more of a dislike for the camera than the needle.
Shown are (l-r) Tony Prado, communications specialist for the Blood Bank of Delmarva; Jordon Dattoli, training coordinator for Sussex County EMS; and Ralph Groves, account manager at the Blood Bank of Delmarva. TED PFIRRMANN PHOTOS
Robert Mauch, deputy director for Sussex County Emergency Services.
John Wright, manager of quality and standards for Sussex County EMS, gets his blood drawn by Chelsea Akers, supervisor for the Blood Bank of Delmarva.
Michael Majewski, lead mobile driver for the Blood Bank of Delmarva, checks people in for the collection event.
Francis Beall gets a visit from Chelsea Akers and Daisy Tannen, supervisors for the Blood Bank of Delmarva.
The coolers that save lives. Donations are collected, labeled and packaged for transport.
Daisy Tannen, supervisor for the Blood Bank of Delmarva, tends to a donor during the blood drive.
Paramedics Samantha Lewis and Lauren Simms are looking after Glenn Marshall, special operations manager for Sussex County EMS, as he pretends to sleep.
JQuanna Stradford, left, and Dawn Bush are blood collection technicians for the Blood Bank of Delmarva.
Matt Troutman, education coordinator for Sussex County EMS, had more of a dislike for the camera than the needle.
The Blood Bank of Delmarva teamed up with Sussex County Emergency Medical Services May 30, donating blood at their annual drive at the Sussex County Emergency Operations Center.
This year’s event marked a special milestone, as nearly 100 units of whole blood have been provided to individuals in need at the scene of an accident or trauma.
The state’s first recipient, who wished to remain anonymous, received the transfusion of whole blood only five days after the program went live. If it were not for this transfusion, they would not have survived. Now, a year later, they and their spouse donated at the blood drive.
This event collected 63 units of blood, with 14 donors giving double-red cells, in which the platelets and plasma are immediately returned to the donor. While 63 units is a good number of donations, officials stressed they need more, especially O-positive, which is carried by paramedic supervisors and the Delaware State Police helicopter in the field. Each donation made could save up to three lives.
For more information, go to www.delmarvablood.org/donate-blood.
Shown are (l-r) Tony Prado, communications specialist for the Blood Bank of Delmarva; Jordon Dattoli, training coordinator for Sussex County EMS; and Ralph Groves, account manager at the Blood Bank of Delmarva. TED PFIRRMANN PHOTOS
Robert Mauch, deputy director for Sussex County Emergency Services.
John Wright, manager of quality and standards for Sussex County EMS, gets his blood drawn by Chelsea Akers, supervisor for the Blood Bank of Delmarva.
Michael Majewski, lead mobile driver for the Blood Bank of Delmarva, checks people in for the collection event.
Francis Beall gets a visit from Chelsea Akers and Daisy Tannen, supervisors for the Blood Bank of Delmarva.
The coolers that save lives. Donations are collected, labeled and packaged for transport.
Daisy Tannen, supervisor for the Blood Bank of Delmarva, tends to a donor during the blood drive.
Paramedics Samantha Lewis and Lauren Simms are looking after Glenn Marshall, special operations manager for Sussex County EMS, as he pretends to sleep.
JQuanna Stradford, left, and Dawn Bush are blood collection technicians for the Blood Bank of Delmarva.
Matt Troutman, education coordinator for Sussex County EMS, had more of a dislike for the camera than the needle.
