Motorcycle crash survivor thanks first responders for pre-hospital blood transfusion

Man nearly killed in motorcycle wreck reunites with first responders

When John Mezanac was involved in a life-threatening motorcycle wreck in September 2025, a pre-hospital blood transfusion saved his life. Here's how.

Motorcycle crash survivor thanks first responders for pre-hospital blood transfusion

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) -- A Pueblo man reunited with AMR first responders who saved his life following a motorcycle accident in 2025. John Mazanec suffered a severe leg injury in the crash last August, but first responders were able to save him thanks to a law that allows EMS agencies to provide blood transfusions to patients before arriving at the hospital. Southern Colorado is among the few regions nationwide to allow this type of care. This sto…

'We're gonna need blood': Colo. AMR paramedics reunite with whole blood recipient

After a crash that left him with fractured femurs, a missing bicep and a traumatic brain injury, a Pueblo man is alive today thanks to a whole blood transfusion delivered by AMR paramedics