“You can save lives” free event to improve reaction to terrorist event

A free one day event will be held this month to improve individuals’ and organisations’ reaction to a shooting, stabbing or bombing incident.
‘Responding to the UK Terrorist Threat: you can save lives!’ is organised and hosted by the Birmingham-based citizenAID charity. It aims to bring together major organisations, businesses, schools and universities, along with members of the public, to raise awareness of how to save lives in the first vital minutes after a terrorist attack.
The event will be held on Monday 20 March at Warwickshire County Cricket Ground in Edgbaston, Birmingham. The event is free and members of the public can register to attend.
citizenAID launched at the beginning of this year with a free app to help the public react effectively in the unlikely - but not impossible - event of a shooting, stabbing or bombing. The launch, which featured widely on national and international news and has been discussed in the House of Lords, is supported by the National Counter Terrorism Security Office.
citizenAID uses UK military experience of exceptional outcomes from blast and gunshot injury to provide a simple, step by step approach for the public to stay safe and save lives. Developed by leading military and civilian clinicians, including Professor Sir Keith Porter, the authors are based here in the West Midlands and have developed the initiative as a philanthropic public good.
Hosted by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity, citizenAID aims to raise awareness of potentially life-saving actions that can be carried out by members of the public without clinical experience, using everyday objects rather than medical equipment.
To attend the free event, please register here: www.citizenaid.eventbrite.co.uk . The citizenAID app can be downloaded for free from Google Play or the Apple App store.