Saint Francis and Hartford Yard Goats Host STOP THE BLEED® Event

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Saint Francis Hospital, a member of Trinity Health Of New England, hosted a STOP THE BLEED® training event Thursday, May 20, at Dunkin’ Donuts Park during this evening’s Hartford Yard Goats game. In collaboration with the American College of Surgeons Connecticut Chapter, the large-scale STOP THE BLEED® course was available for all attendees of the game, which took place on National Stop the Bleed Day. With a goal to train every attendee in the stands that evening, it was among the largest scale STOP THE BLEED® events to date in Connecticut.

“STOP THE BLEED® is incredibly important – bleeding is the number one cause of preventable death after injury,” said David Shapiro, MD, FACS, Chief Quality Officer and trauma surgeon at Saint Francis Hospital. “The sooner bleeding is stopped, the faster patients get better. STOP THE BLEED® steps should be as familiar as ‘stop, drop, and roll’ or CPR for cardiac arrest.”

STOP THE BLEED® is the result of a collaborative effort led by the Hartford Consensus and the American College of Surgeons to bring empowerment and education about bleeding control to the public. The course is intended to teach bystanders how to initiate care for bleeding after contacting 911. Most bleeding can be controlled with the steps taught at the course.

Saint Francis Hospital, an American College of Surgeons Verified Level I Trauma Program, will provide STOP THE BLEED® courses to the community without cost. For more information, please visit www.TrinityHealthOfNE.org/StoptheBleed.

About Saint Francis Hospital

Saint Francis Hospital has been an anchor institution in Connecticut since 1897. Saint Francis is a member of Trinity Health Of New England and Trinity Health, one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation. Saint Francis Hospital, a Level 1 Trauma Center, is a 617-bed hospital, a major teaching hospital, and the largest Catholic hospital in New England. Other Saint Francis entities include the Comprehensive Women’s Health Center, the Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute, the Hoffman Heart and Vascular Institute of Connecticut, the Smilow Cancer Hospital Yale-New Haven at Saint Francis, Trinity Health Of New England Medical Group, and Community Health and Well Being, which includes the Curtis D. Robinson Center for Health Equity, the Joan C. Dauber Food Pantry, and the Greater Hartford Family Advocacy Center. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @SaintFrancisCT.