About

Hartford Consensus

“In April 2013, just a few months after the active shooter disaster on December 14, 2012, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, the Joint Committee to Create a National Policy to Enhance Survivability from Intentional Mass Casualty and Active Shooter Events was convened by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) in collaboration with the medical community and representatives from the federal government, the National Security Council, the U.S. military, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and governmental and nongovernmental emergency medical response organizations, among others. The committee was formed under the guidance and leadership of trauma surgeon Lenworth M. Jacobs, Jr., MD, MPH, FACS, vice president of academic affairs and chief academic officer at Hartford Hospital, and professor of surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, to create a protocol for national policy to enhance survivability from active shooter and intentional mass casualty events.”

https://www.facs.org/about-acs/hartford-consensus

Stop the Bleed!

Blood loss is the leading cause of preventable death in multiple casualty events, like mass shootings, terrorist attacks and earthquakes. Significant external bleeding can also result from everyday events such as a motorcycle crash, or industrial accident.  Rapid control of bleeding at the scene of the event can be life-saving. That’s why we are teaming up with Harborview Medical Center to educate college students, staff, faculty, and administrators to:

  1. Bystanders have skills and knowledge to provide immediate bleeding control to victims at the scene of an event.
  2. Bleeding control supplies are located in all public gathering locations next to Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs).
  3. Bleeding control education is incorporated into our schools and workplace.
  4. People know what to do in an active shooter situation

Stop the Bleed – Washington

Information About the National Program: www.bleedingcontrol.org