STOP THE BLEED By David Nehrbass
72 DirtVenture
Over the last several decades of competitive offroad racing, there have been countless injuries and even deaths that have occurred. In some of those accidents, there was absolutely nothing anyone involved could have done. However, in some, a little knowledge could have possibly changed the outcome. All off road sanction bodies require a basic first aid kit be carried in the vehicles and in some cases, even motorcycle riders are required to carry them on themselves. The problem with most of these
kits is they are loaded with fluff from an inventory list created decades ago and have very little to no hope of helping in a critical situation. Motorsports Safety Solutions is working with several race promoters as well as companies that supply premade kits to update contents for things that will help people when needed. As a bystander, or even maybe as the injured person yourself, there is only a couple situations that you can control on scene and make a life changing effort of care. The most critical of these is
