Mil Med. 2019 Mar 1;184(3-4):67-71

# "Stop the Bleed": A U.S. Military Installation's Model for Implementation of a Rapid Hemorrhage Control Program.

Chambers J, Seastedt K, Krell R, Caterson E, Levy M, Turner N

CONCLUSION: The STB initiative has the opportunity to save lives, not only in the public arena but on military installations worldwide. It is critical we educate, train, and prepare for mass casualty events to save lives in our current environment. We have launched our STB initiative here at JBA and hope our program serves as a potential model for other installations to proceed with developing their own in-garrison hemorrhage control program. Implementation at other military installations will likely require minor modifications given the needs and resources present at each individual facility. While, these needs can easily be met with affordable and customizable hemorrhage control kits requiring little maintenance as in our custom kits, cautionshould be exercised related to extensive modification of kits. The training is equally versatile, and can be targeted to health care professionals and the lay person at large focusing on hemorrhage control through trainings such as TCCC, B-Con, or SABC. Our goal is for every active duty and civilian member of our base be educated in effective hemorrhage control, with ready access to hemorrhage control kits throughout the base. We believe this should be a DoD-wide initiative, and it merits consideration for dedicated funding to support this public health program at other installations.