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Bleed control kits in City of London

by Mark Rowe

The City of London Police force has begun providing ‘Bleed Control Kits’ to late-night venues in the Square Mile, that could prove to be life-savers.

Some 320 of the kits, contents pictured, will be distributed across the City in the next few weeks. A similar launch by West Midlands Community Safety Partnership earlier this year was with The Daniel Baird Foundation. Lynne Baird, Daniel’s mother, runs the foundation in memory of her son, who was fatally stabbed while out with friends in Birmingham in July 2017. There was no first aid available, and Daniel died shortly after arriving at hospital, due to catastrophic bleeding. She hopes that more police forces will make the kits available around the country. (For use in Liverpool, visit the KnifeSavers website.)

The City of London Police is funding the kits, to go to various premises with late-night licences.

City of London Police’s Assistant Commissioner, Alistair Sutherland, said: “The City of London Police is proud to launch this initiative, in partnership with the Daniel Baird Foundation, as part of Lynne’s passionate campaign in memory of her son. These kits will help us achieve our aim of making the City as safe as possible for the people who live, work and visit the Square Mile.

“Daniel’s death was a tragedy that no parent should ever have to suffer. The initiative we’re launching with Lynne’s foundation, will help Daniel’s memory go on in the lives that will be saved.”

The staff at venues with kits will be given training by Prometheus Medical which developed and produced them as a commercial supplier of pre-hospital emergency medical equipment.

Background

On average, it takes an ambulance responding to a 999 call from someone with life-threatening illnesses or injuries, seven minutes to reach a patient, but bleeding from serious injuries – such as those suffered in a stabbing, shooting, car or industrial accident – can prove fatal in three to five minutes. Hence these kits can help, until paramedics arrive at the scene.

Visit https://controlthebleed.org.uk/buy-bleed-control-kit.html.

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