Fighting Chance

Yesterday, the Fighting Chance team had the honor of hosting a virtual bleeding control training for 80 community members and violence prevention activists as part of Global Citizen’s King Day of Service.

Had an amazing time with the community from the Village of Arts & Humanities who participated in Saturday’s Fighting Chance training.

Thanks to NorthEast Treatment Centers for hosting yesterday’s Gunshot and Drug Overdose First Aid Training at the The Lenfest Center where Fighting Chance and Prevention Point Philadelphia joined forces to addresses two of the public health crises facing North Philadelphia residents.

Temple University Hospital trauma and emergency department staff taught bleeding control to incarcerated Philly youth Friday morning... because when the individuals who are most likely to encounter gun violence can’t come to you, you go to them.

How Two Trauma Surgeons Cope With the Onslaught of Mass Shootings

Waffle House Attack Was These Doctors’ 3rd Mass Shooting in Just Months — The New York Times Two surgeons explain how they respond when they get word of a mass shooting: “We try to set our emotions apart from that immediately, but we’re human.”

Last week, this group of young men from some of Philly’s toughest neighborhoods learned the medical realities of gunshot injuries while attending the Cradle to Grave Program. This week, they learned how to give gunshot victims a .

Thanks to Ryan Kellermeyer, Jose Figueiredo, and the members of the Hunting Park Community Action Network for hosting tonight's Fighting Chance training.

Project Fighting Chance as featured on CBS This Morning.

Philadelphia workshop teaches residents how to help gunshot victims Fighting Chance wants to help prevent a wounded person from bleeding to death before first responders arrive

The First Few Minutes After A Shooting Are Critical. This Program Teaches People How To Help. A Philadelphia hospital is showing community members how to save lives after tragic gun violence.

Schools use active shooter drills to prepare for armed attacks With those seven words, calmly announced over the intercom system, an eerie silence overtook a bustling elementary school of 650 students in suburban Indianapolis. From start to finish, the “intruder drill” at the Forest Dale Elementary School in Carmel took about 10 minutes — an exercise now as rou...

Detroit gunshot victim saved by doctor becomes a doctor Kevin Morton Jr., who was inspired to become doctor after he recovered from a shooting, graduates Thursday