Turtle Medical

12/11/2025

🩸 Our partnership with The Daniel Baird Foundation began 5 years ago with the new concept of a publicly accessible bleed control cabinet. We’re extremely proud that they are now commonplace.

🚨 It’s also simple to add an emergency bleed kit to any existing defibrillator cabinet and the sticker we send will signpost people to it being a dual cabinet.

04/11/2025

And we will keep demanding 🩸

🙏 Thank you The i paper

The Daniel Baird Foundation Lynne McleodFinch-Baird Mbe

03/11/2025

🖤 Our thoughts are with the victims and the countless people who have been affected by the violent attack on the train.

CrossCountry trains Network Rail Avanti West Coast West Midlands Railway South Western Railway Love Hull Trains and Severn Valley Railway are amongst those who have chosen to put The Daniel Baird Foundation bleed control kits on trains and in stations.

We think it’s time for all public transport operators – including coaches and buses – to carry trauma kits as standard.

29/10/2025

❤️🩸You know us for our mission to safeguard people against cardiac arrest and bleed injuries, but we have other innovations that will prepare you to deal with two very common and scary medical emergencies.

Head over to our blog to learn more about the critical kits you need in your workplace to quickly manage a hypoglycaemic episode - also known as a diabetic hypo - or a choking incident 📈🍽️

✅ Both medical emergencies can happen without warning. Both can be fatal. And both can be managed effectively if the right tools are immediately available.

24/10/2025

❓ You choose ❓ If your lung was collapsing from a catastrophic puncture wound, would you want a nearby emergency bleed control kit that contains a chest seal or one that doesn’t? 🩸

The Daniel Baird Foundation created the world’s first public kits in 2018 and has included chest seals inside since then. We proudly produce them.

Some producers do not put chest seals in their Public Access Bleed Kits. They say chest seals are intended for trained responders and if used incorrectly or in the wrong situation, they could cause serious complications.

We or The Daniel Baird Foundation have never received any reports from paramedics or hospital staff about one being used incorrectly, or that serious complications have arisen due to the use of a kit’s chest seal.

We do know that they have been used on numerous occasions and have saved lives.

The original The Daniel Baird Foundation kits were designed by the West Midlands Ambulance Service Officialwmas and leaders from across the UK’s Trauma Network, for use by anyone — trained or untrained — to control a catastrophic bleed until the time when paramedics can arrive on the scene.

Please watch this short video about how to use the Foxseal Vented Chest Seal that’s in the Foundation’s kits that we produce.

It’s absolutely your choice which emergency bleed kit you want for people in your community.

We should mention that although some kits don’t include a chest seal, they do contain a whistle.

22/10/2025

🩸 Judy and Andrew at The Victory Club, Barton came to us needing a trauma dressing as the one in their The Daniel Baird Foundation kit had been used on Linda. They’ve also purchased a spare ‘just in case’. 😇

🦶 The Foundation had donated the emergency kit just a couple of months before and we’re glad it was on hand when the lady had a fall, and the bleeding was a serious concern.

Andrew explains… “Linda stumbled on our ramp leaving the club, but as she fell a large part of her leg had the skin torn off leaving a very large gash. Normal bandages could not cope with the amount of blood that came from it, so we turned to the bleed kit which was able to stop the worst of the bleeding until she got to the hospital.”

And pictured here are Daniel, who used the kit, with Linda who had the accident and Judy, The Victory Club’s Stewardess. Well done Daniel!

🍺 Judy is the Stewardess, running the bar. Andrew is the Club Secretary of the wonderful Committee which runs The Victory Club in Barton-upon Humber. 💞 We were delighted to hear more about their story and how they have improved facilities for their members and wider community, and how they fundraised for a defibrillator. Previously the club only had a basic first aid kit.

🔒👮‍♀️ As part of their commitment to a safe and strong community, the club is part of Pubwatch Lincolnshire and has made a pledge to the North Lincolnshire Council ‘Safer Nights’ Charter – “Everyone has the right to feel safe and enjoy their night out.” 👫👬👭

This is the type of community-minded venue you want to frequent – give this landlord and landlady a clap 👏

National Pubwatch Lynne McleodFinch-Baird Mbe

16/10/2025

❤️ It’s Restart a Heart Day created by Resuscitation Council UK and there’s a lot of heroes to celebrate 💚 Here are just a few of ours who chose wind and solar when there was no electricity supply to heat a public cabinet.

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Workington Town Council
St John Scotland
RSPB
Romsey Town Council
Kington Golf Club
Hearts for Herts Charity
Bolton Mountain Rescue Team
Fika Rivington
OurJay Foundation
Princethorpe College
Urban&Civic
Oakmere Golf Club
Church Stretton Golf Club
Hamilton Golf Club - Riccarton
Defib UK
Warmsworth Parish Council
Stoke Parish Council
Woodsome Hall Golf Club

Let’s raise more awareness, train more people and save more lives together.

🧔👴👱👩‍🦳👧 ANYONE can be affected by a cardiac arrest at any time. Without immediate action, the person will die so CPR is a skill for EVERYONE.

37% of people surveyed said they wouldn’t feel very confident they could help someone having a cardiac arrest, while 24% said they wouldn’t be at all confident. 💪 MAKE A CHANGE AND LEARN TODAY – link in comments!

🙏Thanks to so many local media outlets for supporting the celebration of these amazing organisations including Bolton News, Rugby Observer, Wakefield Express, Shropshire Star, Doncaster Free Press, The Rugby Advertiser, Shropshire Live, Huddersfield Hub, Daily Echo and Kmfm news which interviewed Mike for today's news bulletins - sound on the video 🔊

10/10/2025

🐢 This beautiful Turtle news popped up so we just had to share it. The green turtle has been rescued from the brink of extinction in what scientists are calling a major conservation victory 📈

🌍🌎🌏 Thanks to decades of global conservation efforts - from protecting eggs and releasing hatchlings on beaches to reducing accidental capture in fishing nets - new data shows green turtle populations are rebounding.

Also, here’s also BBC Planet Earth clip of the cutest hatchlings heading down the beach to the sea for you to enjoy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE0qp3Yje6Q 🌊 Happy weekend!

From the moment they are born, these plucky Green Turtles from the Ascension Islands will face a huge battle to survive. Those that do survive, like their mo...

07/10/2025

🟨🟥 Last month on our blog, we dived into the benefits of separate cabinets. 🩸🔂❤️ Now part 2 of our series on explores the advantages of installing a single, combined cabinet that allows access to a public access and in one unit.

The Daniel Baird Foundation