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Clever R-V School District

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Stop The Bleed

Clever School District
Traumatic Blood Loss Protocol

The traumatic blood loss protocol shall: 

  1. Require that a bleeding control kit be placed in areas where there is likely to be high traffic or congregation, such as auditoriums, cafeterias, or gymnasiums, and areas where risk of injury may be elevated, including vocational classes such as woodworking or automotive classes, in each school building in an easily accessible location of such areas to be determined by local emergency medical services personnel. 

  1. Include bleeding control kits in the emergency plans of each school building, including the presentation and use of the bleeding control kits in all drills and emergencies; 

  1. Require each school building to designate a school nurse or school health care provider or, if no school nurse or school health care provider is available, a school personnel member, who shall obtain appropriate training annually in the use of a bleeding control kit including, but not limited to: 

  • The proper application of pressure to stop bleeding. 

  • The proper application of dressings or bandages. 

  • Additional pressure techniques to control bleeding.  

  • The correct application of tourniquets; 

  1. Require each bleeding control kit in school inventories to be inspected annually to ensure that the materials, supplies, and equipment contained in the bleeding control kit have not expired and that any expired materials, supplies, and equipment are replaced as necessary; and require a bleeding control kit to be restocked after each use and any materials, supplies, and equipment to be replaced as necessary to ensure that the bleeding control kit contains all necessary materials, supplies, and equipment. 

  1. The district shall, in collaboration with the United States Department of Homeland Security and the State Department of Public Safety, include requirements in the traumatic blood loss protocol for school personnel to receive annual training in the use of bleeding control kits. 

  1. The training requirements shall be satisfied by successful completion and certification under the "STOP THE BLEED" course as promulgated by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma or the American Red Cross. 

  • The training requirements may allow online instruction. 

  1. A bleeding control kit may contain any additional items that: 

  • Are approved by emergency medical services personnel, as such term is defined in section 190.600; 

  • Can adequately treat an injury involving traumatic blood loss; and 

  • Can be stored in a readily available kit. 

  • Quantities of each item required to be in a bleeding control kit may be determined by each school district. 

  1. The school district shall maintain information regarding the traumatic blood loss protocol and the Stop the Bleed national awareness campaign on the district’s website. 

  1. Upon request by a school district or a charter school, the department may, in collaboration with the department of public safety, direct the school district or charter school to resources that are available to provide bleeding control kits to the school district or charter school.