STOP THE BLEED® is one of our nation’s largest public health campaigns. Its goal is to save lives by training people across the country how to stop traumatic bleeding.
JOIN US May 19 at 1:30 p.m. ET for a LinkedIn Live featuring American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council experts Matthew J. Levy, DO, FAEMS, member of the Emergency Medicine faculty at John Hopkins University, and Jeffrey L. Pellegrino, PhD, MPH, professor of Emergency Management at the University of Akron. You'll learn about STOP THE BLEED and how you can rise to the challenge
IT’S TIME TO TRAIN Whether you have a couple of seconds, a few minutes or an hour. You can learn about why STOP THE BLEED is important and how to do it.
The Red Cross offers both in-person and online courses that teach bleeding control including the First Aid for Severe Trauma (FAST) course.
GET SUPPLIES You can find a selection of first aid and bleeding control kits as well as tourniquets on the Red Cross Store.
About the American Red Cross:
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides comfort to victims of disasters; supplies about 40% of the nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; distributes international humanitarian aid; and supports veterans, military members and their families. The Red Cross is a nonprofit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to deliver its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or CruzRojaAmericana.org, or follow us on social media.
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