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Posted: 12/6/2017
Parkland’s trauma team recommends potentially life-saving holiday gift
As you’re putting the final touches on your holiday shopping list and narrowing in on what to purchase Uncle Charlie or Aunt Sue, consider a gift that could potentially save their lives or those around them – a bleeding control kit.
“A person with a life-threatening injury from a home injury, car crash or a gunshot wound can bleed to death in three minutes. On average, it takes five to eight minutes for paramedics to respond to a 911 call,” said Jorie Klein, RN, Director of Trauma Services in the Rees-Jones Trauma Center at Parkland Memorial Hospital. “But if community members learn how to recognize life-threatening bleeding and administer appropriate treatment before professional rescuers arrive, lives could be saved.”
To that end, Parkland’s trauma staff is conducting “Stop the Bleeding” classes designed for the general public and bleeding control kits are available for purchase at the bleedingcontrol.org website and in the Parkland Gift Shop located in the hospital lobby at 5200 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas. The gift shop is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends.
“Events such as home injuries, work injuries and motor-vehicle trauma can happen at any moment. The new threats in our communities such as mass shootings or terrorist-related events such as trucks driving into crowds or bombings require all citizens to be prepared at all times. Those precious few minutes can save a life before help arrives,” Klein said. “Having one of these kits available in your home, car, truck, RV and even your workplace means you can take the actions needed to control the bleeding before first responders arrive on the scene.”
The kit, which Klein describes as “a great stocking stuffer,” includes:
• Step-by-step bleeding control instructions
• Hemostatic bleeding control dressing
• Compressed gauze
• Rubber gloves
• 6-inch emergency trauma dressing
• Medical scissors
• Tourniquet
• Permanent marker for writing the time the tourniquet was applied
Retailing for $84.99, the kits come in a red zipper bag affixed with a large Velcro strip making it easy to attach to the inside of a trunk or glove compartment. Single tourniquets are also available for $34.99.
“I know most people don’t think of a bleeding control kit when you’re shopping for holiday gift items,” Klein said. “But it’s the first thing you’ll think of when you’re involved in a crash or if a wreck happens in front of your house. I hope it’s something everyone has but no one ever has to use.”
For more information about Parkland’s “Stop the Bleeding” classes or to request a class be taught at your office, school or agency, contact Jorie Klein at stopthebleed@phhs.org. You can visit the www.bleedingcontrol.org website for additional history regarding the Stop the Bleeding course. For information about Parkland services, please visit www.parklandhospital.com.