The District shall implement and maintain a Traumatic Blood Loss Protocol (TBLP) for responding to life-threatening bleeding on District property, in District vehicles when applicable, and at District-sponsored events, consistent with applicable law and District procedures.

Administrative Protocol

• Bleeding control kits will be placed in areas where there is likely to be high traffic or congregation, such as auditoriums, cafeterias, or gymnasiums, and areas where risk of injury may be elevated, including vocational classes such as woodworking or automotive classes, in each school building in an easily accessible location of such areas to be determined by local emergency medical services personnel. 
• Emergency procedures will include use of Stop the Bleed Kits
• School will designate trained bleeding control responders and roles during incidents.
• Bleeding control kit contents will be standardized in all locations. Placement, accessibility, and locations will be mapped.
• Stop the Bleed kits will be inspected annually to ensure that the materials, supplies, and equipment contained in the bleeding control kit have not expired and that any expired materials, supplies, and equipment are replaced as necessary. Kits will be restocked after each use and any materials, supplies, and equipment to be replaced as necessary to ensure that the bleeding control kit contains all necessary materials, supplies, and equipment. 
• The district shall require school personnel to receive annual training in the use of bleeding control kits. This training will be satisfied by participation in the “Stop the Bleed” course.
• The school district shall maintain information regarding the traumatic blood loss protocol and the Stop the Bleed national awareness campaign on the district’s website.

3 Ways to Stop the Bleed

Apply Pressure with your hands

Pack the wound and Press

Apply a Tourniquet

ALWAYS ALERT EMERGENCY SERVICES! 

For more information: stopthebleed.org

Cross-References

• Emergency Response Plan / Crisis Procedures
• Medical Emergencies / First Aid
• Athletics / Activities Risk Management

Please click Hollister School District Emergency Response Guide to open. 

The highest earthquake risk in the United States outside the West Coast is in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, centered in southeast Missouri’s Bootheel. Damaging earthquakes are not as frequent as in California, but when they do occur, the destruction covers more than 20 times the area due to the nature of geologic materials in the region. A major earthquake could mean catastrophic damage in the St. Louis and southeast regions of the state, and significant damage throughout Missouri. 

Missouri’s State Emergency Management Agency provides information for schools and parents on the New Madrid Fault and earthquake safety. This information can be found here: MO SEMA - Earthquake Information

The Great American ShakeOut

Hollister School District participates in the Great American ShakeOut every year. ShakeOut Day, every third Thursday of October, is a day of individual and community earthquake drills and other activities, organized to inspire others to get ready for big earthquakes, and to prevent disasters from becoming catastrophes. What we do to prepare now, before the next big earthquake, will determine how well we can survive and recover. 

Visit the ShakeOut website to learn more about Drop, Cover, and Hold On and practice updated earthquake safety actions.