Five purge kits installed in Birmingham city center | News

Locations are: The Custard Factory, Dale End, Bullring car park on Edgbaston Street, Centenary Square and New Street.

Police deployed life-saving bleeding kits in #Birmingham city center today.

The five kits have been installed in key locations in the city center – the locations are: The Custard Factory, Dale End, Bullring car park on Edgbaston Street, Centenary Square and New Street.

Officers worked with the Central Business Improvement District (BID) who applied for funding for the kits through PCC with our support.

Bleeding kits containing bandages, tourniquets and gloves are essential as they can allow treatment to begin before paramedics arrive.

They are designed to be easy to use and to keep an injured person alive until they can receive treatment from a paramedic or doctor.

The launch follows a passionate campaign by Lynne Baird, whose son Daniel tragically died in July 2017 after being stabbed to death in Birmingham.

Lynne has since set up the Daniel Baird Foundation, which campaigns for bleeding control kits to be placed in publicly accessible locations.

Sergeant Kris Willetts from Birmingham Police said: “These kits can help save a person’s life and it is important that they are readily available and easily accessible should they ever be needed.

“We set up one of the kits at The Custard Factory and were joined by the BWP Princes Trust who took the opportunity to show some young people on their scheme how the bleeding kits work.

“I want to say a big thank you to the Central BID who applied for these lifesaving kits and Digbeth Estate and Bullring Birmingham who also showed their support by allowing us to use their premises to fit the kits.

“The effects of knife crime can be devastating, which is why it’s so important to reduce the number of knives and guns on the streets and have these life-saving kits readily available should they ever need to be used.”

West Midlands Police & Commissioner Simon Foster, who paid for 420 new bleeding control kits across the region, said: “I am delighted to see the new bleeding control kits being installed in Birmingham, a commitment that we commissioned and -we funded to help save lives. .

“The five new medical kits in Birmingham are just a handful of the 420 kits to be rolled out across the West Midlands.

“On average, an ambulance takes eight minutes to respond to a 999 call – but bleeding from a serious injury can be fatal in just three minutes. Bleeding control kits can and will save lives.”

Stuart Grainger from the Central Business Improvement District, said: “We are very grateful to be supporting West Midlands Police with this important life saving equipment project which is being placed in the community.”

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