In honor of STOP THE BLEED® Month, Stars and Stripes have highlighted the STOP THE BLEED® campaign through the stories of two Veterans and STOP THE BLEED® Instructors Marcelo and Joshua. Veterans are a crucial part of the STOP THE BLEED® program and have been a part of the campaign since its beginning. We thank Veterans…
This May marks a major milestone: 10 years of the U.S. Department of Defense’s STOP THE BLEED® campaign. What began in 2015 at a White House event has grown into a global movement, with millions of people trained in life-saving bleeding control techniques across 169 countries. A Month of Action and Awareness Every May, we…
The U.S. Department of Defense STOP THE BLEED® Program Marks 10 Years of Global Impact Washington, D.C., May 1, 2025 – This May, the U.S. Department of Defense’s STOP THE BLEED® program celebrates a decade of empowering everyday people to save lives. Since its launch at a White House event in 2015, the campaign has…
The STOP THE BLEED® Project is proud to announce the launch of the 2025 STOP THE BLEED® Grant Program to provide Training Equipment to organizations across the United States. Now in its 7th year, grants consist of STOP THE BLEED® Training Kits valued at $1250.00. To date, the Grant program has awarded $250,000 in grants. …
We’re thrilled to announce this year’s STOP THE BLEED® Day, STOP THE BLEED® Month and all of the activities available for individuals and organizations to participate. STOP THE BLEED® Day is scheduled for Thursday, May 22, 2025, during EMS Week. The EMS professional community is one of the biggest supporters of STB. May is STOP THE…
Mark your calendars! We are officially three months away from the 8th annual National STOP THE BLEED® Day on May 22 2025—a day dedicated to encouraging individuals to learn the knowledge and skills to save lives in an emergency and spreading awareness for the STOP THE BLEED® campaign. We’ll be announcing all the ways that…
A STOP THE BLEED® save covered by WPIX TV Channel 11 News. We are always looking to spread the word about STOP THE BLEED® saves to our community. These stories are a reminder of why we do what we do: because STOP THE BLEED® training can save lives. EMT Matthew Tirschwell used a tourniquet to save…
September is National Preparedness Month, a time dedicated to encouraging individuals, families, and communities to be ready for emergencies. While preparedness often brings to mind stocking up on supplies or having an evacuation plan, there’s another crucial aspect: knowing how to respond to life-threatening situations. This year, as part of your preparedness efforts, consider planning…
STOP THE BLEED® Month is Here! It’s May 1st, which means STOP THE BLEED® Month is officially here, and it’s bringing the spotlight onto a vital skill that can truly make a difference between life and death. Whether you’re a seasoned medical professional, a concerned citizen, or someone who just wants to make a positive…
The STOP THE BLEED® Project Launches its 2024 Programs! We’re excited to announce the STOP THE BLEED® Project’s programs planned for 2024. These include the 7th annual STOP THE BLEED® Day, the STOP THE BLEED® Scholarship and Grant programs, and the ongoing STOP THE BLEED® Podcast and Ambassador programs. New this year is the first STOP…
What makes for a top shelf STOP THE BLEED® Day? • How about training 30 more people so they can teach STOP THE BLEED® classes? • How about being awarded a STOP THE BLEED® Response Station grant valued at $100,000? • How about a real live demonstration of the STOP THE BLEED® Reponse Point Station?…
We couldn’t be more thrilled to announce the 2023 STOP THE BLEED® Grant Program recipients – 15 terrific organizations focused on preparing their community for a bleeding emergency. 10 STOP THE BLEED® Response Point Cabinet Recipients 5 STOP THE BLEED® Training Kit Recipients The grant program, now in its 4th year, continues to be one…
We couldn’t be more thrilled to announce the winner of the STOP THE BLEED® Response Point Station Grant, valued at $100,000. There was tremendous interest in this grant, from organizations around the country, particularly colleges and universities. And there were so many deserving organizations so selecting the winner was a tough job. In the end,…
Recently, some allegations have been published making claims that the Coalition is not an organization in good standing with the Department of Defense STOP THE BLEED® (STB) Program. As the only non-profit organization specifically formed to support the growth of the STOP THE BLEED® campaign, we want to share a statement made by the DoD,…
National Preparedness Month is one of our busiest months (second to only STOP THE BLEED® Month) and this year it is anchored by bringing STOP THE BLEED® to the 35th annual EMS World Expo in New Orleans (Sep 20th – 22nd). You can find us at booth 556 and, for the first time ever, sign…
We always look forward to National Preparedness Month – it’s when we announce the recipients of the 2023 STOP THE BLEED® Scholarships. Now in its 5th year, the program has awarded over $175,000 to date. Once again, the judges had a difficult task as there were so many terrific essays and videos submitted by high…
