India has one of the highest road injury deaths in the world, with 40% of lives lost due to uncontrolled bleeding. But bystanders trained in ‘Active Bleeding Control’ (ABC) can play a vital role in saving precious lives before an ambulance arrives. It was with this objective that the ABC-Stop The Bleed programme was launched in the country in March 2018, with the pilot project being launched at GVK-EMRI, Medchal, Telangana.
The fourth annual summit of Active Bleeding Control–Stop the Bleed came to close here on Thursday. Children and teachers who trained a minimum of four people in ABC, those who performed skits to motivate people to learn the skill, and other participants were presented awards. Besides children who had the maximum multiplier effect in ABC project, the principals of seven schools were also awarded.
The summit was organised by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Pediatric Simulation Training and Research Society (PediSTARS), University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India, Transport Department Telangana, Road Safety Club, GVK EMRI (108), Public Health Foundation of India and Indian Development Foundation.
