Knife Crime: Live-saving Bleed Kits To Save Lives | Good Morning Britain

shocking figures abroad, more people are being killed by

knife

attacks than at any time since records began, almost a fist more in the last year alone, in a way that is probably not surprising because we hear a lot about it in The devastation, right? Stark when you hear it like that and it is totally destructive to people's

live

s, of course, former gang member Carl Scott knows very well the danger of

knife

crime

s, his best friend died in his arms after being attacked and he himself has been stabbed in more than one. occasion now, although he is campaigning for life-

saving

bleed

ing control

kits

to be as accessible as defibrillators on our high street, Godley has more so he will keep pushing and as you can see I can't get any more in Carl .

Scott has been in and out of gangs for most of his life, he was stabbed three times and his friend died in his arms. He is now determined to prevent people from dying from this type of violence by installing

bleed

ing control

kits

in his community. We hope these kits can do it. reverse a worrying trend on Britain's streets with the latest figures showing fatal stabbings are at a record level and the biggest rise in deaths is among 16- to 17-year-olds Kyle Miller was just 15 when his best friend Connor was stabbed almost six years ago. Walking down this road when the attack occurred and without a bleeding control kit, Connor died from his injuries.

Kyle believes that if there was a kit he knew how to use, he could have saved Conor's life just by seeing how a wound can heal and you know. suppress bleeding and I think he maybe he would have had the chance that bleeding control kits have already saved the

live

s of 20 people in Britain. Carl hopes that by teaching his community how to use the kits they can save many more

lives

in the future. I'd like to say that Carl joins us now along with Dr. Hillary. Good

morning

Carl, you have the kit in front of you, so let's show you how it works.

Do you need a pacifier? A pacifier don't be me, so we have like a. We have like a. sealing dressing on the chest, so if someone had a wound on their chest or stomach, this would be implemented over the top of that wound, a large amount of air would get into the wound itself, which could then become trapped, so when you implement this on your the wound itself, yeah, it's never been on TV before, here we go, that's the first thing because it's a

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cause, right? Here we go, you'll implement this in the above where exactly the wound is, yeah, and then what it is.

It happened to help the air out and prevent the air from coming in properly, but with this it's like a one-way valve, yeah, so you could have it, you could have it, you could be sweating in there and it would still stick, so this would help that get the air out because they have different pockets inside of this that would help it get out and so what else is in this kit and this part? So this is a practice, when we have, I can take this off and you can use it there, yeah, it's enough of my chest, so when you have a small room like this, then you think obviously you would have to put the gloves on and you would put the finger inside and you would find out where the blood is coming from to feel the pump, so when you have the gauze, you will push this in as far as you can, push it in correctly and when you can't push that.

In a little bit more, then you fold it and compress it over that wind, obviously, until the ambulance service arrives. This seems a little big. This seems a bit complicated if you came to this and didn't know what you were doing. I mean how will it be explained on the package what to do or should it just be people who actually know what they are doing? You will try it, so when you open the kit, when you have put the code. get in to get into the kit itself so tell us about what would happen from the beginning because we're jumping into this which is great because you're going to show us you come across a terrible situation someone it's obvious someone has been stabbed. you call 999 and that is the point at which this kit will come into action, so you will tell them exactly where you are, yes location, then they will give you a code to get into the box that this bag will be in.

Daniel and then they would explain to you what you had to do, they would explain to you what you had to do. Inside the box there are instructions on the door, yes, but if there is an incident that happened a minute later, there will also be instructions that will also be inside the bag on the right, which is color coded so it can tell you exactly where it is. They are supposed to be implemented in the body. I mean, the need for something like this is huge and Hillary would talk to you in a moment. We have a map here.

It is where all the fatal stabbings occurred in London last year. I mean, it's shocking. 68 that are deadly. We know that there are many more who are injured. By the way, we are not ignoring the rest of the country. Only those are the figures that were available. Do you think if more people knew about these kits and they were widely located, it would be helpful? Could I have saved your friend's life? Do you think my friend had a stubborn heart pierced and sadly he would? I haven't managed it, but there are many people in the country who find these kits vital in helping to save their

lives

, so I think the more we raise awareness by installing these cabinets in all areas of homes in the UK, the more people Do you know who is likely to be saved and who pays for them?

