AL HJR469

Recognizes March 31, 2018, as National Stop the Bleed Day and March 21, 2018, as Alabama Trauma Awareness Day

Designates Stop the Bleed as a national campaign aimed at teaching Americans vital bleeding control measures using hemostatic dressings and tourniquets

Stop the Bleed initiative was created following the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, American College of Surgeons, and National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians

Encourages all Alabama citizens, particularly education administrators and faculty, to participate in the Stop the Bleed initiative to learn bleeding control methods that can be applied before professional medical care arrives

Notes that uncontrollable bleeding is the leading cause of preventable death from traumatic injury and that trauma victims can bleed to death within five minutes