School Response Program – A Stop the Bleed Initiative

 

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Stop the Bleed – School Response Program is designed to enable school teachers, nurses, and staff how to render immediate, potentially life-saving medical aid to injured students or co-workers while awaiting the arrival of professional responders.

 

HOW DID WE GET HERE?

  • February 7, 2017 – Trauma professionals from across the state lobbied state law-makers to enable us to provide the Stop the Bleed program in the public school systems across Georgia. (view gallery)

  • The “Ask”- Additional $1M for Georgia Trauma Commission’s budget to support initiative

  • March 23, 2017 – Additional funding approved!

  • 2017-2018 School Year – Trainings begin, coordinated by Regional Trauma Advisory Committees

 

BLEEDING CONTROL KITS

The School Response Program contract was awarded to the bid placed by North American Rescue. This bid will allow for the purchase of more than 29,000 kits and will then afford the opportunity to place approximately 12 kits in every public school across the state.

Individual Bleeding Control Kits include:

  • 2 – Pair of Nitrile Gloves

  • 1 – C-A-T Tourniquet

  • 2 – Compressed Gauze

  • 1 – 6” Emergency Trauma Dressing

  • 1 – Trauma Shears

  • 1 – 5”x9” Trauma Pad

  • 1 – 2” Roll of Tape

  • 1 – English/Spanish Instruction Card

North American Rescue has extended a sale price on these kits for other organizations (private schools, community centers, etc.) across the state for a one-year period. Please reference Stop the Bleed Georgia when purchasing.

North American Rescue

Cost per kit: $39.98

Item #: 85-1563

Phone: 888.689.6277

Email: info@NARescue.com

 

PRESS KIT

Please use the documents provided below when contacting the media, legislators, or making social media posts about trainings at the schools and kit deliveries. Please feel free to use your own photos, contact information and additional information such as numbers trained and additional regional partners.

 

TRAINING MATERIALS

Each Regional Trauma Advisory Committee will have 50 training sets complete with individual  bleeding control kits and training arms for wound packing and tourniquet application. The training kits are assembled and ready for delivery/pickup.

We would like to thank Wyatt Newton from Loganville, GA for assembling over 600 training arms as his Eagle Scout Project.

For more information or to schedule delivery/pickup of training materials, contact:

Billy Kunkle

Phone: 706-604-4234

Email: billy@gtcnc.org

 

PRINT MATERIALS

There are also printed materials available to each region at a maximum of 20 each, per school.

Materials include:

For more information or to schedule delivery/pickup of print materials, contact:

Billy Kunkle

Phone: 706-604-4234

Email: billy@gtcnc.org

 

TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AND DOCUMENTS

All school trainings should be organized by/reported to each Regional Stop the Bleed Coordinator to ensure best efforts and avoid duplication.

Healthcare providers including physicians, nurses, paramedics, EMTs and first responders are all eligible to teach the Stop the Bleed Course. Simply login to www.bleedingcontol.org and register as an instructor. This will provide you with access to the most up to date information and training materials.

Required Training Materials and Documentation:

* RTAC/STB Coordinators must email documents to Billy Kunkle at billy@gtcnc.org after each training.

 

REGIONAL STOP THE BLEED – GEORGIA COORDINATORS

 

KICK-OFF TRAININGS

  • June 19-21, 2017: Georgia Association of School Nurses Conference – 457 nurses trained

  • June 28-30, 2017: Georgia Safety in our Schools Summit – over 300 School Resource Officers and Emergency Management personnel trained

  • July 12, 2017: Georgia Association of Career Technical Educators – 146 Healthcare Science Teachers trained

  • August 22, 2017: Governors Office of Highway Safety Conference – 27  Law Enforcement and Public Safety Professionals.