Stop The Bleed: Teaching San Antonio Students Bleeding Control Skills
| Responder | Lorenzo Canseco |
| Project Title | Stop The Bleed: Teaching San Antonio Students Bleeding Control Skills |
| Start Date | 4/27/22 |
| End Date | 2/15/23 |
| Project Location: City | San Antonio |
| Project Location: County | Bexar |
| Other Student Leaders | Abigail Johnson, Medical Shelby Humpert, Pharmacy Sorina Torrez, Pharmacy |
| Community Partner Organization | San Antonio Independent School District |
| CSL Mentor – Name | Kirk Evoy |
| Other Mentors | Kajal Bhakta; Tataka Perry-Johnson |
| Is this project interprofessional? | Yes |
| Professions Represented | Medicine,Pharmacy |
| Project Category | Education |
| Project Activities | Health Education |
| Is this project conducted as part of a student organization? | No |
| Student Organization Name | N/A |
| Is this project done as part of an academic course (required OR elective)? | No |
| Course Name | N/A |
| Community Partner Name | James King |
| Community Partner Job Title | SAISD LOTC Coordinator |
| Total Number of Students on Project Team | 30 |
| Number of Community Beneficiaries | 240 |
| Total Number of Other Faculty/Staff | 2 |
| Number of Other Community Volunteers | 0 |
| Mentor Hours | 20 |
| Student Leader Hours | 39 |
| Total Number of Student Hours | 128 |
| Semester Service Hours | 64 |
| What type of funding did you use to conduct this project? | CSL Mini or Midi grant from the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics |
| Mini/Midi Grant Amount Awarded | 4000 |
| Did you do this project as part of Federal Work Study from the Office for Financial Aid? | No |
| Did you receive In-Kind Donations for this project? | No |
| Amount of In-Kind Donation $ | N/A |
| CSL Abstract | Copy of STB Abstract Final.pdf |
| CSL Poster | 2022 CSL Draft 4.pdf |
| Challenges | Our initial expectations of training over a thousand middle schoolers had to be curtailed upon learning of the difficulties of coordinating dozens of volunteers, faculty members, and healthcare providers from hospitals around the city. There were also significant delays in obtaining the bleeding control kits that grant funding was used for (due to global supply chain issues). |
| Lessons Learned | We frequently encountered students who only spoke Spanish and were unable to take our course. Future CSL projects of any kind should take this into account and prepare English and Spanish materials for their community members. |
| Success Story | Anecdotally, several students during training approached volunteers and mentioned they felt confident to stop bleeding in another person after taking the course. In general, there were statistically significant improvements in all evaluated categories (self-efficacy, knowledge, and willingness to offer aid). |
| Conferences Where You Presented Project | Canseco L, Johnson A, Humpert S, Torrez S, Perry-Johnson T, Bhakta K, Evoy K. Stop The Bleed: Teaching San Antonio Students Bleeding Control Skills. Poster presented at: The Community Service Learning Conference. February 2023. San Antonio, TX. |
| Publications of your Project | N/A |