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Troop B Unit Helping

Teach School Staff to

‘Stop the Bleed’

The Massachusetts State Police Troop B school
safety unit continues to work with western
Massachusetts schools to host “Stop the Bleed” first
aid training for faculty and staff members.

“Stop the Bleed” is a national awareness campaign Lt. David Buell and Trooper Andrew Canata serve
intended to educate, train, and empower bystanders
to identify and help control life-threatening bleeding as tourniquet subjets at a ‘Stop the Bleed’ training
before professional help arrives. Coordinators of the at a school in Otis.
effort note that people who know how to stop bleeding Education programs.”
from an injury can save a life – including their own.
Among the skills learned in the classes will be how to The Troop B unit partners with Baystate Medical
apply a tourniquet, the correct way to pack a wound, Center, Berkshire Medical Center, and several other
and how to apply pressure to stop the bleed. public safety agencies in the Western Mass. Stop the
Troop B and its health care partners have nearly 20 Bleed Coallition. To date, the Coalition has educated
training sessions planned over the next two months. 3,324 program attendees since December 2017.
Fifteen training sessions will be offered to school
staffs in Adams, Cheshire, “The skills learned in a ‘Stop the Bleed’ class will
INSIDE Holyoke, North Adams, and prepare you to provide help in incidents such as
Southwick, said Trooper
car crashes, industrial accidents, and accidents
Andrew Canata, a member of in the home or workplace, where serious injuries
the school safety unit. place people at risk of death due to life-threatening
Scenes from
another successful bleeding,” said Ida Konderwicz RN, BSN, CEN, Injury
July 4 as MSP kept Additionally, Trooper James Prevention Coordinator for the Trauma Division at
the Esplanade safe Carmichael, the other Baystate Medical Center and Tracy DiSilva RN, BS,
during America’s member of the Troop B CEN Trauma Program Manager, Berkshire Medical
Birthday Party > 4 Community Action Team Center.
school safety unit, is
Animal Rescue coordinating two sessions “Tracy and I would like to thank all of our active
League presents to at Baystate Franklin Medical members of our coalition which consists of doctors,
84th RTT, and other Center in Greenfield to train nurses, EMS, local and state police. With a special
MSP News > 9 police, firefighters, EMS thank you to Trooper Andrew Canata of Troop B

Dedicated Group of medics, and school nurses in Community Action
Volunteers Work to how to be “Stop the Bleed” Team School Safety
Grow MSP Museum’s instructors. These “train-the- Unit. Trooper Canata
Offerings > 10 trainer” sessions will prepare has been pivotal
instructors to conduct future in organizing and
Cover: Det. Lt. Brian trainings in Hampshire and participating in
Connors (right) and Franklin counties. educating schools’
Lt. Timothy Babbin faculty on Stop the
of the Gaming “Our primary focus is training Bleed.”
Enforcement Unit the schools for this effort,”
take time for a photo Trooper Canata said. “Some Trooper Canata with
with a friend. If they schools are also looking at Tracy DiSilva, Trauma
ever need backup, offering the training to high
Popeye can surely school students as part Program Manager at
hold his own. Berkshire Medical
of their Wellness/Physical Center.
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