KnifeSavers – the initiative run by trauma surgeon Nikhil Misra, based within the Major Trauma Unit at Aintree University Hospital – aims to help improve survival rates from knife wounds by offering training and education on bleeding control.
In support of the scheme, LFC Foundation has purchased and placed 20 specialist bleeding control kits across numerous programme delivery locations within the Liverpool City Region.
The bleeding control kits – containing scissors, gloves, tourniquets, trauma dressings, military-grade gauze and chest wound sealant – will be placed within local schools and LFC Foundation PL Kicks football sites.
Funding for this was made available through LFC Foundation’s Onside+ and PL Kicks football programmes, with both programmes working with participants of the age group often identified as the highest likelihood of engaging in knife crime or being the victim of possible stabbings.