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Flaming Arrow Scout Reservation Receives Lifesaving STOP THE BLEED Kit

Commemorating National STOP THE BLEED Month, In-Gauge of Polk County donated a STOP THE BLEED, emergency blood loss control, tourniquet kit to the Flaming Arrow Scout Reservation, in rural Lake Wales.

Commemorating National STOP THE BLEED Month, Saturday, May 20th, In-Gauge of Polk County donated a STOP THE BLEED, emergency blood loss control, tourniquet kit to the Flaming Arrow Scout Reservation, in rural Lake Wales.

Flaming Arrow Scout Reservation Chief Ranger Kevin Slater receives a STOP THE BLEED emergency blood loss control kit donated by In-Gauge of Polk County.

Saturday, May 20th, In-Gauge of Polk County donated a STOP THE BLEED, emergency blood loss control, tourniquet kit to the Flaming Arrow Scout Reservation, in rural Lake Wales. Flaming Arrow Scout Reservation Chief Ranger Kevin Slater accepted the kit on behalf of the Scout reservation.

May is National STOP THE BLEED Month and in an effort to generate public awareness of the ability to prevent needless deaths, due to traumatic blood loss, through simple easy to use techniques, with simple, easy to use equipment, In-Gauge of Polk County is donating emergency blood loss control, tourniquet kits to high-risk venues.

Saturday’s donation to the Flaming Arrow Scout Reservation was In-Gauge’s second donation to a non-profit organization in as many weeks. Two weeks ago In-Gauge donated a STOP THE BLEED kit to the Florida Frontiersmen’s Alafia River Rendezvous Park shooting sports program.

In-Gauge will be donating emergency blood loss control, tourniquet kits to other non-profit organizations throughout the month of May.

Janet Ergle, a certified STOP THE BLEED instructor, with In-Gauge, said they will continue donating kits to worthy, non-profit organizations throughout May. “We have several other organizations currently waiting to receive their kits.” “We will get their kits to them as quickly as we can.” “We will be busy the next couple of weeks.” said Ergle.

Any non-profit organization having the need for a kit, can request one by simply sending an email request to info.ingauge@gmail.com or through ‘CONTACT US‘ on the In-Gauge website. Requests will be evaluated and granted based on need.

In-Gauge of Polk County, an NRA chartered, non-profit organization, in Winter Haven, Florida specializes in firearms safety training and is a licensed affiliate of STOPTHEBLEED.org. In addition to conducting firearms training, In-Gauge offers free STOP THE BLEED training clinics to the public.

In-Gauge will be conducting free, official STOP THE BLEED training clinics throughout the month of May. Day and afternoon, weekday and weekend classes are being conducted. Pre-registration is required for participation. Registration for the clinics can be done on the In-Gauge website or through EVENTBRITE.

FREE – STOP THE BLEED Training Clinics During May

The only thing more tragic than a life lost is a life needlessly lost that could have been saved.

In observance of National STOP THE BLEED Month, In-Gauge of Polk County will be conducting FREE, open to the public, Stop The Bleed tourniquet raining clinics during the month of May, beginning May 20th.

How it works:

Simply complete the FREE, 20 minute, Stop The Bleed online ‘Interactive Training‘ class
Then schedule your FREE Phase 2, in-person, skills training and assessment session
- May 20th – Morning and Afternoon
- May 25th – Morning and Afternoon
Show up for your scheduled appointment.
Bring with you your completed Phase 1 printed quiz results from your online ‘Interactive Training‘ class
Complete the Phase 2, in-person, skills training and assessment and receive your official Stop The Bleed certificate of training.

Training is appropriate for those 12 years of age and older. For complete training course information go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stop-the-bleed-emergency-blood-loss-tourniquet-training-tickets-305852171077

Additional information:

You are encouraged to schedule your skills training and assessment appointment as soon as possible, as this is only a one day opportunity and appointment times are expected to book quickly.

You can take and complete the online, ‘Interactive Training‘ at your convenience, any time prior to your scheduled skills training and assessment appointment.

We look forward to your participation in the 2023 National STOP THE BLEED Month.

The only thing more tragic than a life lost is a life needlessly lost that could have been saved.

