National database for emergency bleed control kits launches across UK

Credit: Bleed Map/The National Bleed Kit Network

By Olivia Bowthorpe

A national database for emergency bleed control kits has launched, aiming to reduce preventable deaths from catastrophic haemorrhage.

The initiative, called Bleed Map, allows the public to access a kit nearby after calling 999. This approach mirrors the national defibrillator network, The Circuit, and is the first one for bleed kits.