Category Bleed Cabinet

Understanding How Our Cabinets Work

Posted on 18 July 2023

As one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of defibrillator and bleed cabinets we have an extensive range of products to suit every situation. This, understandably, can make it hard to know which cabinet is right for you. This…

Calls For Bleed Control Kits Increases

A bleed kit installed under a defibrillator cabinet
Posted on 15 February 2022

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/14/call-for-bleed-control-kits-to-be-rolled-out-across-uk This article focuses on the need for bleed kits within communities.  Not just for serious stab wounds but also for other incidents; serious road collusions, a heavy fall in the street, and potentially fatal injuries at work.…

What does a bleed control kit contain?

Image of The Daniel Baird Foundation Bleed Kit which is supplied by Turtle Defib cabinets with text 'What does a bleed control hit contain?'
Posted on 15 October 2021

The kit contains specialist equipment to help stem extreme blood loss before ambulance crews arrive.  The pack is lightweight and in a high visibility red.  It is most often housed in a bleed control cabinet so it is…

Partnering to provide lifesaving equipment

Posted on 16 August 2021

A defibrillator in a cabinet is a significant expense to a community, and unless someone has been touched by Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) themselves – either a family member, a work colleague, a friend or even themselves –…

Q&A With Lynne Baird #ControlTheBleed

Posted on 26 May 2021

We have been working in Partnership with Lynne Baird, who set up the Daniel Baird foundation, for just over 6 months now. Lynne set up the charity in memorial to her son, Daniel Baird, who died from a…

Stop the Bleed Day

Posted on 19 May 2021

Thursday 20th May 2021 marks Stop The Bleed Day, a day of awareness of the need for resources and training to react to catastrophic bleed injuries. In recognition of this day, Turtle Engineering Ltd, along with their partner…

Knife crime – spending budgets on preventing deaths

Posted on 25 January 2021

Startling UK statistics on knife crime Whilst the Home Office reported a drop in Knife and Offensive weapon offences resulting in a caution or sentence of 20% in 2020 vs 2019*, that includes a pandemic and a lockdown…