At the request and urging of the Miami Beach Senior High School Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA), in early 2021 approximately 137 Stop-The-Bleed kits and wall mounts were installed at Miami Beach Senior High School. Per email from PTSA member Aimee Hershkowitz, the funds for the May 2021 installation of the 137 kits at approximately $15,000 were provided as follows:

• $5,000   PTSA
• $6,000   Make Our Schools Safe
• $4,200   Dr. Martin Karp, School Board Member

The kits were purchased from iThrive Medical, a vendor approved by Miami-Dade County.  Each kit contains standard first aid supplies including scissors, gauze, gloves, bandages, a tourniquet and a chest seal with easy to read and understand instructions.    The kits cost approximately $62.50 each and the wall mounts $45.00 each plus shipping. 

Training for school staff to use the kits has been arranged by Miami-Dade County Public Schools by Jackson Memorial Health Ryder Trauma Center staff. 

Per emails from School Board member Lucia Baez-Geller and Miami Beach Senior High School PTSA member Aimee Hershkowitz, the installation of the Stop-The-Bleed kits at each Miami BEach public school would include the below total number of classrooms and common areas: 

Biscayne Beach Elementary                         55

North Beach Elementary                              69

Miami Beach South Pointe Elementary     44

Miami Beach Fienberg Fisher K-8               70

Miami Beach Nautilus Middle School        74

Treasure Island Elementary                         37

Total                                                     349

At an estimated cost of $107.50 plus shipping, the cost to install the Stop-The-Bleed kits at all Miami Beach schools, including Treasure Island, is approximately $37,517.50 plus shipping.

This item has been requested by Commissioner Steinberg.   There is currenlty no funding source for this item.