INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — It’s an unfortunate scene, repeated all around the country: A crowd of people gather, and an armed suspect pulls out a gun and starts randomly shooting. It happened Wednesday ...
MODESTO (CBS13) — Some of the victims were shot during the Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting used makeshift tourniquets to stop themselves from bleeding out during the chaos. Doctor Jodi Coates at Mercy ...
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A Velcro strap was designed to save lives. In fact, one did just that last fall when a state police corporal used a tourniquet on himself after being shot on Route 33 near ...
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — Enhanced tactical emergency training for first responders is making them more prepared to respond to the growing risk of active shooter situations, or mass casualty scenarios ...
As the frequency of mass shootings across the country continues to rise, some doctors are recommending that civilians be trained in how to apply tourniquets to victims in disaster situations. The ...
Police in Northwest Indiana have saved more than 100 people since a training program began five years ago designed to teach them how to use a tourniquet to save themselves or their fellow officers if ...
Last fall, the Urbana Police Department used federally forfeited drug funds to buy 60 seventh-generation Combat Application Tourniquets for $1,429.20, including shipping, according to Lt. Bryant ...
DENVER - Denver Police officers took a few minutes out of their day patrolling the city to learn how to use a tourniquet after two were used to save Officer Tony Lopez Jr.'s life last week. Lopez' ...
If faced with someone having a medical emergency, do you know the best steps to take until professional help arrives? Training in CPR, AED, wound pressure and tourniquets is being offered to the ...
When off-duty New Jersey State Police Trooper Kenneth Minnes came upon a crashed pickup truck a few weeks ago, a young passengers was bleeding heavily from his mangled arm. "I saw how much blood was ...
Pennsylvania State Police is partnering with the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation to provide 'Stop the Bleed' tourniquet training to its troopers. The course combines lecture with hands-on ...