NMCP, a nationally acclaimed, state-of-the-art military treatment facility, and its Branch Health and Community Branch Health Clinics provide medical care for veterans, warfighters, and their families. Additionally, NMCP is a premier readiness and training platform that provides superior medical training for military medical service members at the U.S. military's oldest, continuously operating military hospital. It supports pioneering research and teaching programs to prepare new doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, and hospital corpsmen for combat operations and public health crises.
Uncontrolled bleeding is the leading cause of death resulting from injury. In the critical moments after a traumatic injury, any bystander can become a lifeline. That is the core principle behind the "Stop the Bleed" training initiatives being provided by Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) trauma center personnel.
“Stop the Bleed is a really useful skills class meant for your average person who could be responding to an emergency before emergency services have time to get from their facilities to the site,” said Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Malachi Gregory, a corpsman assigned to Central Sterile Supply at NMCP. “By teaching these very basic stop the bleed skills, we're able to help adjust that number.”
The Stop the...
01.29.2026 | PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, US |
Story by William Epperson
Uncontrolled bleeding is the leading cause of death resulting from injury. In the critical moments after a traumatic injury, any bystander can become a lifeline. That is the core principle behind the "Stop the Bleed" training initiatives being provided by Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) trauma center personnel.
“Stop the Bleed is a really useful skills class meant for your average person who could be responding to an emergency before emergency services have time to get from their facilities to the site,” said Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Malachi Gregory, a corpsman assigned to Central Sterile Supply at NMCP. “By teaching these very basic stop the bleed skills, we're able to help adjust that number.”
The Stop the...
01.29.2026 | PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, US |
Story by William Epperson
Uncontrolled bleeding is the leading cause of death resulting from injury. In the critical moments after a traumatic injury, any bystander can become a lifeline. That is the core principle behind the "Stop the Bleed" training initiatives being provided by Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) trauma center personnel.
