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Minutes count! Someone who is severely bleeding can bleed to death in as little as 5 minutes. That’s why bleeding control—keeping the blood inside the body—is the purpose of STOP THE BLEED® training.

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  • How an Arizona Woman Stopped the Bleed After an E-Bike Accident

    How an Arizona Woman Stopped the Bleed After an E-Bike Accident

    While driving to work, school instructional coach Dawn Cain came upon a horrifying scene: a teen severely injured in an e-bike accident, bleeding heavily from a compound leg fracture. Drawing on her Stop the Bleed training, Dawn jumped into action. The experience sparked renewed interest in Stop the Bleed across her school district.

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  • Stop the Bleed Techniques Help Control Bleeding in Injured Surfer

    Stop the Bleed Techniques Help Control Bleeding in Injured Surfer

    A day of recreation turned nearly catastrophic for a 19-year-old surfer who sustained a severe injury to his leg while surfing in Ocean City, Maryland. Read how American College of Surgeons Stop the Bleed techniques helped prevent worse outcomes for the surfer.

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  • Trauma Nurse Teaches Children How to Stop the Bleed

    Trauma Nurse Teaches Children How to Stop the Bleed

    Stop the Bleed turns bystanders, including young children, into immediate responders by teaching them to pack a wound and use a tourniquet.

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  • A NewYork-Presbyterian Doctor Rushed to Help an MTA Conductor Who Was Severely Bleeding

    A NewYork-Presbyterian Doctor Rushed to Help an MTA Conductor Who Was Severely Bleeding

    A NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital pediatric emergency medicine physician employed stop the bleed training to respond to life-threatening bleeding after an MTA Conductor was attacked in the subway.

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  • ACS Stop the Bleed Discussed on Cape Cod Public Radio

    ACS Stop the Bleed Discussed on Cape Cod Public Radio

    A program on Cape Cod Public Radio explores the history of STOP THE BLEED®, efforts to get bleeding control kits in public places, and initiatives to train people in bleeding control skills.

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  • Teen Rescues Elderly Neighbor Using Stop the Bleed Training

    Teen Rescues Elderly Neighbor Using Stop the Bleed Training

    A teenager in rural Iowa used Stop the Bleed training to rescue his elderly neighbor after an accident.

     

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Legislative Updates

Legislative Updates

Learn about recent legislation enacted in states across the country recognizing the importance of providing bleeding control resources to the public, including a new bill recently passed in the Virginia that will require schools to maintain and provide bleeding control equipment and establishing training programs for students. 

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