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Martyn’s Law and The Care Gap
What happens before ambulances arrive?
Our bleed control and trauma equipment give casualties the chance of survival when the care gap is their greatest enemy. The care gap is the time between injury occurrence and the arrival of professional medical assistance. When mass injury strikes like that of a natural disaster or terrorist attack, that’s when the care gap is at its more threatening.
Following the Manchester Arena Attack, Martyn's Law will require certain organisations to better prepare for terrorist threats by training, planning, and supplying the right equipment for anyone to use in an emergency, when the care gap could be the thing that kills.
Taking effect in the near future, the new legislation sees businesses that operate public spaces required to put protective measures in place by law. Publicly Accessible Locations (PALs) with a capacity of 100 or over must adopt risk management activities and a preparedness plan, with those of below 100 capacity highly recommended to do so too.
Any business that operates on public premises must be fully equipped to handle a terrorist attack. Even if Martyn’s Law doesn’t apply to you, you’ll never regret having bleed control and severe injury first aid measures in place. Ensure you have all the workplace first aid supplies your risk assessment requires, install a public access trauma kit, and find exactly what you need here to ensure you’re fully prepared for the worst.
Don't fail an inspection to ensure compliance with Marytn's Law and risk sanctions if security breaches are found. Equip your business with life-saving bleed control and trauma supplies and give others the chance they desperately need in the event of serious mass injury.
Other essential equipment to comply with Martyn’s Law:
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We supply trauma and bleed control equipment to businesses and consumers whose environments demand a high degree of first aid support; beyond the standard.
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Ambulance, fire service, police, coastguard, mountain, cave, and lowland rescue. We partner with emergency services to supply trauma dressings, critical injury equipment, and first-response kits to get the job done.
Military-grade trauma and haemostasis equipment specifically made for The British Army, RAF, and Royal Navy for use in tactical response, combat, and rescue operations. Trust a leading healthcare brand with over 25 years in the business endorsed by the British Red Cross.
A&E, theatre, intensive care, and trauma wards need a robust supplier to help deal with severe trauma and blood loss when casualties get to hospital. We’re an essential part of the trauma care equipment supply chain for the NHS.
Manufacturing, processing, construction, engineering, offshore, forestry, agriculture, waste management, and animal handling—where standard workplace first aid isn’t enough, our severe trauma dressings, bandages, and specialist critical injury kits keep you compliant.
When you’re far from civilisation and need to handle first aid emergencies, ensure you're fully prepared for the worst. Talk to us about complete preparedness in the wild.
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Bridge the Care Gap with Public Access Trauma Kits
Steroplast, CityCo, and Manchester City Council have distributed 180+ PAcT Kits across Manchester to bridge the critical care gap. In emergencies, these kits provide essential supplies to manage severe bleeding until paramedics arrive. Learn how to equip your venue and ensure you're prepared.
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Our experts select the most reliable brands and proven products to supply to our customers. Our range includes products from these well-known names in trauma supplies.
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We're a supplier to, and endorsed by, the British Red Cross, St John Ambulance, and UK hospitals.
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We're a leading healthcare brand with over 25 years of experience developing innovative first aid, healthcare, and medical supplies.
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Our products are CE marked and BS EN ISO 13485:2012 certified, approved by The Medical Device Directive.
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We're members of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and part of the British and Irish Trading Alliance.
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We are partnered with TINYg, a global non-profit organisation dedicated to preventing terrorism and enhancing security.
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Our third-party quality assurance scheme ensures all our products are registered with the MHRA.
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Trauma First Aid Kits
Designed to stop severe blood loss and control injuries.
Robust and comprehensive, our trauma kit supplies go further than standard first aid kits when you need to stop heavy blood loss and deal with severe trauma.
Backed by our mighty first aid and critical injury comprehension, our kits are designed to offer the support you need, trained or untrained, in a crisis.