We’re kicking off National Preparedness Month with a BIG Announcement! Training is at the heart of the STOP THE BLEED® campaign and STOP THE BLEED® instructors are the ones that make the heart beat!So, we could not be more excited to launch the new STOP THE BLEED® Instructor Licensing Program! Our team has put a…
National Preparedness Month covers a lot of ground as there are many kinds of emergencies one should be prepared for. We encourage everyone to visit the FEMA website: “Ready” to learn about how to prepare for a variety of disasters and emergencies. Our job is to focus on bleeding emergencies and we always look forward…
A huge thanks to everyone who participated in the 6th annual STOP THE BLEED® Day as well as STOP THE BLEED® Month. The STOP THE BLEED® campaign continues to grow with more people getting trained, more states adopting STOP THE BLEED® legislation and more STOP THE BLEED® equipment getting deployed. STOP THE BLEED® Day is…
We launched “Would You Know?” today. That’s shorthand for “Would You Know What to Do? Which is short for “Would You Know What to Do if Someone Has Life-Threatening Bleeding?” While STOP THE BLEED® is about getting people trained and equipped, it all starts with making people aware of the campaign. We know that once…
We launched the 2023 STOP THE BLEED® Grant Program today, with grants ranging from $1,000 to $100,000 in value. The grants consist of US Department of Defense licensed STOP THE BLEED® Equipment and are designed for organizations seeking to enhance their ability to address a bleeding emergency through training and the installation of public safety…
We’re thrilled to announce the STOP THE BLEED® Project’s slate of programs for 2023! We hope you’re ready to raise your hand to get trained and equipped to STOP THE BLEED®and to help us create more awareness of the importance of everyone being prepared to help address a traumatic bleeding emergency. Today marks the start…
This day has been a long time coming. The development of the STOP THE BLEED® Project has occurred over the past several years. What began as the National STOP THE BLEED® Day project has evolved into a multi-program effort that has been re-organized and renamed the STOP THE BLEED® Project. It’s a fitting name as…
Tomorrow has been a long time coming and the team has done a great job running our programs and getting ready for the BIG DAY! We have had so many deserving scholarship and grant applicants making it an extra tough job for the judges this year. We’re looking forward to announcing the STOP THE BLEED®…
It’s May – a busy month each year when it comes to public health. National Nurses week, EMS week and so many other health and safety focused activities. It also means that National STOP THE BLEED® Day is less than 3 weeks away! The National STOP THE BLEED® Day project has been busy since launching…
Every important cause needs Ambassadors – special individuals are willing to shout from the rooftops so that more people will learn about the cause and what they can do.We know that there are lots of people passionate about STOP THE BLEED®. The new Ambassador program is designed to empower them to make a difference in…
The STOP THE BLEED® campaign has a big goal – to train 200 Million people across the nation in the years ahead. To do that, training equipment is needed – lots of training equipment. Proper training equipment can be hard for some organizations to afford, which is why we’re announcing the STOP THE BLEED® Training…
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of 2021 STOP THE BLEED® Day (May 20, 2021) and hope you, your family, your friends or your organization – whether it’s a school, a company, a faith based, non-profit or government organization – will get involved. We hope you will join the millions of people who have gotten…
This post is all about time…. To start, it’s the whole basis for Stop the Bleed – a mismatch of time between when someone needs help and when professional help can arrive (that’s where the rest of us come in). It’s also time to look back over our shoulders. It’s hard to believe that the…
Well, today is the day! National STOP THE BLEED® – something that the whole team has been in the planning for months! It’s a big day in large part because we have so many announcements to make – twenty-one (21) STOP THE BLEED® Scholarship recipients and five (5) STOP THE BLEED® Training Kit Grant awardees…
ICYDK, it’s a big week. First, it’s National EMS Week. This year, like last year, National STOP THE BLEED® Day takes place on the Thursday of this important week. The EMS community has been such an important part of the STOP THE BLEED® campaign and we’re proud to be connected to their annual set of…
It’s been a busy week since #GivingTuesdayNow and it’s getting even busier as the 10 day countdown to National Stop the Bleed Day begins! More and more people are getting busy doing lots of Stop the Bleed at home stuff. Pictured above are a bunch of school nurses holding a #STOPTHESPREAD Zoom party on National…
We’re so glad that #GivingTuesday pivoted to use their terrific platform to shine a light on what’s important as we all cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. “We believe generosity has the power to unite and heal communities in good times and bad. That’s why we’ve launched #GivingTuesdayNow, a new global day of giving and unity…
