Evaluation of Stop the Bleed Training Among High School Personnel: A Qualitative Study.

Background: Uncontrolled hemorrhage is the primary preventable cause of death following trauma. Stop the Bleed training exists to promote identification and basic treatment of life-threatening bleeding in the prehospital or community setting. Limited qualitative research is available on participant evaluation of hemorrhage control training for laypersons.

Evaluation of "Stop the Bleed" training among K-12 faculty and staff in Alabama.

Objectives: To evaluate "Stop the Bleed" (STB) training among/K12 personnel in an Alabama school system, and to assess participants' perceived readiness to train peers in STB methods.

Design And Sample: We performed a cross-sectional observational study with a convenience, nonprobability sample of 466 full-time personnel who received STB training. Data were collected using an anonymous online survey.

Aspirin for primary prevention of stroke in traumatic cerebrovascular injury: association with increased risk of transfusion.

Objective: Blunt traumatic extracranial carotid or vertebral artery injury (i.e., traumatic cerebrovascular injury [TCVI]) occurs in 1%-2% of all blunt trauma admissions, carries a 10% risk of thromboembolic ischemic stroke, and accounts for up to 9600 strokes annually in the US.