The Injury Prevention Program at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital provides first aid classes to community members including the American College of Surgeons STOP THE BLEED® program and the American Health Association Hands-Only CPR program. The Stop the Bleed program has added hundreds of people from this community and the medical center to the over 2.4 million people worldwide who have been trained in bleeding control in severely injured persons. Students, private community residents, nurses, and other professionals have learned to save a life just by using their hands. We work closely with the Columbia University Office of Government & Community Affairs (GCA) to deliver the Hands-Only CPR initiative to the Washington Heights chamber of commerce, NYC School District 6, and Community Board 12. The Stop the Bleed Program has been conducted in large community events such as the annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships to help make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. We have also delivered the program to High School students at the Trailblazers Wellness Walk. Additionally, we have done smaller scaled trainings for students at the Uptown Hub and for the NYP Lang Medical Scholars Program.
