STOP THE BLEED® is a national campaign intended to train, equip, and empower bystanders to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives. It is the medical community’s response to violent incidents throughout the country to prevent further injury or lives lost.
WHAT IS STOP THE BLEED® Project – Bay County?
Through a public and private partnership with businesses and foundations in Bay and Saginaw Counties, The Bay County Active Assailant Task Force developed a fund to place STOP THE BLEED® kit stations in every Bay County public, private, and parochial school. Each station includes 8 STOP THE BLEED® kits, and each kit contains a tourniquet, wound packing gauze, a wound dressing, scissors, gloves, and marker.
With these kits in place, first responders from across the county have pledged to teach the Stop The Bleed program to the school staff and students to make their classrooms a safer place.
WAYS YOU CAN HELP
- Donations: STOP THE BLEED Bay County Fund
- Get Trained: If you have an interest in becoming trained in the Stop the Bleed program, either as a personal responder or a trainer, please contact the STOP THE BLEED® Project – Bay County Program Coordinator, Patty Irwin at 989-894-3819 or by email at [email protected].
