"Stop the Bleed" is a nationwide campaign to empower individuals to act quickly and save lives. It is meant to teach everyday individuals how to Stop the Bleed should they find themselves with a victim who is bleeding profusely and in need of immediate medical assistance. Bleeding out is one of the leading causes of death in trauma and a patients chance of survival increases with immediate help. Team members at UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital recently invited Dr. Richard Sidwell a trauma surgeon from Des Moines and Dr. Amy Hanson from Carver College of Medicine to train team members on how to teach the public how to stock their first aid kits with a tourniquet and how to use one should they ever need to. St. Luke's is the first hospital in Eastern Iowa to hold train the trainers events and will soon be going out into the community to train residents. To learn more about this program go to https://www.dhs.gov/stopthebleed.