105 ILCS 5/10-20.85

(105 ILCS 5/10-20.85)

Sec. 10-20.85. Trauma kit.

(a) In this Section, "trauma kit" means a first aid response kit that contains, at a minimum, all of the following:

(1) One tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care.

(2) One compression bandage.

(3) One hemostatic bleeding control dressing endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care.

(4) Protective gloves and a marker.

(5) Scissors.

(6) Instructional documents developed by the Stop the Bleed national awareness campaign of the United States Department of Homeland Security or the American College of Surgeons' Committee on Trauma, or both.

(7) Any other medical materials or equipment similar to those described in paragraphs (1) through (3) or any other items that (i) are approved by a local law enforcement agency or first responders, (ii) can adequately treat a traumatic injury, and (iii) can be stored in a readily available kit.

(b) Each school district may maintain an on-site trauma kit at each school of the district for bleeding emergencies.

(c) Products purchased for the trauma kit, including those products endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care, shall, whenever possible, be manufactured in the United States.

(Source: P.A. 103-128, eff. 6-30-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)