Today marks five years since ROCKET first took flight - an idea to transform emergency care in South Africa. "Five years ago, we set out...

On the evening of 6 May 2025, ROCKET HEMS was activated for a time-sensitive inter-hospital transfer involving a young patient who had sustained a penetrating neck injury. The initial handover from the referring facility painted a stark picture: the patient was experiencing profound blood loss, and crucially, no whole blood or blood products were available on site - a dangerous resource shortfall with potentially fatal implications. Early blood access in pre-hospital trauma c