The purpose of the bleed kit is to control the bleeding after someone suffers a traumatic injury. They are being placed alongside the existing HeartSafe defibrillator boxes.

The kits, which will be installed onto the side of existing HeartSafe defibrillators, will be instantly accessible in an emergency where someone has suffered a traumatic injury.

They include trauma dressings and tourniquets to help manage bleeds as well as nitrile gloves, scissors, and a colour-coded instruction guide on what to use depending on where and what type of injury the person is suffering from.

People should always call 999 and ask for the ambulance service in a life-threatening emergency, but these kits are designed to be easy-to-use in the moments immediately after a medical emergency to help the injured person until an ambulance or first-responder arrives on scene.

If you would like to locate the areas in which the bleed kits and defibrillators are installed/installing please follow the below links:
• Bleed Kit Map | HeartSafe® AED Locator
• Search & Find UK Defibrillator Locations Near You | HeartSafe Map

If you are concerned about someone you know carrying a knife.

You can report it to Avon and Somerset Police by calling 101 or using their online form. If there is the threat of immediate danger, or a crime is taking place, always call 999 immediately.

Alternatively, you can give information 100 per cent anonymously by contacting Fearless, the dedicated youth service of the independent charity Crimestoppers. They cannot track where the information has come from, and you will not be contacted by the police. You can send information to Fearless using their online form at www.fearless.org or by calling 0800 555 111.