Rocklin, California (CNN) — When I visited Rocklin Elementary school, I sat in on a lesson with a third-grade class – a lesson I would never have imagined as a father, a journalist or a trauma surgeon ...

Tourniquets are bands that you tie tightly around a bleeding wound on an arm or leg to apply pressure and slow down blood loss. Here are the steps for correctly applying one. You may need a tourniquet ...

A bad wound can happen anywhere: at home, on the job, in the yard or on the street. One moment you’re going about your day, and the next you’re staring at a deep cut, a gash or an injury that is ...

Knowing how to control bleeding quickly and effectively—and having the right equipment on hand—saves lives in the case of a traumatic accident. There are several effective ways to control bleeding in ...

Did you know that uncontrolled blood loss is the number one cause of preventable traumatic death? Learning how to stop or slow bleeding until professional emergency medical services (EMS) arrive can ...

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Residents in one of the city’s most violence-plagued communities were given lessons Tuesday on how to stop victims from bleeding out on the street in a first-of-its kind program. The training occurred ...

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She spent the next 30 minutes teaching them how to stop a wound from bleeding out. The lesson is appropriately titled “Stop the Bleed.” Carleton is a trauma nurse at Sutter Roseville Medical Center, a ...