Bleed control kits are now located inside every automated external defibrillator (AED) cabinet.
Sept. 18, 2017
Bleed control kits located in every campus AED cabinet for emergencies involving mass casualties
With the help of new bleed control kits, your actions can save a life
Students from the University of Calgary’s Student Medical Response team volunteered during the June
In an emergency, every minute matters — especially when the emergency involves major bleeding. New bleed control kits are now located inside every Automated External Defibrillator (AED) cabinet across campus and are equipped to help you in a situation where there is an immediate medical emergency due to major bleeding. Anyone can access the kits. Each kit has the essentials — contained in a sealed package — to stop traumatic bleeding.
“The bleed control kits came as a result of June’s active assailant exercise, where there was a desire to have capability to deal with mass trauma,” says Rick Gysen, manager (community operations), Campus Security. “In a real situation, it may be a few minutes before a rescuer arrives on scene to help the injured person, and those minutes are critical — your decision to intervene could mean the difference between life and death. The bleed control kits will provide more immediate assistance until help can get to you.”
In addition to the bleed control kits located inside AED cabinets, large wall-mounted mass casualty care cabinets will be going up where large groups of people tend to congregate on campus. Inside each plexiglass cabinet will be eight trauma kits, and all will be installed in areas of high traffic including MacEwan Student Centre, the main level of the Taylor Family Digital Library, and the link between the Olympic Oval and Kinesiology building, as this area often sees a high volume of visitors for sporting events and convocation.
Once installed, locations and information about the mass casualty care kits will be posted to the Campus Security and Emergency Management websites.
For information on first aid classes, visit Active Living in the Kinesiology Building or go to the Active Living website.
Just in time for Safety and Wellness Week, visit the new Enterprise Risk Management website to learn more about how the university identifies, analyzes, mitigates and monitors internal and external risks that threaten the university.