Children as young as eleven will be taught how to stem bleeding as part of an initiative one bereaved mum has described as ‘essential’.
Hundreds of pupils used dummy limbs to learn how to apply pressure, pack wounds and use a tourniquet as part of the ‘Stop the Bleed’ training, which began at schools across Greater Manchester yesterday.
It’s hoped the life-saving scheme - pioneered by Greater Manchester’s violence reduction unit - can be rolled out in secondary schools nationwide next year. This story first appeared in the Mancunian Way newsletter - sign up here Bosses say the skills learnt can be applied to scenarios including stabbings, accidental injuries, car accidents and animal attacks with the materials aimed at children in Years 6 and 7.
Kelly Brown - whose son Rhamero West was fatally stabbed in Old Trafford - says she is delighted to hear schoolchildren will now be equipped with skills to save lives. “I feel like it’s needed.