So these kits work through donations which is probably one of the biggest struggles you can find obviously I know we're in a cost of living crisis but you know just a pound for a donation to install these kits is a great help, and I think that with that the community is also helping with the prevention of someone having a serious injury, but I must emphasize that it is not just about knife

crime

s, but it can be used in all cases. serious injuries, yeah, you know, car accidents, people hit by a car, construction site injuries, so they can be used for anything that might involve just that your input to see the need is due to your own horrible story, yes, because and you have been stabbed too yes, I have been stabbed three times, yes, yes, I mean, you say it quite casually, but it must have been devastating, it was at that moment, I want to be fair, when I was growing up when I was young. person was more of a badge of honor um yeah the problem isn't really exactly that and I think it was the environment I was in at the time now that I've gotten older and I look back on it and that's how it affects me.

I've done numerous interviews on social media and it comes back and I got quite angry with some podcasts I did, so it gets to me. Yeah, I mean, how long? Ago was the last time, so we can get something, so I was 15 when the last one happened, and yes, it was detrimental to Hillary. How big do you think the NHS will get behind this? How big will the impact be? Could this have another big impact? in fact the clinical director for violence protection in the NHS is right behind these things, this campaign is so important that Carl has instigated, he's doing a great job teaching, I mean, because of his background because he's been through a lot of traumas in his life, he's a great role model for people to listen to and he can make a big difference, but anyone can use these kits for anything, not just stabbings, shootings, car accidents, industrial accidents, uh , too and something like a tourniquet is so simple to place correctly, yeah, just. remind us of that, so if you get stabbed in a limb, yes, for example, if your femoral artery is cut, you could bleed out in three minutes, now an ambulance, excuse me, yes, yes, or under the armpit, for example, these blood vessels, could you? you bleed out in three minutes before an ambulance arrives, but if you put a tourniquet on a limb, you take off the blood supply and you save that life, so that's very simple, okay, in simple terms, it's a very tight thing. that you put on a limb.

Stop the blood completely, it could be a piece of clothing, it could be a sleeve, a piece of clothing, but you can improvise, but that's a very

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type of industrial tourniquet, and you couldn't do any harm with these kits, no. You have your cloth there, which is a blood clotting cloth, you compress the chest seal of the wound to stop suction injuries, the air that goes in can't get out, compressing the heart and lungs, so you know these things They are not expensive, yes. The NHS could provide these. They can be placed next to a defibrillator in places such as transport hubs, stations, pubs, restaurants, shopping centers and if more of these are available we would save more.

I think some black cab drivers in London also have military ones. quality bandages to do similar type of work, absolutely, it's obvious, I mean, ultimately, the tighter we can get emergency medical kits and help to the places where people are going to need emergency medical kits and help, the better. I mean, these kits are brilliant and it sounds. We should definitely see more of them very quickly. Hills was you two, if you could go over what you should do if you see someone with a stab wound or a bleeding wound, what's the first thing you should do?

Scream for help, call 999, yes. Ask where the nearest bleeding control kit is located, we just grab something to make a tourniquet. Yes, if it's a limb, you cut off their blood supply by using a tourniquet as high as possible, near the groin or high up. near the shoulder you also want to compress that wound if it is a chest or abdominal wound. It's more difficult you can't use a tourniquet but you can use the bandage. You have anything to compress if you can, yes, but anyone, even if you are

saving

, you know 30 seconds before the ambulance arrives, you are potentially saving lives and as something that we would all be concerned about, non-medical people, can we do Any harm in doing any of that or is it always better to try them, but no? trying is always better to try and like I say, Carl has turned his life around and he's doing a great job and he's meeting resistance because people don't want to see these kids for fear of people thinking that you know their area is not safe, but that's like saying, you know, you don't have a fire extinguisher because there might be an arsonist.

It's nonsense, it's just the stigma we're trying to deal with. I mean, Lynn Bed has set this up through the loss of her son. Know? The West Midlands has a lot of these boxes, so where I have implemented them in the South East, it is a bit difficult to get someone to implement this in their business. I think the fact that we're helping car injuries and other types of injuries as well, maybe in terms of branding, would be helpful moving forward. We wish you the best and well done for changing your life and doing something so valuable.

It's a pleasure talking to you, Andrew. thank you