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SIGONELLA, Italy (April 16, 2025) — Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Connor Hepker, assigned to U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Sigonella instructs DoDEA educators on proper tourniquet application during a recent "Stop the Bleed" course, April 16, 2025. The course provided 25 DoDEA Sigonella schoolteachers with critical, hands-on training to control life-threatening bleeding in emergency situations. Stop the Bleed is a Department of Defense (DoD) initiative that empowers individuals with the knowledge and skills to save lives before professional help arrives. (U.S. Navy photo by Chiara Caputo).
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