Stop the Bleed (Online, with Howard County Fire & Rescue Services)

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The Howard County Comprehensive Public Safety Hemorrhage Control Initiative aims to reduce the impact of hemorrhage in victims of traumatic injury and to improve mass casualty response by increasing knowledge of hemorrhage control techniques and improving access to hemorrhage control supplies.

The program includes the following key components:

• Public Access Bleeding Control kit placement co-located with select AEDs throughout Howard County.
• Bleeding control training for members of the public safety community and the general public.
• Working to ensuring that public safety personnel have access to the bleeding control equipment.
• Extensive Department of Defense research has demonstrated that the appropriate use of hemostatic gauze, pressure dressings, and tourniquets can reduce the impact of a traumatic injury and save lives.

The Department of Homeland Security Stop the Bleed initiative is a resource with simple materials for public distribution. Detailed hemorrhage control guidance can be found in the Hartford Consensus series of recommendations produced by the American College of Surgeons in collaboration with the Joint Committee to Create a National Policy to Enhance Survivability from Intentional Mass-Casualty and Active Shooter Events.

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