Background To be able to help and save lives, laypersons are recommended to undergo
first aid trainings. The aim of this review was to explore the variety of the elements of the …

Emergency services worldwide face increasing cost pressure that potentially limits their
existing resources. In many countries, emergency services also face the issues of staff …

Objective To determine whether restrictiveness-permissiveness of state gun laws or gun
ownership are associated with mass shootings in the US. Design Cross sectional time …

Abstract Introduction The American College of Surgeons' Stop the Bleed program has
trained more than 1 million individuals to recognize and treat external hemorrhage. Central …

BACKGROUND Prehospital tourniquet (PHT) utilization has increased in response to mass
casualty events. We aimed to describe the incidence, therapeutic effectiveness, and …

Introduction In response to mass casualty events, The Hartford Consensus brought together
subject matter experts across multiple disciplines in health care and public safety to create …

Introduction Bystander training to control life-threatening hemorrhage is an important
intervention to decrease preventable trauma deaths. We asked if receiving a trauma first aid …

BACKGROUND Despite significant attempts to educate civilians in hemorrhage control, the
majority remain untrained. We sought to determine if laypersons can successfully apply one …

Background Currently, several initiatives have emerged to empower the public to act as
immediate responders in front of hemorrhaging victims. We aimed to evaluate the …

Abstract Background The “Stop the Bleed”(StB) campaign aims to educate laypersons on
performing bleeding control techniques in any setting that requires hemorrhage control …