Two Liverpool men are working to ensure life-saving kits are always nearby if someone is injured in a knife incident.
Dominic Lipscombe and James Aylward-Connor's project PackMap will work to ensure that 'Bleed Control Kits' are available across the city and that people can find out exactly where they are. The kits take the form of a pack or wall-mounted cabinet containing the right apparatus and equipment to handle a catastrophic bleed in a situation such as a knife wound.
Designed to be used as a stop-gap between an incident taking place and emergency services arriving, the kits are an initiative by non-profit organisation KnifeSavers, which was founded by trauma doctors at the Major Trauma Centre at Aintree University Hospital. Working in conjunction with victims of knife crime and their families, the organisation hopes to "educate and empower people on how to treat life threatening knife injuries".
