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DE SCR81

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Engrossed

5/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Marie Pinkney

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Origin

Senate

153rd General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Designates May 22, 2025, as "Stop the Bleed Day" in Delaware to promote awareness of lifesaving bleeding-control techniques

  • Recognizes the Stop the Bleed campaign launched by the American College of Surgeons following the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to improve survival rates for trauma victims

  • Highlights that trauma victims can bleed to death within 3 to 5 minutes and that approximately 40% of trauma-related deaths are caused by bleeding, making it the most common cause of preventable death in trauma

  • Promotes the use of trauma kits containing tourniquets, wound dressings, and hemostatic agents placed in public locations similar to AEDs

  • Encourages all Delaware residents to participate in the initiative and learn bleeding-control measures to become immediate responders in emergencies

Legislative Description

Recognizing May 22, 2025, As Stop The Bleed Day In The State Of Delaware.

Last Action

Passed In House by Voice Vote

5/20/2025

Full Bill Text

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