Save a Life: Control the Bleed

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he National Trauma Institute estimates that severe bleeding accounts for greater than 35% of pre-hospital deaths

It takes as little as 3 to 5 minutes to bleed to death from severe arterial bleeding.

The average EMS response time in the U.S. is 7 minutes nationally, and 14 minutes in rural areas of the country

While a patient who has suffered severe trauma ultimately needs to be in surgery in the hands of a skilled surgeon, the act of saving the patient’s life will be very likely be performed in the field, well before the surgeon even knows the patient is on his or her way to the emergency room.

You owe it to yourself and your loved ones to learn how to Control the Bleed!