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JANUARY 31, 2023

OPINION

Stop the Bleed Law Will Prevent Deaths From Traumatic Blood Loss

By Alexandra Johns, MD, MPH, John Maa, MD, Sigrid Burruss, MD, Thomas Duncan, DO, FACS, FICS, Jay Doucet, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Pascal Fuchshuber, MD, and Amy Liepert, MD, FACS

Thanks to collective efforts of surgeons across California, death rates due to blood loss from traumatic injuries will likely decrease over the next several years. On Sept. 27, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill