Having a Bleed Control Kit on scene means you can provide life-saving treatment within minutes before emergency services arrive. Learning how to identify and control life-threatening bleeding means you can help to save lives.
The Bleed Control Kit contains everything necessary to enable untrained individuals to stop the bleeding and save lives
When a major bleed occurs, a person can lose their life in just 3 to 5 minutes, long before an ambulance can reach them.
If your team doesn’t know how to identify and control a severe bleed, those critical minutes can mean the difference between life and death. Currently, the average Category 1 ambulance response time for life-threatening bleeding incidents is well over five minutes.
In situations where there’s an ongoing threat (such as during terrorist or criminal attacks) ambulance crews are not permitted to enter until police have declared the area safe. That means your staff and visitors may be waiting much longer for help to arrive.
As a venue operator or safety manager, your team are the true first responders. Ensuring your staff are trained and equipped to act in those first few minutes can save lives, long before the professionals arrive. Empower your people to be confident, capable and ready to respond when it matters most.
The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 (also known as Martyn’s Law) will make public safety a legal obligation for venues, requiring you to be prepared for terrorist and hostile incidents.
Named after Martyn Hett, a victim of the Manchester Arena attack, the law is the result of his mother Figen Murray’s campaign to ensure venues take meaningful, enforceable action to protect the public. In terror attacks, injuries often cause life-threatening blood loss, far beyond the capacity of standard first aid kits. Public testimonies from the Manchester Arena bombing have revealed that if those on the scene had been able to access Bleed Control Kits, injuries would have been treated better, and many lives would have potentially been saved.
Legally, certain venues must be prepared to take proactive action to protect their venues, staff and customers.
Find out if your venue legally needs to take this action by filling out this quick questionnaire.
Martyn's law questionnaire
Having a Bleed Control Kit on the scene means quick and immediate action to control a catastrophic bleed before emergency help arrives.
Ensure your staff are prepared to respond confidently to life-threatening bleeding with a half-day, in-person skills development workshop delivered at your venue.
This practical training equips your team to identify severe bleeding and use a bleed control kit to stop blood loss while waiting for emergency services to arrive.
Your staff will learn to:
· Recognise external life-threatening bleeding
· Locate the source of a bleed and apply direct pressure
· Use emergency trauma bandages and pack deep wounds
· Apply tourniquets and manage stab injuries
· Prevent hypothermia in injured casualties
· Complete a ATMIST handover for paramedics
· Control bleeding even without a kit
Life-threatening bleeding can occur due to work place accidents, violent assaults or terrorist incidents. As a safety manager, you have the opportunity to ensure your team is trained, confident, and ready to save lives when every second counts.
BlueKit Medical is dedicated to improving patient care by providing high-quality medical and surgical supplies trusted by healthcare professionals across the NHS and private sector.
Drawing on over a decade of experience and collaboration with leading charities and trauma and emergency care experts, we have developed the Bleed Control Kit to provide proven, life-saving equipment for critical bleeding incidents.
Having a Bleed Control Kit demonstrates corporate social responsibility, reduces liability and reputational risk, and is an affordable investment with potentially life-saving outcomes.
Whether for an individual, your team, or your wider community, our complete package combines the Bleed Control Kit with a practical training programme, equipping your staff to respond confidently and save lives when every second counts.
Contact us today to learn more about how you can protect lives and meet your duty of care.
