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The wound care kits Hill passes out on Baltimore's harm reduction vans include first-aid supplies like medical tape, gauze and disinfectant. Hill said the vehicles can easily see 70 people in a day.
Wound care kits began appearing in schools after the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, in which 20 students and six adults were killed.
The wound care kits Hill passes out on Baltimore's harm reduction vans include first-aid supplies like medical tape, gauze and disinfectant. Hill said the vehicles can easily see 70 people in a day.
Funded by a $10,000 donation, Central Regional has set up 40 wound safety kits throughout the district's two schools. About 150 Central Regional staffers have been trained in how to use the kits.
Though many schools have wound kits, they are often stored in a nurse's office and are not readily accessible during a school lockdown or emergency that limits movement between classrooms.
(The Center Square) — Preparing Pennsylvania localities to deal with xylazine, a horse tranquilizer that’s mixed in with fentanyl, has cost the state almost $500,000 thus far.
The wound care kits Hill passes out on Baltimore's harm reduction vans include first-aid supplies like medical tape, gauze and disinfectant. Hill said the vehicles can easily see 70 people in a day.