Matthew J Levy, Christopher M Wend, William P Flemming, Antoin Lazieh, Andrew J Rosenblum, Candace M Pineda, Douglas M Wolfberg, Jennifer Lee Jenkins, Craig A Goolsby, Asa M Margolis
INTRODUCTION: In the United States, all 50 states and the District of Columbia have Good Samaritan Laws (GSLs). Designed to encourage bystanders to aid at the scene of an emergency, GSLs generally limit the risk of civil tort liability if the care is rendered in good faith. Nation-wide, a leading cause of preventable death is uncontrolled external hemorrhage. Public bleeding control initiatives aim to train the public to recognize life-threatening external bleeding, perform life-sustaining interventions (including direct pressure, tourniquet application, and wound packing), and to promote access to bleeding control equipment to ensure a rapid response from bystanders...
April 4, 2024: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine