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Stop the Bleed campaign helps educate, train public to triage trauma patients [photos]

Nurse Regena Young demonstrates packing and wrapping an armpit wound with student LaTrel Menifee during a "Stop the Bleed" class at Brainerd High School on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Erlanger Hospital provided first aid training focused on slowing blood loss in trauma victims for the health occupations classes and interested faculty and students at Brainerd.
Nurse Regena Young demonstrates packing and wrapping an armpit wound with student LaTrel Menifee during a "Stop the Bleed" class at Brainerd High School on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Erlanger Hospital provided first aid training focused on slowing blood loss in trauma victims for the health occupations classes and interested faculty and students at Brainerd. Nurse Regena Young demonstrates packing and wrapping an armpit wound with student LaTrel Menifee during a "Stop the Bleed" class at Brainerd High School on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Erlanger Hospital provided first aid training focused on slowing blood loss in trauma victims for the health occupations classes and interested faculty and students at Brainerd.

By Elizabeth Fite 4 min read

Brainerd High School seniors La’breuna Merity and Darianna King envisioned themselves in medical careers starting in ninth grade.

As health science students, they’ve spent class time honing skills for their future professions – Merity plans to become a traveling nurse and King a physical therapist.

But when Regena Young, trauma outreach and injury prevention coordinator at Erlanger Health System, taught their Wednesday afternoon anatomy and physiology class ways to stop severe bleeding, the two gained a broader appreciation for their studies.

Tourniquet mistakes

Common tourniquet mistakes, according to Young:Not using one — T-shirts and scarfs work as backup!Waiting too long to apply — don’t hesitate!Not tightening enough — apply 2nd if needed!Loosening it — expect discomfort!Removing it — leave this to medical professionals!

“Everybody should know this, not just people going into the medical field,” King said. “There’s a lot of crime going on, and you never know what can happen on the streets.”