{"id":102328,"date":"2021-06-28T00:04:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T07:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=102328"},"modified":"2021-06-29T21:40:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T04:40:47","slug":"guide-to-bleeding-control-kits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2021\/06\/28\/guide-to-bleeding-control-kits\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to bleeding control kits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>As a responsible citizen, you should have a bleeding kit in your car, bag or place of work. You must be wondering why you should have the kit while you aren\u2019t a health care provider, right?<\/p>\n

Well, accidents can happen anytime and anywhere, and if you are the only one or the first responder at the accident scene, you can\u2019t save a life if you don\u2019t have the kit with you, can you? The kit can also save your life in an accident, as the responders will use the kit to stop bleeding.<\/p>\n

Where do you buy a bleeding control kit?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

You can buy the kit from your local drug store or online. In fact, you can buy the kit right now. Click here to buy a bleeding control kit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What is included in a bleeding control kit?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

What is included in a kit depends on the type of kit you have bought. The most basic type of kit is the basic kit, and it contains a variety of items that include:<\/p>\n

Tourniquets<\/em>: They are the most important components of the kit, and they come in handy at preventing bleeding from coming about.<\/p>\n

Permanent marker<\/em>: The marker helps the responders and ER doctors note the time they apply the tourniquet.<\/p>\n

Trauma shears<\/em>: They help the rescuers access the injury site quickly and cleanly<\/p>\n

Gloves<\/em>: These provide the wearer with a layer of protection from infection and bloodborne pathogens.<\/p>\n

Emergency bandage: they hold the dressing in place to stop the bleeding.<\/p>\n

Compressed gauze dressing<\/em>: They make it possible for the rescuers to pack the wounds and slow the bleeding.<\/p>\n

The intermediate bleeding control kit contains more advanced items than the basic kit. This kit contains all the items you will find in the basic bleeding control kit and other advanced equipment, such as equipment to help with the sealing of the entrance and exit wounds.<\/p>\n

The last type of control kit is the advanced kit that contains all the equipment you will find in the basic and intermediate kit, plus a few other advanced items. For example, the advanced bleeding control kit contains hemostatic dressing that enhances blood-clotting<\/a> abilities making it easy to control bleeding.<\/p>\n

Where can you use the bleeding control kit?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

You can use the kit almost anywhere. For example, you can use it in industries where you use it to stop bleeding that might be brought about by a machinery accident.<\/p>\n

Other places you can use the kit include:<\/p>\n

Law enforcement vehicles<\/strong><\/p>\n

In most cases, the police officers and other professionals are the first to appear at the scene of the accident so if you are a law enforcement professional, equipping your vehicle with a bleeding control kit ensures that you are fully ready for anything that might come your way as you are working.<\/p>\n

Schools and universities<\/strong><\/p>\n

Accidents can happen anywhere in the schools. They can happen as the kids are playing, as they interact with power tools in the classrooms, among many other areas. If you are a school administrator, having the kits at strategic areas of the school makes it easy to prevent excessive bleeding when an accident happens.<\/p>\n

Public venues<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stadiums, clubs, malls, airports and other areas thronged by many people are likely to have casualties, and you can prevent them by having the bleeding control kits installed at strategic areas of the venues.<\/p>\n

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As a responsible citizen, you should have a bleeding kit in your car, bag or place of work. You must be wondering why you should have the kit while you aren\u2019t a health care provider, right? Well, accidents can happen anytime and anywhere, and if you are the only one or the first responder at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":102330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1506],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}