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DECEMBER 12, 2016

‘Stop the Bleed’ Campaign Focuses on Saving Lives With Simple Techniques

New Course to Train Civilians as Immediate Responders During Mass Casualty Events; Surgeons Urged to Take Lead

By Christina Frangou

Washington—Surgeons are urged to take a lead role in teaching simple bleeding control techniques to their communities, which experts in trauma say will reduce deaths from uncontrolled hemorrhage, similar to the way citizen adoption of CPR has saved lives over the past five decades.

“The American College of Surgeons [ACS] has made this educational effort a priority and is encouraging surgeons to take the lead in getting this important information out to the