FREE – STOP THE BLEED Tourniquet Training Clinics Being Conducted During the Month of May

May is National STOP THE BLEED Month

How it works:

Simply complete the FREE, 20 minute, Stop The Bleed online ‘Interactive Training‘ class
Then schedule your FREE Phase 2, in-person, skills training and assessment session
- May 20th – Morning and Afternoon
- May 25th – Morning and Afternoon
Show up for your scheduled appointment.
Bring with you your completed Phase 1 printed quiz results from your online ‘Interactive Training‘ class
Complete the Phase 2, in-person, skills training and assessment and receive your official Stop The Bleed certificate of training.

Additional information:

You are encouraged to schedule your skills training and assessment appointment as soon as possible, as this is only a one day opportunity and appointment times are expected to book quickly.

You can take and complete the online, ‘Interactive Training‘ at your convenience, any time prior to your scheduled skills training and assessment appointment.

We look forward to your participation in the 2023 National STOP THE BLEED Month.

The only thing more tragic than a life lost is a life needlessly lost that could have been saved.

STOP THE BLEED – Save A Life – Help us help our community

Help us save lives through our STOP THE BLEED community fundraising campaign.

A person can bleed to death in less than 3 minutes.

There is no greater feeling of helplessness than to watch someone’s life pass before your eyes, as you standby helpless without a simple $30 piece of equipment that could save their life and knowing how to use it.

Even in communities well served by EMS services, a person can bleed to death in less than 3 minutes. It is our goal and that of STOPTHEBLEED.org to prevent needless deaths.

STOP THE BLEED training and the bleeding control tourniquet kits can be used to control severe blood loss in everyday emergencies. Emergencies such as:

Automobile accidents
Motorcycle accidents
Boating accidents
Power equipment accidents
Animal attacks
Shooting incidents

In-Gauge of Polk County, a non-profit organization in Winter Haven, Florida is raising funds to purchase STOP THE BLEED training kits and emergency bleeding control tourniquet kits to be distributed in public venues throughout Polk County, Florida.

Our immediate goal is to purchase 2 STOP THE BLEEDtraining kits, at a cost of $1,200 each and 15 emergency bleeding control tourniquet kits, at a cost of $200 each.

The training kits will be used for training the general public in free STOP THE BLEED training classes.

The tourniquet kits will be distributed at public venues, selected schools and other non-profit organizations.

In-Gauge of Polk County, a licensed affiliate of STOPTHEBLEED.org is raising money to purchase emergency use, blood loss control, tourniquet kits. The kits will be distributed at selected public locations throughout Polk County, for use by the public, in the event of a blood loss emergency.
Further information on the project and how to donate can be found at . . . https://gofund.me/b68d5e6b

Further information on the project and how to donate can be foudd at. . . GoFundMe using the QR code or through EVENTBRITE at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fundraiser-for-stop-the-bleed-blood-loss-tourniquet-training-equipment-tickets-607398674787

NO WARNING SHOTS – Shoot to stop the threat

Florida mail carrier mauled to death by loose dogs. Failed warning shots fired to stop attack.

A Florida postal carrier is dead after being mauled by 5 dogs

“One neighbor brought his firearm along and fired several shots in the air in an attempt to disrupt the attack.” “That was unsuccessful.“

August 23, 2022

A U.S. Postal Service carrier who was attacked by five dogs in Putnam County, Florida, has died, a sheriff’s official said.

Pamela Jane Rock, 61, died at a hospital Monday night, the day after the vicious attack, which a neighbor tried to stop by firing into the air, sheriff’s Col. Joseph Wells said Tuesday at a news conference.

“One neighbor brought his firearm along and fired several shots in the air in an attempt to disrupt the attack,” Wells said. “That was unsuccessful.“

Officers applied tourniquets to stem the loss of blood, but during the drive to the hospital, Rock went into cardiac arrest.

Neighbors and the dogs’ owner pulled the animals off Rock after they heard her scream, he said. The animals were seized and will be euthanized. Additional details about the dogs, including size or breed, were not provided.

Rock’s niece told NBC affiliate WTLV of Jacksonville that Rock had recently completed training with the Postal Service and was in a postal vehicle when it broke down Sunday in a neighborhood about 65 miles south of Jacksonville.

She said that her aunt was horrifically wounded and that doctors amputated an arm in their attempt to save her.

Animal control officials had visited the dogs’ home at least twice in the last three years, Wells said.

