White House Launches "Stop the Bleed" Campaign
On October 6th the White House unveiled its “Stop the Bleed” campaign to empower bystanders to act as immediate responders. Working with the Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services, FEMA, the private sector, nonprofits, and the medical community, the "Stop the Bleed" campaign aims to raise awareness of life saving strategies and provide public access to bleeding control tools already used by first responders and the military. This campaign is the culmination of year-long collaboration among the National Security Council at the White House with partners, such as the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, American College of Surgeons, Hartford Consensus, National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Johnson & Johnson and the Harvard Kennedy School.
"STOP THE BLEED" RESOURCES
In the News:
In the aftermath of one of our nation’s most horrific acts of intentional harm – the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the Joint Committee to Create a National Policy to Enhance Survivability from Intentional Mass Casualty and Active Shooter Events was created. Compromised of . . .
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Listen to the NPR audio of how Police are training for potential Active Shooting Events and being medically prepared to save lives.
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"Effective, evidence-based hemorrhage control tools are vital to saving lives and we must ensure no ineffective counterfeit or fake tools are distributed, as it can be a matter of life and death,” said Stop the Bleeding Coalition Chair Dr. Matt Levy.
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