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Nurse leads project to help young people at risk of knife crime
An emergency department sister is behind a project to teach life-saving skills to young people most at risk of serious violence in London
Posted 05 September 2019 - 10:30
Posted 05 September 2019 - 10:30
An emergency department sister is behind a project to teach life-saving skills to young people most at risk of serious violence in London
- ED nurses urged to go beyond usual safeguarding and get to know young knife victims
- YourStance volunteer clinicians teach life support, CPR and haemorrhage control to under-25s
- Aim is to pass on life-saving skills that might make a difference until paramedics arrive
Growing rates of youth violence mean many emergency department (ED) staff around the UK regularly witness the shocking legacy of knife injuries on children and teenagers.
At Barts Health NHS Trust in London, 1,824 young people aged under 25 received emergency care for stab
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