A campaigner has said that UK secondary schools should have bleed kits on the premises and provision should be mandatory.
Peter Dutch is behind a community interest company called Colchester Anti Loo Roll Brigade and has secured funding to get them installed across two counties.
At a cost of £80 each, the kits help stem the flow of blood following a stabbing, or other injury, until medical help arrives.
A kit contains a tourniquet, specially coated gauze and bandages, scissors for cutting off clothing, and other equipment.
They are specifically designed to buy time for ambulance crews to arrive and take over treatment.
Dutch has provided kits and training for schools across the city and was set to get them installed across every senior school in Essex and Suffolk.
Dutch told the BBC:
“It shouldn’t be down to a local charity stepping in as to whether or not your child, in the event of an awful incident, has the best chance of survival.
“In an ideal world we wouldn’t have to be having these discussions, but unfortunately burying your head in the sand doesn’t fix the problem.”
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