(UPDATE 3/15: The KAA announced today that the class has been canceled)
The Killingworth Ambulance Association’s first “Stop the Bleed” class of 2020 will be held Sunday, March 15, at the KAA’s headquarters on Route 81.
The class begins at 1 p.m., is free and is open to the public.
“Stop the Bleed” is a nationwide awareness campaign (www.bleedingcontrol.org) launched in 2015 by the White House and Department of Homeland Security and is designed to empower bystanders with the training to deal with traumatic events and emergency bleeding situations before help arrives.
Its value was underscored last October at Vinal Tech in Middletown when a state trooper responding to an accident implemented a “Stop the Bleed” kit to treat what was called “a catastrophic injury” involving profuse bleeding.
Officials later said the trooper’s quick thinking may have saved the victim’s life.
The KAA first offered “Stop the Bleed” classes in July, 2017, making Killingworth the first Connecticut town to have its citizens certified. Since that time it has conducted 20 classes and had two “Stop the Bleed” stations introduced to the Killingworth Town Hall and Public Library.
For more information please contact the KAA at (860) 663-2450.