Neighbors Can Now Save Your Life

A group of South Park residents were recently certified in 3 life-saving methods – packing, pressure, and tourniquet - to stop bleeding in emergency situations as part of a nationwide preparedness plan.

A person can bleed out in 10 minutes while waiting for first responders. In disaster situations – earthquakes, shooter incidents, major accidents – the wait time can be longer. Citizens who are trained to stop the bleed, can save lives.

If you are interested in a future 90-minute training to “Stop the Bleed,” email spna-dtla@gmail.com with your name and building where you live.

The training was hosted by South Park Neighborhood (SPNA) and taught by staff at Dignity Health - California Hospital Medical Center, located in South Park on Grand and 14th. Dignity Health - California Hospital Medical Center is a community hospital serving downtown and its neighboring communities for well over a century. Known for its wide range of medical services from obstetrics and gynecology to orthopedics and cardiology, the hospital also operates as a Level II Trauma Center, and its emergency department treats over 70,000 patients each year.