Community group raises £1,000 within 48 hours for replacement bleed control kits in wake of shooting
A community group founded to cut crime in Staffordshire has replaced a bleed control kit which was used to help a gunshot victim in Great Wyrley.
The Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay Community Group (GWCHCG) raised over £500 in 48 hours to replace the kit on the wall of a Co-op which was first installed in June last year.
After a man was shot in the village last Monday night, those who found him rushed to the cabinet and used the special trauma bandages and kit to deliver care until the ambulance crew came.
The Community Group opted to install bleed kits in the villages after several violent incidents on the railway line. The group contacted the Daniel Baird Foundation which has installed over 10,000 kits across the country in memory of Daniel, who was stabbed to death in Digbeth in 2017.
