“Stop the Bleed” turns bystanders — even young children — into immediate responders by teaching them to pack a wound and use a tourniquet.
“Chances are, you’re never ever going to have to use this. If you do, it’s gonna be scary,” Kate Carleton told the 20 or so 8- and 9-year-olds. “But because we’ve taught you what to do, it makes it a little less scary.”
She spent the next 30 minutes teaching them how to stop a wound from bleeding out.
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Although a child dying at school in a mass shooting may be unlikely, a child dying from a gunshot is not. Firearms are the leading cause of death among people 18 and younger in the US, accounting for nearly 19% of all childhood deaths.
This is an odd characterization of the Stop the Bleed program. Largely I’ve seen it targeted at adult and people in industries at particular risk, rather than children in particular.
That said I could get behind a CPR/AED/StB program being standardized for a high school course level. These types of programs tend to take a little amount of time to teach and can buy enough time for EMS to arrive. Although 8-9 yr olds seems like a bit young.
Training for 5 year olds should be mostly about thinking about not putting themselves in danger, recognizing when somebody needs help, and getting help.
As for high school age you can get certified as an EMT at 16, so high school age can handle this type of class.
I am all for basic first aid to be part of school curriculum. CPR, AED, and Stop the Bleed.
There are so many reasons to have a stop the bleed kit and training that isn’t gun shot related. Industrial accidents, automobile accidents, and even accidents around the home like kitchen accidents could cause a serious bleed. It’s not a terrible thing to understand the basics of preventing someone from bleeding out.
I am never opposed to any sort of survival, triage, or emergency training. Wounds, broken bones, severe weather… things that should be taught in schools. Do you want the next generation to be better? Teach them about the consequences of our freedoms and how to deal with them.
As with bulletproof backpacks and multiple security doors in schools… another thing that shouldn’t exist in the first place, and it’s only necessary because dead kids aren’t enough for Americans to reconsider how convenient it is to kill people here.
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This is an odd characterization of the Stop the Bleed program. Largely I’ve seen it targeted at adult and people in industries at particular risk, rather than children in particular.
That said I could get behind a CPR/AED/StB program being standardized for a high school course level. These types of programs tend to take a little amount of time to teach and can buy enough time for EMS to arrive. Although 8-9 yr olds seems like a bit young.
Any training needs to be tailored to age.
Training for 5 year olds should be mostly about thinking about not putting themselves in danger, recognizing when somebody needs help, and getting help.
As for high school age you can get certified as an EMT at 16, so high school age can handle this type of class.
I am all for basic first aid to be part of school curriculum. CPR, AED, and Stop the Bleed.
There are so many reasons to have a stop the bleed kit and training that isn’t gun shot related. Industrial accidents, automobile accidents, and even accidents around the home like kitchen accidents could cause a serious bleed. It’s not a terrible thing to understand the basics of preventing someone from bleeding out.
I am never opposed to any sort of survival, triage, or emergency training. Wounds, broken bones, severe weather… things that should be taught in schools. Do you want the next generation to be better? Teach them about the consequences of our freedoms and how to deal with them.
Yeah, even if guns didn’t exist this would be useful knowledge.
When I was in school we had earthquake drills and stop drop and roll. My parents had “Duck and Cover”.
Not sure how this is any different other than being potentially more useful.
https://youtu.be/6IYrA3Ans_U
Earthquakes and Fires still happen though
Also, earthquakes and fires aren’t something that can be stopped through legislation.
What CAN be done about both of those things is to mandate building codes to minimize the risk.
Perhaps we could apply a similar concept to guns…
The US government was able to pressure God off the whole polygamy rules in Mormonism.
I think we could do the same for earthquakes and fires.
Here, children learn first aid, too. But luckily we live in a civilized country, so they don’t need to learn about shotgun wounds.
As with bulletproof backpacks and multiple security doors in schools… another thing that shouldn’t exist in the first place, and it’s only necessary because dead kids aren’t enough for Americans to reconsider how convenient it is to kill people here.