Pictured from left to right: FMC Foundation Chairman Jay Quisenberry, FMC Nurse & Stop the Bleed Trainer Abi McLain-Smith, RN (and daughter), FMC Foundation Vice Chair Deanne Terry, FMC Nurse & Stop the Bleed Trainer Andi Pearson, RN, FMC Foundation Board Golf Tournament Chair Valerie Jereb, FMC ED/ICE Supervisor & Stop the Bleed Program Lead Trainer Ann-Marie Moser, RN, FMC Nurse & Stop the Bleed Trainer Elyssa McDonald, RN and FMC Foundation Board Healthy Kids Fair Chair Noelle Conroy.

FMC Foundation Donated one Stop the Bleed Wall-Mounted
Bleeding Control Station to EVERY elementary and high school
in the FMC service area.

May 16, 2019

Just in time for National Stop the Bleed Day on Thursday, May 23rd, 2019, the Fairchild Medical Center Foundation is pleased to announce that last week the Foundation delivered 28 Stop the Bleed Wall-Mounted Bleeding Control Stations (valued at $800 each) to the elementary and high schools in the Fairchild Medical Center service area. 

Each station includes 1 Portable Bleeding Control Bag® which includes 8 bleeding
control kits and each kit includes:

• Instructional booklet on bleeding control
• C-A-TTM tourniquet
• QuikClot® Bleeding Control DressingTM
• Mini SharpieTM Marker
• 1 pair of protective gloves
• Compression bandage
• Instructional Poster of step-by-step bleeding control techniques to hang on the wall

That’s a total of 144 tourniquet kits in local schools and 144 opportunities to stop catastrophic bleeding and save a life. 

Every year, the FMC Foundation identifies a specific need in the hospital and through the fundraising efforts of their annual golf tournament, raises money to meet that need. For the 2018 tournament, Stop the Bleed was selected by the Foundation’s Board of Directors due to the impact it could have on our hospital and clinics but also because of the large community benefit the program provides.

While the Foundation’s 2018 golf tournament was cancelled last September due to the Delta Fire, the Foundation remained committed to the Stop the Bleed program and donated $20,000 towards the purchase of the Stop the Bleed Wall-Mounted Bleeding Control Stations. Additional financial support came from the following generous donors: Advantage Paving & Excavating, AWM Construction, AWM Realty, Doug & Cheryl Langford, Family Smiles, Jim Kutzer Insurance Agency, Keenan & Associates, Northern Credit Service, Premier Oil Change, Scott Valley Disposal, Jim Hendricks and Shasta Valley Rotary.