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Stop the Bleed
More to the point, that’s all it takes for a person suffering a traumatic injury to bleed to death – or to “bleed out,” in medical parlance – without proper medical attention.
That’s why St. Tammany Health System’s Trauma Services department conducts regular “Stop the Bleed” classes, a free, hourlong program through which members of the community are taught to administer simple but life-saving care to stabilize an injured person until first responders arrive.
“The number one cause of a preventable death is hemorrhage, or bleeding out,” STHS Trauma Services Manager Bethany Monistere said. “But it’s not that hard to put on a tourniquet or identify life-threatening bleeding. If you can arm citizens with this information to control bleeding, you can save someone’s life.”
A closer look at STHS’s Stop the Bleed program
In a Stop the Bleed course, you’ll learn three quick techniques to help save a life before someone bleeds out: (1) How to use your hands to apply pressure to a wound; (2) How to pack a wound to control bleeding; (3) How to correctly apply a tourniquet. These three techniques will empower you to assist in an emergency and potentially save a life.
St. Tammany Health System provides Stop the Bleed classes for free to the community, with support from the nonprofit St. Tammany Hospital Foundation.
As part of its community outreach activities, St. Tammany Health System offers free Stop the Bleed training to organizations and companies in its service district, which covers western St. Tammany Parish and parts of Washington Parish. If you would like to discuss arranging training for your group, email communityeducation@stph.org.
Stop the Bleed is a grassroots effort. If you don’t see a course available near you, contact your local hospital and ask for one to be held in your local community. You can also find more information at stopthebleed.org.
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