By STAFF REPORT |
PUBLISHED: March 31, 2018 at 4:05 p.m. | UPDATED: April 1, 2018 at 3:07 p.m.
Hawthorne police and officials from County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center teamed up Saturday to teach residents the principles of bleeding control for National Stop the Bleed Day. The free two-hour course at the Hawthorne police station showed participants how to provide first aid and apply tourniquets in a bleeding emergency until first responders arrive. Classes also were offered locally by the Redondo Beach Police Department. More than 600 took place across the country for the inaugural event, which was commissioned by the White House in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Hawthorne PD Lt. Eric Lane teaches tourniquet application technique to Nicola King, left, and Jean Foster during Hawthorne Police Department National Stop the Bleed Day event March 31, 2018 at the HPD community center. Police and members of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center trauma nursing staff teamed up to teach local residents the principles of bleeding control and how to provide first aid, including applying tourniquets, until first responders arrive. Photo by Robert Casillas
Hawthorne PD officer Michael Murray explains how to take control when involved in a traumatic event during Hawthorne Police Department National Stop the Bleed Day event March 31, 2018 in the HPD community center. Police and members of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center trauma nursing staff teamed up to teach local residents the principles of bleeding control and how to provide first aid, including applying tourniquets, until first responders arrive.Photo by Robert Casillas
The Hawthorne Police Department held a National Stop the Bleed Day event March 31, 2018 at the HPD community center. Police and members of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center trauma nursing staff teamed up to teach local residents the principles of bleeding control and how to provide first aid, including applying tourniquets, until first responders arrive. HUMC nurse Kristen Kraus teaches proper tourniquet application.Photo by Robert Casillas