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LAWA Joins “Stop The Bleed”
Campaign at 103 LAX Locations
Dr. Marc Eckstein. “The tools in these kits
are extremely easy to apply, and they are
designed to be used by any lay-rescuer, any
would-be Good Samaritan, to save the life
of another, or even their own life.”
The kits include a clotting bandage that can
be used to pack a wound and a tourniquet
that can be used to stem the flow of blood
from an injured person’s limbs. Also included
in the kits are latex gloves, an emergency
trauma dressing and shears.
Through its Emergency Management Division,
LAWA has ordered 250 of the kits at a
cost of $17,125 from North American Rescue.
One to two kits are in each AED cabinet.
They were distributed earlier this month, and
signs are being updated to indicate the kits
are inside the AED cabinets.
“The medical literature is extremely compelling
that these kits truly work, they stem
hemorrhage and they save lives,” he said.
“This is truly another step to provide for
public safety at one of the world’s busiest
airports.”
In addition, the LAFD is providing
training to multiple agencies, including Los
Angeles Airport Police, Airport Operations,
Customs and Border Protection and the
Transportation Security Administration in
the use of these kits.
– Content and Photo Provided by LAWA •
Jason Chapman of the Los Angeles Fire Department, left, demonstrates wound packing while Dr. Marc Eckstein, the LAFD’s medical
director, speaks to the media last Thursday.
The kits are stored in cabinets that also
include an Automated External Defibrillator
(AED) that can be used by the general public
to help resuscitate someone suffering cardiac
arrest. Just like the AEDs, the kits include
instructions to help bystanders render aid.
“What we’ve learned over the years is our
ability to protect the public in terms of public
safety is truly dependent on the public’s
involvement,” said LAFD Medical Director
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In cases of traumatic injury, seconds count.
A person can bleed to death in less than five
minutes, but with the right tools bystanders
can step in and render aid to the injured until
first responders are able to reach the scene.
That’s the philosophy behind “Stop The
Bleed,” a national awareness campaign that
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has
joined with the installation of bleeding suppression
kits at 103 locations throughout the
nine terminals at Los Angeles International
Airport (LAX).
“A victim can bleed to death much faster
than trained public safety personnel can arrive,”
said Patrick Gannon, LAWA Deputy
Executive Director for Security and Public
Safety, during a news conference with the
Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) earlier
today. “The person standing or sitting next to
that individual might be the only one who can
make the difference between life and death.”
“This has been an ongoing collaboration
between the Los Angeles Fire Department
Tactical Emergency Medical Support, what
we call our TEMS Unit, Community Risk
Reduction Unit and Los Angeles World
Airports,” said Los Angeles Fire Department
Deputy Chief Armando Hogan. “The National
Stop The Bleed campaign was implemented
to fill a critical link in the chain of survival
until first-responders arrive on the scene.”
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