Public Access Trauma (PAcT) First Aid Kit
The Public Access Trauma (PAcT) First Aid Kit is engineered for non-medically trained individuals, offering crucial support for life-threatening injuries in public spaces.
As seen in the media...
The Manchester City Council, Steroplast, and CityCo’s launch of 180 PAcT kits throughout Manchester city centre has been seen across multiple media outlets. Learn more about the ongoing mission in our article, Closing the Care Gap: The kit for the First Seconds of an Emergency.
Related Articles
 | Closing the Care Gap: The kit for the First Seconds of an EmergencyRead this guide to learn about the care gap, PAcT kits, and what individuals and businesses can do to help save lives. |
 | [Guide] How to Prep Your Venue for Martyn’s Law Following the 2017 Manchester Arena AttackRead this article to learn more about how Martyn's Law will change the future of venue security and how you can prepare your business for the new legislation. |
 | The Public Access Trauma (PAcT) First Aid Kit: What Business Owners Need to KnowIn this article, we’ll cover exactly what you need to do as a business owner or operator to prepare a first aid response for a terror attack. |
From the Steroplast Knowledge Base
See how we’re helping Manchester United improve stadium safety
Learn how Steroplast is supporting 24/7 public access defibrillators at Old Trafford, bridging the care gap and prioritising fan safety.
Critical Injury First Aid Kit
The Steroplast Critical Injury First Aid Kit is specifically designed to control and stop severe blood loss in the event of a stabbing or similar serious injury.
Sterostop Bleed Control Kit
A bleeding control kit to treat catastrophic injuries and heavy blood loss, even if untrained. This kit includes all essentials to sustain life until first responders arrive.
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Forestry First Aid Kit
Equip your arborists with our large Forestry First Aid Kit, ideal for severe bleeding incidents. Designed for high-risk outdoor work environments like forestry, farming, and construction.
Related Articles
| | The Public Access Trauma (PAcT) First Aid Kit: What Business Owners Need to KnowIn this article, we’ll cover exactly what you need to do as a business owner or operator to prepare a first aid response for a terror attack. |
| | [Guide] How to Prep Your Venue for Martyn’s Law Following the 2017 Manchester Arena AttackRead this article to learn more about how Martyn's Law will change the future of venue security and how you can prepare your business for the new legislation. |
Orange First Aid Box
An ideal wall mountable box for the storage of first aid and trauma products.
Premier First Aid Boxes
A standard first aid kit box. Choose your size, colour, and compartment arrangement and fill however you like for your trauma bag supplies. We recommend the red or clear premier box for emergency & trauma equipment for easy identification.
IFAK Individual First Aid Kit
The Steroplast Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK) is a compact and comprehensive trauma kit designed for use in critical emergency situations.
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Own Branded First Aid Kits
A range of family-friendly first aid kits that can display your company branding.
Own Branded First Aid Kits
Printed with your logo
A range of family-friendly first aid kits that can display your company branding.
Trauma Bandages & Dressings
Control life-threatening bleeding fast and stabilise casualties.
Prepare for emergency response in any situation with our comprehensive range of trauma dressings and bandages. Sterile, highly absorbent, multi-layered, and intelligently designed to be ergonomic for use in a crisis. Handle traumatic injuries with confidence.
The Emergency Bandage
An emergency trauma dressing with heavy-duty compression bandage designed to treat a variety of wounds. For minor to life-threatening trauma in both hospital and pre-hospital environments.
Olaes Modular Bandage
A haemorrhage control trauma bandage for deep wounds, designed with direct input from some of the most experienced combat medics in the world, to support you in a crisis.
Tactical Blast Bandage for Trauma Wounds
Designed to quickly package traumatic amputations, burns and large pattern wounds in moments and with minimal effort.
