Stop The Bleed
Regularly reviewing and practicing MCI skills will make sure EMS personnel are ready to act when a major incident happens
Keeping patients moving toward definitive treatment through accurate triage of life threats is the key to EMS success at a mass casualty incident
Use this guide to determine when to activate air EMS and transport to a level 1 burn center
Reduce your community’s risk by training citizens how to control bleeding
Safariland instructors showed a group of trainees how to react when “hide and hope” is not an option in an active shooter situation
More than 300 Anne Arundel County school nurses and health assistants were trained in the grim but necessary skills to handle a school shooting
Richard Knowlton trained Truro Fire Department staff and lifeguards on bleeding control less than two months before succumbing to cancer
After DHS announced a grant for high school tourniquet training, EMS1 readers weighed in on if students should be trained to help their peers in a mass shooting
DHS grant to teach tourniquet application puts direct pressure on kids to help other kids during a mass shooting and before EMS arrives
Wall-mounted stations each contain eight bleeding control kits, giving each school 24 smaller sets of tools that can be used in the most serious of emergencies
Stop the Bleed shows people of all ages and backgrounds how not to be bystanders in an era when mass-casualty tragedies appear to strike from every which way
The “Stop the Bleed” app, which is free of charge, was designed to teach the public how to save lives in an emergency
Dustin Talacko wants to raise $25,000 to make emergency response vehicles more prepared for mass casualty incidents
Celebrating those who spend their days and nights helping others when they need help the most during EMS Week 2018
In the event of an MCI, there may be a number of victims who require immediate treatment to stop life-threatening hemorrhaging
The Wolfpack Gunshot Response Team, which includes a man who was shot as an innocent bystander, is learning how to treat gunshot wounds before responders arrive
Cabell Hntington Hospital trauma services director Jennifer Murray pushed the initiative to Lawrence County schools at a recent commission meeting
As a response to the recent slew of school shootings, 38 teachers learned how to use tourniquets and pack bullet wounds
Great active shooter incident training takes a concerted effort to make exercises real, relevant, interesting and captivating for all participants
Prehospital care experts stress the importance of the Stop the Bleed initiative, preparing bystanders to control severe hemorrhage and securing funding for a statewide program
Paramedic Christopher Langdon used a tourniquet he had in his car to save Cassandra Moseley from bleeding to death
Establish a low threshold for intervention and treat burns as soon as possible to prevent further injury
So far, the anti-bleeding kits are in about 345 school buildings where teachers and staffs have completed training in about 70 school districts
To reduce the dying from active shooter incidents the killing and bleeding has to be stopped quicker
EMS providers must be prepared to protect their communities at a moment’s notice
American Medical Response announced they have committed resources to train citizens on how to save lives during traumatic incidents
EMS sleep practices, the opioid epidemic, community paramedicine and patient transport mark some of the biggest issues to watch in 2018
New Mexico State Police Officer Edward Garcia and a bystander EMT applied the tourniquet to a man who lost his leg in a crash
Find important bleeding control products that can be used for incidents involving a single patient to dozens of casualties
Richmond Public Schools received $22,000 in life-saving blood control equipment as part of the national Stop the Bleed campaign
Changes include the addition of narcotic antagonists, tourniquet applications and wound packing use
