Voice-Activated Kits Aid Helpers in a Bleeding Emergency

Step-by-step audio, pictorial, and written instructions guide bystanders in emergency situations to confidently treat bleeding injuries. “Despite the advances in trauma care and lessons learned from the military, some 80,000 lives are lost in the United States each year due to uncontrolled bleeding (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16763478),” says Paul Vecchio, Vice President, North American Rescue, LLC (www.narescue.com), in an interview with MD+DI. “There is a constant stream of emergency situations that involve major bleeding and loss of life that could be potentially preventable if bystanders were equipped with lifesaving medical equipment,” Vecchio says. “From vehicle crashes and incidents involving farming equipment or public transportation, to accidental injuries from natural disasters like tornadoes, or inflicted injuries from intentional acts of violence like shootings and bombings, uncontrolled bleeding can result in death within minutes—even before emergency medical services or other emergency responders can arrive. These first minutes following a traumatic injury are crucial to saving a life.” The problem is so urgent that, in October 2015, the White House launched the “Stop the Bleed”  campaign, designed to provide bystanders of emergency situations with the tools and knowledge to stop li...
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