Post on 18-Dec-2021
Hartford Consensus / STOP THE BLEED
• Sandy Hook school shooting 2012• Len Jacobs MD FACS• Hartford Consensus I‐IV• “Stop the Bleed” – endorsed by
President Obama 2012• Owned by Department of Defense
ACS ‐ BCON• Hartford IV – final gap:
– Citizen BCON
• Bleeding Control Course• Launched ASCCC 16• BCon – over 133,000 trained• PUBLIC ACCESS KITS
Success in San Diego County!• Presentation to Board of
Supervisors• Enthusiasm!• Ordinance passed 3/2018 to
direct staff to explore having County government buildings, parks have a STB kit
Bill AB 909 ‐ AB‐909 Emergency response: trauma kits.
• Incorporated:– STB training, – collocation with AEDs, liability protection,
– kit contents• Complex bill
Appropriations CommitteeSeptember 2017
• STALLED!• Too complex?
– Liability– Training– Kit contents– Building codes– Cost?
January 2018 ‐ Its alive! AB‐238 Emergency response: trauma kits.
• Simpler bill• Building code change –Bleeding kit where AEDs required
• Senate OKs
K.I.S.S
Reconcilation CommitteeApril 2018
• STALLED AGAIN!• Single member opposes, had previously voted yes!
Lessons learned• Politics is tough• Don’t give up!• Bill – K.I.S.S. – Building code, not a way of life• College is a great resource
STOP THE BLEED Advocacy ToolkitGet it at:• https://www.facs.org/advocacy/state/resources
– “Bleeding Control Toolkit”• Will soon be on bleedingcontrol.org