The Spirit of Charity Foundation is proud to partner with UMCNO and LSU and Tulane Medical Schools in sponsoring and facilitating the Stop the Bleed Program. It is a national campaign developed by the American College of Surgeons to teach adults and children life-saving techniques in a bleeding emergency.  This free training is offered by UMCNO.  The hour-long class will teach you how to apply a tourniquet and how to pack a wound if a tourniquet cannot be utilized or is not available.  In addition, after the training, a Stop the Bleed kit will be given to the organization, free of charge, which includes 5 tourniquets and supplies needed to Stop the Bleed.

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If you would like your children's school, your church, your workplace or any other organization to be trained in these life-saving techniques, please contact the Program Coordinator, Stacy Gerhold-Marvin, at 504-702-3113 to schedule a class.  Our instructors come to you!  We also offer one class a month at UMCNO for individuals who would like to be trained.

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You can request a class, sign up for a class and learn more about the program at www.lcmchealth.org/university-medical-center-new-orleans/our-services/norman-e-mcswain-jr-md-spirit-of-charity-trauma-/stop-the-bleed/ and www.bleedingcontrol.org.

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Please watch as this video demonstrates Stop the Bleed techniques. http://www.wwltv.com/video/news/local/local-doctors-teach-kids-how-to-stop-the-bleed/289-8009064

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"The only thing more tragic than a death.... is a death that could have been prevented."