FOUR new bleed kits have been installed at locations in Keynsham.
The kits allow the public access to lifesaving equipment should a person suffer a catastrophic bleed.
They have been installed by the Avon & Somerset Bleed Kit Partnership, a joined initiative by Avon & Somerset Police, HeartSafe UK and NHS England South West to provide emergency bleed kits in public spaces across local communities.
The new Keynsham kits are located at :
*Smart Computers UK, High Street – donated by the Avon & Somerset Police & Crime Commissioner)
*Hair & Beauty Boutique, High Street – donated by Blue Light Partnership
*Cocoa Hair Design, Station Road – also donated by Blue Light Partnership
*Community at 67, Queens Road – donated by Bath and North East Somerset Council
The latter was paid for by Councillor Alan Hale’s use of the councillor empowerment fund.
The kit has been installed at the community centre next to the defibrillator he funded from the same empowerment fund eight years ago.
Cllr Hale, independent district councillor for Keynsham South, said: “In providing both pieces of equipment over the years, my hope is that neither will ever be needed. It is sad that in this age of knife crime such a bleed kit is necessary, though.”
Cllr Hale has also committed £350 from the fund towards a defibrillator to be mounted outside The Charlton pub in Longmeadow Road, and £150 each to Butterflies Haven and Keynsham Mencap.
“Both of these charities are very important and provide a great service to their members,” he said.
Four new lifesaving bleed kits fitted in Keynsham
