December 12, 2018
Stop the Bleed kits now available on Manhattan campus
Stop the Bleed kits have been placed with every publicly available automated external defibrillator, or AED, on the K-State Manhattan campus.
The kits are made possible thanks to the generous donation of R. Clay Harvey, M.D., of Topeka, and a partnership between the Office of the President and the Kansas State University Police Department.
Stop the Bleed kits contain the supplies needed to control life-threatening bleeding until first responders can arrive to render aid. Life-threatening bleeding can result from any number of traumas including car accidents, work-related injuries and active violence incidents. Traumatic bleeding is one of the leading causes of death for people under the age of 46 and it's possible for a person to bleed to death in less than five minutes. By placing Stop the Bleed kits with AEDs, people can access emergency supplies for life-threatening conditions from a single location.
For more information regarding Stop the Bleed training, contact Michael Bear, emergency management coordinator, at mlbear@k-state.edu.
To locate an AED, consult the safety map in the LiveSafe app. LiveSafe is free for all members of the university community to download.
To register:
- Download the app from iTunes or Google Play (search for "LiveSafe" with the blue shield icon).
- Fill in your name and contact information.
- Select "Kansas State University" as your school.