For over two years, the Killingworth Ambulance Association has offered “Stop the Bleed” courses to the community – stressing the importance of knowing how to deal with traumatic events and emergency bleeding situations before help arrives.
Now we know why.
There was an accident last week at Vinal Tech High School in Middletown where a teacher nearly lost his hand after it was stuck in a wood planer. The instructor was rushed immediately to an area hospital to be treated for what was termed a “catastrophic injury,” involving arterial bleeding and partial amputation.
But the damage could have been far worse were it not for a state trooper who was equipped with a “Stop the Bleed” kit. That officer was identified as Trooper Alejandro Bugatti, who is the school’s resource officer, and he was applauded for quick thinking that, state police said, may have saved the victim’s life.
How?
Read the Hartford Courant’s account of the incident here: