Why Don't Our Schools Bleed Red—Equally? The Uneven Rollout of Stop the Bleed Equipment in Inner-City and BIPOC Public Schools

Imagine this: A student is critically injured during a school emergency—whether it's a playground accident, a violent incident, or a mass casualty event. Minutes matter. But in far too many inner-city and BIPOC-majority schools, there's no trauma kit. No tourniquet. No Stop the Bleed station. Why?

The unsettling reality is that the life-saving equipment that has become standard in some schools remains absent in others, with a clear pattern emerging along racial and socioeconomic lines. In 2025, this disparity isn't just an oversight—it's a systemic failure that puts certain student populations at heightened risk.