Licensee Orientation Session Happening Thursday, July 25

Stop The Bleed Coalition

The Stop The Bleed Coalition is hosting a Licensee Orientation Session on Thursday, July 25th at 1pm EST for Licensed STOP THE BLEED® Instructors and organizations who have a STOP THE BLEED® Educational License. During the session, attendees will learn how to use all of the resources the Coalition has developed to support STOP THE BLEED® work.  

The Coalition will also provide an overview of resources we plan to make available in the new future, including

the NEW STOP THE BLEED® Training Management System and more!

Additionally, there will be a section for outreach strategies to engage your community and a dedicated Q&A segment at the end of the webinar to answer questions.

Those interested can fill out the survey below to be sent a personalized registration link.

Ocean City Beach Patrol Members use

STOP THE BLEED® Kit

to Save Surfer's Life

Ocean City Today | July 11, 2024

On July 7, a surfer was airlifted from Ocean City to Shock Trauma in Baltimore for severe blood loss. Capt. Butch Arbin said if it weren’t for the immediate actions of beach patrol staff, and the use of a Stop the Bleed kit, the man would not have survived. 

“We’ve never, in the history of the beach patrol, had a severe bleed like this,” he said, “not ever.”

Arbin said Ocean City Beach Patrol’s surf beach facilitator crew chief, Katie Gresier, responded to a young man who had cut his leg on the skeg of his surfboard while surfing at the beach near 38th Street on Sunday. He noted that the fin had cut through the man’s wetsuit and into an artery in his leg. 

“Our crew chief for the surf beach facilitator went over right away and put direct pressure on it to control the bleed,” he explained. 

Arbin noted that additional beach patrol personnel soon responded to the scene and used a Stop the Bleed kit – outfitted with a tourniquet, clotting gauze and other medical supplies – until EMS arrived.

Shock Trauma reported this week that the beach patrol’s actions and use of the Stop the Bleed kit saved the surfer’s life. Arbin also highlighted the timing of the incident, as just a day prior beach patrol staff had practiced bleeding control.

Today, Stop the Bleed training is included in the beach patrol’s surf rescue academy, attended by all new lifeguards, and is part of the annual recertification process for all returning personnel.

Arbin said before the victim had even landed at Shock Trauma on Sunday, he had reached out to Dopkin to inform her that a person’s life had been saved with Stop the Bleed training and equipment.

Austin First Responders Provide Life-Saving STOP THE BLEED® Training if There is a Mass Shooting

Fox 7 Austin | July 16, 2024

First responders in Austin are providing lifesaving training to hundreds of bar staff and bar goers in the LGBTQ community.

The program "Stop the Bleed" teaches citizens how to provide medical aid in the case of a mass shooting.

"In this we are trying to empower civilians in these first few minutes, while first responders are responding to turn them into basically immediate responders," said Austin Fire Department fire specialist Kevin Carollo.

"This class is designed for everyone, but we have aggressively reached out to communities experiencing increased violence, such as the LGBTQ community here in Austin," says Carollo.

Those in attendance were given hands-on training, a step-by-step guide, and kits valued at more than $200 to aid in responding to emergencies before first responders arrive.

Coconino Sheriff Volunteer was First to the Scene to STOP THE BLEED® and Saves a Man’s Life

Arizona’s Family | July 19, 2024

Volunteers at the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office are trained to help with daily calls like people getting stuck in the snow or car issues. But they’re also trained to save lives, which is exactly what volunteer Stoney Miller did while on the job.

It was just another normal patrol day for Miller when he heard a call come in about an ATV rollover and a man with a fractured arm in a remote area east of Flagstaff. Thankfully, he was nearby.

“We got closer and the blood was just pouring out of his elbow,” Miller said.

Because of the remote location, paramedics wouldn’t arrive for another 25 minutes, and the man was losing blood quickly. So Miller got to work.

“They had a shirt tied around his arm, trying to stop the bleed and go ahead and apply the tourniquet and get the bleeding to stop,” he said.

The man was eventually taken to the hospital and got more help. His arm and life were saved in large part thanks to Miller.

“There’s a very striking chance he would have bled out,” Paxton said. “With the training that Stoney’s had through us, we offer stop the bleed classes, CPR and AUD classes. And with that training, he was able to in my opinion save this individual’s life.”

He’d eventually reunite with the man he saved.

“The next day I went to see him in the hospital but his arm was fine,” Miller said. “He could move his fingers so he thanked me, he remembered me.”

@rne_araucania

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Our Citizen Corporation #RNEAraucania is officially #Embajadora of the STOP THE BLEED® Campaign! We are already a part of this great community that works to be able to bring more and more people the knowledge necessary to save more lives, correctly applying the techniques to stop uncontrolled bleeding.

Also, one of our volunteers has an Instructor Certification. #StopTheBleed

@unccaroloniaaircare

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We had a great time assisting UNC Trauma Services & other RACs at the Stop The Bleed event this week! Anyone can learn this lifesaving skill, and our department teaches to the general public, public safety, LEO, EMS and fire departments year round.

#bethedifference #stopthebleed