Three “Stop the Bleed” classes are scheduled for Killingworth this month, including two on the same day — Wednesday, May 9.
One is at 10 a.m. and the other at 11 a.m., with both held at the Emergency Operations Center (next to Town Hall on Route 81). A third class is scheduled for Thursday, May 17, at 4 p.m. in the Killingworth library.
All will be led by an emergency medical technician at Yale-New Haven Health, who is a member of the KAA board and has led previous classes in the community.
“Stop the Bleed” is a national campaign launched in 2015 by the White House and Department of Homeland Security to inform and instruct persons on how to deal with emergency bleeding situations and to provide them with the tools to save lives.
It is of particular relevance to Killingworth, as the town was the first in Connecticut to have its residents certified for the “Stop the Bleed” program. That happened July, 19, 2017 when 19 persons — most of whom were EMTs and KAA board members — completed a one-hour course.