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15 | durhamregion.com This Week | Thursday, June 2, 2022 | THIS EVENT IS RAIN OR SHINE! CANINE CARNIVALCANINE CARNIVAL SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2022 | 10AM - 4PM K9 CENTRAL - 2836 HOLT ROAD, BOWMANVILLE -- ADMISSION BY DONATION -- Bouncy Castle with Bouncy Hoop Zone Basketball! CANINE DOCK DIVING IN AN OUTDOOR POOL K9 Fit Workouts AGILITY DEMONSTRATIONS & TRIALS! Silent Auction CARNIVAL GAMES! Snack Bar BAKE SALE 30+ Vendors To Meet The Shopping Needs Of The Whole Family! Two-Legged And Four-Legged HOMEWARDBOUNDRESCUE.CA TD Summer Reading Club For kids 0-12 / Jun 13-Aug 26 Exciting programs, weekly activities, prizes, and games! Register in-person or online at oshawalibrary.ca/TDSRC and receive a free kit with a reading tracker, stickers, and more! 905.579.6111 oshawalibrary.ca When someone is bleeding severely, every minute counts. Would you know what to do to help? On May 12 and 13, more than 200 people completed STOP THE BLEED training at Durham College, aimed at giving bystanders the skills to stop uncontrolled bleeding and save lives. This was the first time a post-secondary school in Ontario has hosted the training, which experts say is as important as knowing CPR. "This is hands-on, practical training," says event organizer Thomas Bezruki, manager of emergency management at Durham College and an ambassador for STOP THE BLEED. "Given what we have seen in the past few years -- we've seen school shootings, we've seen shootings at malls -- this is important." Durham College partnered with Ornge and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre to offer the training in advance of the so-called "trauma season" when hospitals see an increase in of trauma patients between Victoria Day long weekend and Labour Day long weekend. "Bleeding is the No. 1 preventable cause of death," says Corey Freedman, manager of trauma services at Sunnybrook, which in 2017 became the first hospital in Canada to offer STOP THE BLEED. "These are very simple and basic skills we all can be empowered to have." STOP THE BLEED is an American College of Surgeons program that teaches how to use your hands to apply pressure to a wound, how to pack a wound and how to correctly apply a tourniquet. According to STOP THE BLEED, 20 per cent of people who have died from traumatic injuries could have survived with quick bleeding control. The program was created in response to tragedies like the Sandy Hook school shooting in the United States -- but Feldman notes "episodes that cause uncontrolled bleeding can happen anywhere," from car accidents, to a cut from a kitchen knife. Durham College is planning to offer the training again in the future. Sunnybrook currently offers STOP THE BLEED courses to the public once a month, the next course is coming up May 24. Visit stopthebleed.sunnybrook.ca for more information. AS IMPORTANT AS KNOWING CPR: HOW TO STOP TRAUMA BLEEDING JILLIAN FOLLERT jfoller t@durhamregion.com NEWS