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importance of this initiative. Dr. enabler for everything you succeed be purchased for a lot less. Several
Rhyne is a trained general surgeon in - throughout life.” organizations in Lubbock and
and trauma surgeon and has around the country are providing
personally witnessed the loss of Uncontrolled bleeding can quickly low cost kits to schools and public
life from a preventable bleeding kill, but trained individuals can event centers, but more work and
death arriving at the emergency stop most bleeding without a kit, access to these kits is needed.
room. “Given the nature of the just with the use of compression. In Lubbock, if the Texas Tech
types of injuries we’ve seen and This can be done by applying Medical School, Covenant, UMC
the changes in demographics in pressure with your hands or by and other health care providers
the last 20 to 30 years, it’s become using a shirt. According to STB such as EMS were to collaborate
ever more important. There are a training, individuals can use on a “Stop the Bleed” initiative,
lot of blast injuries that used to not anything to put over a wound and they could more effectively reach
occur and a lot of mangled tissue. put pressure on it, and most of the out to local schools and other
Trauma thirty years ago was time that will stop bleeding in the civic organizations on an annual
largely penetrating injuries, such extremities or groin or the armpit basis to provide low-cost kits and
as gun shots and knife wounds, or neck. Beyond training, there are train people to quickly respond to
car wrecks and those types of “Stop the Bleed” kits. These kits bleeding injuries and save lives in
things, but now it’s evolved into usually include gauze bandages, our community.
more explosive injuries and blast tape, ace or compression bandages
type injuries.” - all used to keep steady pressure
on the wound. Tourniquets are
Dr. Sobel has also run numerous also in the kits, to tie off bleeding
“Stop the Bleed” programs for the in an injured arm or leg. Some
surrounding Lubbock community kits include a marker to note the
with TTUHSC students assisting time the tourniquet was applied,
and teaching the community information vital to doctors.
about the protocol on how to save
a life from bleeding. Dr. Sobel Many “Stop the Bleed” initiatives
cares deeply for the Lubbock recommend that every classroom
community and has even noted have a special “stop the bleed” kit.
that, “Community service is an Commercial kits cost around $60
each, but the basic components can

Article Submitted by
Grant Arrington LUBBOCK COOPER

Grant Arrington is the son of Paul and Judy Arrington. He is a senior at Lubbock Cooper
High School, where he participates in DECA, NTHS, and NHS. He is going to state in
Finance for DECA and is an officer in the local NTHS chapter. He hopes to attend Texas
A&M University in the fall and major in medicine or engineering.

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