Citizen Aid aims to teach schoolchildren how to manage and treat severe and catastrophic bleeding
It comes as authorities decided schoolkids must learn how to deal with stab wounds as Greater Manchester continues to suffer a knife crime crisis. Pupils at St Mary’s R.C. High school in Astley took part in a pilot scheme to save lives recently.READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community
“We need to teach people to understand not to carry knives but if they do come across those with knife wounds they can act quickly and effectively,” Coun Harding said. “It is sad they have to learn this as a result of the increase in stabbings in the region. “The students were shocked by the amount of knife crime that goes on in Greater Manchester, especially in that 12 month period last year where we saw more than 50 incidents. It was effectively someone being stabbed every week.
The 'Stop the Bleed' project by the region's violence reduction unit , could be rolled out to secondary schools across the country next year. The skills learned, bosses say, can also help kids deal with accidental injuries, car crash victims and animal attacks. Delivering the project represents the culmination of two years of work done by Coun Harding, who liaised with trustees and the operational manager of Citizen Aid and contacted senior medical and police staff at the Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit to facilitate a joint meeting.
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