Creating Model Stop the Bleed Training Programs at Three Distinct Institutions

[...]the Department of Homeland Security created the Stop the Bleed (STB) campaign to support the Hartford Consensus efforts. Since 2015, the Bleeding Control class has been taught to more than 848,090 participants through fire departments, hospitals, and other organizations, but many other groups have yet to take advantage of the opportunity.2 This study models sustainable STB programs at distinct institutions in the Northeast and MidAtlantic United States and demonstrates the programs' successes. The STB Campaign supports widespread dissemination of training and readily available hemorrhagecontrol equipment, and public-access equipment is now available at many airports, stadiums, and schools, including at QU.3 The American Heart Association's CPR training programs and the presence of publicaccess automated external defibrillators have been proven to yield higher survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest,4 and hemorrhage-control training and equipment should yield similar results. Because more trainers become certified and more courses are offered, trained providers and instructors will be widely available and can be brought in to get a new program started.