The COVID-19 Pandemic has affected everyone and everything, including the National STOP THE BLEED® Day project. Many planned spring events have been cancelled and we’re glad to report that the National STOP THE BLEED® Day project HAS NOT been cancelled. But we are making some adjustments. The new STOP THE BLEED® Training Kit Grant Program…
We’ve had so many people contact us to find out what they can do while we all hunker down due to the COVID-19 Pandemic – turns out there’s a lot you can do! Right now, a big part of this community is on the front lines of the most challenging Public Health Crisis in any…
STOP THE BLEED® is one of our nation’s largest public health campaigns and while we’re excited by the growing number of people and organizations getting trained, getting equipped and getting involved in other ways, we’re mindful that our country now faces a PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, the COVID-19 pandemic, impacting practically all phases of our lives.…
The STOP THE BLEED® campaign has a big goal – to train 200 Million people across the nation in the years ahead. To do that, training equipment is needed – lots of training equipment. Proper training equipment can be hard for some organizations to afford, which is why we’re announcing the STOP THE BLEED® Training…
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of 2020 STOP THE BLEED® Day (May 21, 2020) and hope you, your family, your friends or your organization – whether it’s a school, a company, a faith based, non-profit or government organization – will get involved. We hope you will join the millions of people who have gotten…
National Stop the Bleed Day 2019 was such a great success that we’re doing it again in 2020 and we’re excited to announce May 21, 2020 as the official date! It’s going to be bigger and better – more programs, more ways for people and organizations to get involved, MORE SCHOLARSHIPS and NEW SCHOLARSHIPS! Stay…
In a word – WOW! What a day National Stop the Bleed Day turned out to be. What an overall effort by so many these past couple of months to generate more awareness of the Stop the Bleed campaign. We saw tons of activity across the country – training events, awareness events, proclamations and more.…
It’s been a long time coming, but it’s finally here, in just three days. We have so much planned for that day. We’ll be announcing the 3 winners of the Stop the Bleed Hackathon, the 6 winners of the Stop the Bleed National Scholarships and offering everyone National Stop the Bleed Day specials! Free training…
We couldn’t let Mother’s Day pass without adding another thing to the long list of things Moms do that deserve a big thanks. Dads do it, too. And so do brothers, sisters, friends and colleagues. Strangers do it. Really, just about everyone can Stop the Bleed. Less than one hour of training and you’re ready…
Taylor wrote about being Stop the Bleed ready in a recent issue of ELLE Magazine – naming it Life Lesson #7. For people in the know, the Quikclot she carries is a hemostatic gauze that comes in Stop the Bleed Kits. We understand that Taylor is kind of a busy person. If she can take…
We’re incredibly thrilled and appreciative of Dr. Oz’s support of Stop the Bleed. He did a full segment about Stop the Bleed on his show last November and has been tirelessly advocating since then for bystanders to become first responders (and that means everyone). Below is a shot from one of his many speaking engagements…
To be honest, we really didn’t know what to expect from the Stop the Bleed Hackathon. The Hackathon is a program in partnership with Hackerearth and their community of 2 Million+ developers. It’s a competition for developers to propose the best tech ideas to help Stop the Bleed continue to grow. We thought if we…
We’re pleased and proud to announce the Stop the Bleed Ambassador Program. One of the biggest challenges that Stop the Bleed faces is awareness. Most people have still not heard of it (National Stop the Bleed Day is meant to start changing that!). What we know is that once people learn about it – they…
Stop the Bleed is an everyone/anyone kind of thing and the things we are doing with National Stop the Bleed Day are meant to demonstrate that. There are lots of ways to get involved and we just announced two of them. Scholarship Program The Stop the Bleed Scholarship program, sponsored by the Stop the Bleeding…
We launched the 2019 National Stop the Bleed Day campaign just two short weeks ago and it’s already picking up steam. We already have over 100 organizations committed to making NSTBD successful with more joining every day. This week we are announcing several terrific programs that we know everyone is going to be excited about.…
We’re thrilled to announce the 2019 National Stop the Bleed Day and hope you, your family, your friends, your organization – whether it’s a school, a company, a faith based, non-profit or government organization – will get involved. We hope you will join the millions of people who have gotten trained so that they can…
Setting up a Bleeding Control Kit Drive is a fun way to for a community to rally together to support the important cause.
The Coalition has partnered with Amp Your Good to provide a custom drive template specifically for organizations, like yours, to get official Bleeding Control Kits donated directly to your institution.
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