Uncontrolled bleeding is the No. 1 cause of preventable death from trauma – whether that trauma be a result of an accident or intentional harm. The greater the number of people who know how to control bleeding in an injured patient, the greater the chances that patient has of surviving the injury.
That’s why Dawson County Emergency Services has been conducting Stop the Bleed training in the county’s schools and with local law enforcement, and, on Oct. 9, kicked off county employee training with Dawson’s senior staff.
Stop the Bleed is an initiative funded by the Georgia Trauma Commission and was developed because of the increasing number of active shooter and mass casualty events across the nation.
Schools will be provided with bleeding control kits, which include items like gloves, bandages and a tourniquet, and officials hope other county facilities will soon be equipped with the kits as well.
