Brief, Web-based training, combined with JiT education, may help as many as 75% of laypeople properly apply a tourniquet. These findings suggest that this approach may help teach the public to Stop the Bleed.
T rauma is the leading cause of death for people 1-40 years old. 1 Bleeding can often be stopped with direct pressure by using your hands or available materials such as a towel or shirt to apply firm, steady pressure to a wound. Lifethreatening bleeding from the arms or legs can be stopped by a tourniquet. Stop the Bleed is a national campaign to teach and equip the public to save lives during bleeding emergencies. 1 To further the Stop the Bleed initiative, the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health at the Uniformed Services University developed a series of educational tools to facilitate tourniquet application by the public.
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