Editor's note:  A previous version of this story misspelled Waggener High School. The error has been corrected.

LOUISVILLE,Ky. — All Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) nurses and nursing assistants spend Monday morning taking part in a now-required training that could save lives in an emergency.

What You Need To Know

  • JCPS nurses took the Stop The Bleed course

  • Nurses from each school took part

  • Nurses learned how to pack wounds, apply tourniquets

  • The training took around 45 minutes

The Stop The Bleed program teaches people how to quickly care for someone who’s been injured and is bleeding heavily. The course goes through how to pack wounds with gauze and the correct way to apply a tourniquet. 

“This is absolutely a tool to keep kids safe and to be able to respond to emergencies,” Eva Stone, District Health Manager for JCPS, said. 

University of Louisville staff taught this course to medical professionals. Upon completion, they’re able to teach what they learned to others. 

Waggener High School nurse Eric Schweinhart was one of many in the district taking the class for the first time. 

“It’s just basically going over what we already know, going over some different things we might run across in the school, different injuries and things like that, and just different ways to stop, as (the training) would say, stop the bleeding,” Schweinhart said. 

Around 200 nurses took part in the training. Everyone who took part was also fitted for an N-95 mask using specialized equipment to measure if it has a tight seal. 

Officials with JCPS say Stop The Bleed kits, which include items like gauze and tourniquets, are being ordered and will be available to staff who complete this training. 

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