Submitted by Clark Judge.
The Killingworth Ambulance Association renews its “Stop the Bleed” classes this spring, with three scheduled within the next two months.
The first will be held Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at the Emergency Operations Center, next to the Killingworth Town Hall, and is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. The course will include participants from CPR groups and Community Emergency Response Teams.
A second instruction is scheduled for Tuesday, April, 16, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at the KAA building on Route 81, while a third will occur on Saturday, May 11, 2019 at the same address. That will begin at 9:00 a.m.
All classes are open to the public.
“Stop the Bleed” is a nationwide awareness campaign and call to action that was launched in 2015 by the White House and Department of Homeland Security. It is designed to empower bystanders with the training to deal with traumatic events and emergency bleeding situations before emergency help arrives.
Killingworth two years ago became the first town in Connecticut to have its citizens certified in the program when 19 persons completed a one-hour course. Since then, the KAA has offered “Stop the Bleed” instruction to several hundred local citizens.
For more information, please contact the KAA at (860) 663-2450 or log on to killingworthambulance.org.
