[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19441]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             STOP THE BLEED

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Kansas (Mr. Marshall) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. Speaker, when I say the term ``CPR,'' everybody in 
the room knows what I am talking about; but when I mention ``Stop the 
Bleed,'' few of us know what it is.
  This past summer, I had the opportunity to take part in a Stop the 
Bleed training program offered for my good friends and fellow 
physicians at the American College of Surgeons. This simple training 
teaches individuals how to treat bleeding injuries and help save a 
life.
  Every year, almost 200,000 Americans die from traumatic injuries 
sustained as a result of events, including vehicle crashes, falls, 
industrial and farm accidents, shootings, and natural disasters. The 
most common preventable cause of these deaths is losing too much blood 
in the minutes before trained responders can arrive. This is something 
we need to change.
  The ability to recognize life-threatening bleeding and the ability to 
intervene effectively can save a life. Whether the injury was the 
result of a car crash, home accident, or farm accident, one person who 
is there at the right time and has the right skills can make all the 
difference.
  Just like CPR training, a civilian familiar with basic bleeding 
control techniques is better equipped to save a life. The effort to 
make this training available to the public is driven by the goal to 
reduce or eliminate preventable death from bleeding.
  The American College of Surgeons, working in partnership with many 
other organizations, has now made the training needed to address such 
incidents available to the public. Through nationwide advocacy efforts, 
the American College of Surgeons will work to ensure that all people 
have access to training opportunities.
  I would implore and encourage folks like the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 
American Red Cross, and other organizations that teach CPR to add this 
very simple course on Stop the Bleed to that training course program. 
It is a very simple concept of putting pressure where the bleeding is 
occurring or how to make a quick tourniquet out of a belt or a piece of 
clothing.
  Today, I also take this opportunity to encourage fellow congressional 
Members of Congress to get trained in Stop the Bleed.

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