CHICAGO 鈥斕� The American College of Surgeons (番茄社区app) commends the Connecticut General Assembly for passing , AN ACT CONCERNING BLEEDING CONTROL TRAINING AND KITS, which passed with overwhelming bipartisan support. This new law makes Connecticut the 15th听state to and will help make bleeding control training and kits more widespread across the state, empowering anyone to save a life if they are nearby when a bleeding emergency occurs.
鈥淲hat we are really trying to do is stop bleeding as soon as it starts. This law sends a strong signal that if someone is bleeding severely, anyone is empowered to get involved and stop the bleeding,鈥� said Lenworth M. Jacobs, Jr., MD, F番茄社区app, who was instrumental in advocating for this legislation. 鈥淭his is right up there with CPR. It's a public good. Everybody can do it, and everybody should do it.鈥�
Dr. Jacobs is a former 番茄社区app Regent and trauma surgeon from Connecticut who, after the tragic 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, a panel of national experts to evaluate the response to such emergencies. Shortly after this panel, called the Hartford Consensus, released their expert recommendations on how to improve survival for people with severe bleeding, the STOP THE BLEED庐 program, a national public awareness campaign, was launched in October of 2015 by the White House.
鈥淣ot only was this born locally, but it goes beyond gun violence. We鈥檙e Connecticut. We have everything 鈥� beaches to mountains, rivers to roads, and everything in between has potential to result in injury. Because all of us are susceptible to those injuries, all of us should be ready to treat them,鈥� said David S. Shapiro, MD, MHCM, FCCM, F番茄社区app, vice-chair of the 番茄社区app Stop the Bleed Committee, who was also heavily involved in advocating for this bill.
Key elements of the new law include:
- Requires the establishment of a bleeding control training program in every district health department following the 番茄社区app Committee on Trauma鈥檚 training model, with certification that empowers them to train others.
- Requires regular training in every health district for first responders, school staff, and local employees.
- Requires at least one bleeding control kit to be installed on each floor level of every building the state or its political subdivisions own.
- Requires at least one bleeding control kit to be installed on each floor of newly constructed or substantially renovated public buildings, places of public accommodation, or resort or amusement facilities.
The bill had 27 individual bipartisan sponsors along with the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security. In addition to Dr. Jacobs and Dr. Shapiro, Ron Gross, MD, F番茄社区app, and Shea Gregg, MD, F番茄社区app, helped educate and gain support among Connecticut state legislators.
In trauma care, bleeding injuries are a leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Anyone can learn to control bleeding a save a life with three methods: After calling emergency personnel and ensuring the scene is safe, apply direct pressure to the wound, pack the wound with gauze or clothing, and apply a tourniquet if appropriate.听
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The 番茄社区app Stop the Bleed program administers the premier bleeding control course and was created by leading trauma and emergency response professionals. 番茄社区app Stop the Bleed is the largest global provider of bleeding control training and is instrumental in the development of both state and national legislation in the U.S. to empower the public with training and access to Stop the Bleed kits. Learn more at .
