STOP THE BLEED® Hits 5 Million People Trained: Empowering Communities with Life-Saving Skills
Stop The Bleed Coalition | July 2025
The STOP THE BLEED® program has reached a major milestone: over 5 million people trained in life-saving bleeding control techniques. Designed to empower everyday citizens, the program teaches simple, emergency actions—like applying pressure, packing a wound, and using a tourniquet—that can save lives before professional help arrives.
With updated course materials, growing public awareness, and legislative momentum encouraging the placement of bleeding control kits in public spaces, the program continues to expand. Schools, sports venues, and government buildings are increasingly installing kits and offering training to staff and students, making communities safer and better prepared for emergencies.
Life-Saving Skills Taught by Amputee Instructor Vansh Patel
WALB News 10 | Zoe Wells | June 17, 2025
A year after losing his arm in a car crash, Deerfield‑Windsor graduate Vansh Patel is co-teaching STOP THE BLEED® classes with Phoebe Putney Health System and Dougherty County EMS.
The 45-minute workshops, offered in public and private schools, teach students vital techniques like tourniquet use and wound packing. Patel shares the real-world impact of the training:
“A simple tourniquet class that would have taken 30 minutes was enough to save my life.”
With 250 kits deployed in public schools—and additional kits for private schools—the program is spreading preparedness and hope throughout the community.
Teaching Teens Emergency Response at Summer Camp
Spectrum 1 News | Sabriel MetCalf | July 3, 2025
This summer, ONE Lexington is helping teens gain critical emergency response skills through its “It Takes a Village” camp. Over 150 teens, ages 13–17, learned STOP THE BLEED® techniques and CPR, gaining hands-on practice in life-saving skills.
Camp leader Tania Walker highlights the urgency of timely bleeding control:
“It only takes seconds, minutes to bleed out,” emphasizing the importance of immediate intervention.
By combining recreational activities with expert-led sessions, the camp ensures teens learn essential skills while having fun. Preparing young people to act quickly in emergencies strengthens the community’s overall resilience and safety.
Thanks for reading! We’ll see you next month.
-Stop The Bleed Coalition