We conduct the training. In-Gauge of Polk County, Winter Haven, Florida

Train-A-Teacher Day – FREE Training Clinics for Public & Private School Teachers

5th Annual National Train-A-Teacher Day, Saturday, June 18th

Saturday, June 17th, 2023

Participating in the National Train-A-Teacher Day, In-Gauge of Polk County, Winter Haven, Florida, will be conducting FREE, 2-hour, STOP THE BLEED, emergency blood loss control, training clinics Saturday, June 17th.

One wall-mount, Stop The Bleed, emergency blood loss control / tourniquet kit ($200 value) will be given away in each class.

There will be two clinics conducted Saturday, June 17th . . .

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Pre-registration is required, as participation is limited.

To register for either of the two clinics, click on the button below . . .

Clinic registration

or go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-train-a-teacher-stop-the-bleed-emergency-blood-loss-control-clinic-tickets-629096964957

An official, nationally recognized certificate of training will be issued upon successful completion.

An official, nationally recognized certificate of training will be issued upon successful completion.

Victims Don’t Need to Die Waiting for Help to Arrive

Push to get citizens trained to ‘Stop the Bleed’ to save lives of severely injured.

Push to get citizens trained to ‘Stop the Bleed’ to save lives of severely injured

By: Rebecca Petit – ABC Action News-Tampa Bay May 19, 2022

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — On the heels of yet another mass shooting, this time in Buffalo, N.Y., there’s a nationwide push to teach people how to “Stop the Bleed.”

Training courses took place all day Thursday as part of National Stop the Bleed Day.

You don’t have to be an EMT or a medical professional to save someone’s life who is bleeding severely. The “Stop the Bleed” course teaches how to recognize a life-threatening bleed and intervene effectively.

“A lot of craziness is going on in the world and I just like to be prepared for my family and friends,” Aaron Travers said.

After many shootings and crashes witnesses are on the scene before first responders get there. A bystander may be the one who’s most likely to save a bleeding victims their life.

Travers drove from Osceola County to Polk County to take the lifesaving course.

“Everybody should know because the more people that do know the less opportunity for loss of life,” he said.

Robert Dummett hosts these free “Stop the Bleed” training classes. He’s the chief training officer and executive director at In-Gauge of Polk County, a non-profit organization focused on firearms safety.

“An individual can bleed to death in less than three minutes,” Dummett said.

Data shows the average emergency response time for the arrival of EMS personnel to an emergency scene is seven minutes.

Dummett said learning simple techniques can improve a bleeding victims’ chances of survival.

“Packing the wound and direct pressure on the wound and if that’s not sufficient to stop the blood loss, then we want to apply a tourniquet,” Dummett said. “We’re going to tighten this until all blood flow stops. I equate it to turning off a faucet for a garden hose.”

The goal is to get more people trained in the “Stop the Bleed” program, similar to the popularity of CPR training.

“The American college of surgeons created this stop the bleed course in the wake of the sandy hook tragedy years ago,” Lakeland Regional Health trauma surgeon Dr. Andrew Gaugler said. “However, it’s not just these national tragedies that make the news where people have the opportunities to save lives.”

Dr. Gaugler said Lakeland Regional Health has trained 506 people this year using “Stop the Bleed” kits. He said there’s also a federal push to make the kits more widely available.

“If you walk through any public building, an airport, a post office, a shopping mall, you’ll see along the walls there are signs for AED’s which are a life saving device used for cardiac arrest and CPR,” Gaugler said. “I think the perfect location for a bleeding control kit would be in the location of any of those devices.”

Empowering everyday people to provide life-saving care, until emergency personnel arrives.

You can order a your own “Stop the Bleed” kit online. Stop the Bleed Month is held each May. To find more information, including where to find a ‘Stop the Bleed’ course near you, click here.

Polk County safety advocates push for availability of ‘STOP THE BLEED’ kits

STOP THE BLEED skills assessment clinics can be attended locally all day Thursday, May 19th – National STOP THE BLEED Day , at In-Gauge of Polk County, in Winter Haven, Florida.

by: Staci DaSilva : WFLA News Channel 8 – May 17, 2022

https://www.wfla.com/news/polk-county/polk-safety-advocates-push-for-availability-of-stop-the-bleed-kits/

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – In the wake of another rash of school shootings, and in the middle of National “Stop the Bleed Month,” advocates are spreading the word about blood loss.

In-Gauge and WFLA News 8 – STOP THE BLEED

“A person can bleed to death in less than two minutes,” said Dr. Andrew Gaugler, a trauma surgeon at Lakeland Regional Health.

