According to the British "Daily Mail" 20**, due to the frequent occurrence of knife cases in various parts of the United Kingdom in recent years, the number of deaths and injuries has risen, and related organizations are planning to set up "stabbing life-saving cabinets" on the street. Liverpool became the first city in the country to land on the ground.
Knife-related crime in the UK has been on the rise for nearly a decade, with the number of related cases increasing by 3% in the first half of this year. According to a 2023 data from the Home Office, 282 people were killed in knife crimes in England and Wales in 2021-2022, the highest number in 76 years. Places like Derby saw a 9 per cent increase in knife crime, with 86 knife crimes per 100,000 people in Merseyside and 89 in Essex. Younger age is also another trend in knife-related crimes, with the proportion of 16- to 17-year-old boys involved in knife-related cases in 2022 increasing by 14 times. In November 2021, a 12-year-old girl in Liverpool was stabbed in the neck after a verbal altercation with another 14-year-old boy. Since then, there have been a number of incidents in the city where teenagers have been injured in street knife fights.
In order to curb the growing trend of knife crime deaths, Liverpool took the lead in setting up "stab life lockers". According to the report, six "life-saving cabinets" have been set up in Liverpool City, each of which can hold six sets of first-aid supplies, including scissors, gloves, tourniquets and chest wound sealants. The "life-saving cabinet" merchant said that a set of first-aid supplies was enough to deal with an injured person. Witnesses to the injury, ambulance crews, or police officers can call the first aid** for use** and then remove the device to administer first aid.
Merseyside Police Officer George Garvey said the early years after violence are often the most important stage of first aid. The first-aid supplies inside the "life-saving cabinet" help to "treat wounds quickly, buy time for the injured and save their lives". Surgeon Nikhil Misra agrees that controlling bleeding is "even a second critical" to saving lives, whether it's a knife wound, a fall or a car accident, and that these "survival cabinets" provide the essential supplies needed to prevent hemorrhage.
Currently, the UK plans to set up 20 more "life lockers" in the north-west, and another 1,500 portable hemostatic kits have been distributed to public places such as clubs, bars, restaurants and schools in the country.
*: Global Times.