He says, with a little bit of awareness and education, people may not have to die that way.

“Once the ‘Stop The Bleed’ course came out, that’s how we decided that we could get the community and the everyday citizen involved to help save lives,” said Dr. Gaugler.

The “Stop The Bleed” initiative came to be in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook tragedy, as part of a collaborative effort led by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma.

“Tourniquets and bleeding kits should be pretty much standard anywhere you go in a public place,” said Dr. Gaugler.

“We have gloves, we have tourniquets, we have scissors, we have roll gauze,” said Robert Dummett.

Dummett is chief training officer and executive director at In-Gauge of Polk County, a non-profit organization focused on firearms safety. Dummett, and the organization, also host “Stop the Bleed” training courses.

He says the goal is to get the “Stop the Bleed” kits everywhere there is an automated external defibrillator (AED) machine.

“The goal is to have these kits mounted next to them, readily available, for anybody to use anytime there’s blood loss, just like a person would pull a fire extinguisher off the wall,” said Dummett.

This week, he donated a kit to the Saddle Creek Gun Range in Polk County. The steps to save life and limb, he says, are clear cut.

“Wound packing is number one – wound packing and applying direct pressure to the wound and, if that’s not sufficient to stop the blood loss, then it’s application and tourniquet.”

You can order a mounted kit or a portable one online. You can also go online to find a “Stop the Bleed” course near you.

Classes Locally

STOP THE BLEED skills assessment clinics can be attended locally all day Thursday, May 19th – National STOP THE BLEED Day , at In-Gauge of Polk County, in Winter Haven, Florida. Register for a clinic at Eventbrite – StopTheBleed.

Trauma Kit Donated to Saddle Creek Gun Range

In recognition of National STOP THE BLEED Month

https://www.polk-county.net/news/news-details/2022/05/16/trauma-kit-donated-to-saddle-creek-gun-range

Bartow, Fla. (May 16, 2022) — If an unfortunate accident happens at the Saddle Creek Gun Range, Polk County’s Parks and Recreation staff will be ready thanks to the donation of a trauma kit from In-Gauge of Polk County.

In a small ceremony Monday, Polk County Commissioners Bill Braswell and Rick Wilson accepted the donation from the local group. The kit includes bandages and supplies to treat gunshot wounds until more advanced medical help arrives.

“I’d like to think in the back of my mind it’s never going to be used but it’s a great thing to have if you do need it,” Braswell said during the ceremony.

The donation from In-Gauge is in recognition of National Stop-the-Bleed Month. National Stop-the-Bleed Month aims to educate the public on the basic skills needed to control bleeding from accidents to save lives.

Robert Dummett, instructor with In-Gauge, says, “An individual can bleed to death in less than three minutes.” Dummett says anybody can use the techniques and supplies in this trauma kit to help stop bleeding and possibly save someone’s life.

For more information about Stop-the-Bleed Month visit www.stopthebleed.org.

Saddle Creek Gun Range is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. For more information about Polk County Parks & Recreation’s gun range, call Daniel Gornoski at (863) 499-2613, or visit www.polk-county.net.

FREE Emergency Blood Loss Control Training Clinics – STOP THE BLEED

A person can bleed to death in less than 3 minutes. How long did it take for EMS to arrive the last time you called 9-1-1? Think about it.

Celebrating National STOP THE BLEED Month, In-Gauge of Polk County will be conducting FREE, open to the public, Stop The Bleed training clinics throughout the month of May.

May National STOP THE BLEED Month

How it works:

Simply complete the FREE, 20 minute, Stop The Bleed online ‘Interactive Training‘ class
Then schedule your FREE Phase 2, in-person, skills training and assessment session
- May 10th
- May 19th
Show up for your scheduled appointment.
Bring with you your completed Phase 1 printed quiz results from your online ‘Interactive Training‘ class.
Complete the Phase 2, in-person, skills training and assessment and receive your official Stop The Bleed certificate of training.

Skills training and assessment clinic location . . .

**In-Gauge of Polk County, 3812 Cypress Gardens Road, Winter Haven, Florida**

Additional information:

You are encouraged to schedule your skills taining and assessment appointment as soon as possible, as this is only a one day opportunity and appointment times are expected to book quickly.

You can take and complete the online, ‘Interactive Training‘ at your convenience, any time prior to your scheduled skills training and assessment appointment.

We look forward to your participation in the 2022 National Stop The Bleed training month.