Related Videos
 | Prometheus Olaes Modular BandageDesigned with direct input from some of the most experienced combat medics in the world, no detail has been left out. Watch this video to learn how to use the most comprehensive feature-packed bandage available. |
 | Prometheus Blast BandageThe Blast Bandage provides the ability to quickly package traumatic amputations, burns and large pattern wounds with minimal effort. The trauma bandage provides a 47cm x 47cm treatment area, but packs to about the size of a 10cm bandage. Watch this short video to learn how to apply the bandage. |
Corius Seal
A non-sterile adhesive hydrogel wound dressing designed to cover and protect acute wounds whilst absorbing wound exudate.
Trauma Dressing
Intelligently designed to stem severe blood loss and sustain life in crisis situations. This dressing is designed with a thick dressing pad, elasticated straps, and a velcro patch. The dressing can be applied easily in seconds.
Related Videos
 | How to Apply a Trauma Dressing | One Minute DemosThe Steroplast Trauma Dressing applies instant direct pressure - quickly stemming major blood loss. It allows medics to quickly dress major bleed wounds, applying direct pressure, which stops the blood flow, thus enabling them to deal with further injuries. This 1 minute demo explains how to apply a Trauma Dressing to a wound. |
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Celox Trauma Treatments
Fast-acting haemostatic gauze, dressings & granules used to stop catastrophic bleeding. Stop the bleed, fast.
Chest Seals
Protect the chest cavity from respiratory danger due to deep puncture wounds.
Air getting inside the chest cavity via a wound can make breathing impossible for a casualty’s chest pierced with deep puncture wounds. Our chest seals provide a quick, effective solution, protecting a chest cavity.
Celox Vented
The Celox Vented is the first chest seal with 512 vents, providing more ways to release pressure and prevent blockages. The re-seal tab allows you to peel the dressing off, apply compression and re-seal when ready, all whilst maintaining strong adhesion.
Celox Fox Seal
An occlusive dressing for the treatment of open wounds, designed for ease of use and consistent performance in the field. Treat entry and exit wounds with two seals per pack.
Russell Chest Seal
Covers penetrating chest wounds allowing air to escape from the pleural cavity without being drawn back in. The Russell Chest Seal is supplied in a pre-folded form to make it easy to store in medical packs. In low light conditions, the valve can be 'felt' to be working, making it ideal for military operations.
Haemostats
When you can’t use a tourniquet, use a haemostat.
Haemostat dressings help stem heavy blood loss on parts of the body to which you can’t apply a tourniquet. From granules to dressings, our Haemostat products are designed to promote clotting, minimise blood loss, and optimise outcomes in traumatic situations. Save someone’s life with a haemostat dressing.
ChitoSAM 100
A high-performance haemostatic dressing with non-woven chitosan dressing spun directly from chitosan derived from crustaceans or snow crab shells. Use it with pressure bandages when a tourniquet is unavailable or inappropriate.
Celox - Rapid Z Fold Gauze
This rapid z-fold gauze is designed to control moderate to severe traumatic bleeding. Use it for proven technology applied in military medicine and emergency services.
Celox Gauze Z-Fold Haemostatic Gauze
Control moderate to severe traumatic bleeding with this haemostatic gauze, made with emergency and military-grade technology to help you save lives.
Prometheus ChitoGauze XR Pro
Prometheus ChitoGauze XR Pro readily conforms to a wide range of wound profiles, allowing easy wound packing and rapid bleeding control. The chitosan is impregnated through the dressing and specifically designed to limit particle shedding into the wound.
Related Videos
 | How To Pack a Wound with ChitoGauze® | One Minute DemosThe robust, uniformly applied chitosan coating on the gauze provides optimal chitosan blood interaction to effectively control bleeding. This 1 minute demo explains how to pack a wound with the ChitoGauze® |
Celox - Haemostatic Granules - 15g
Celox haemostatic granules mould to the shape of the wound to get firm pressure onto the source of the bleeding even in complex-shaped injuries.
Celox - Prefilled Applicator
This Celox applicator is designed to give you an easy and safe way of stopping life-threatening bleeding from difficult-to-treat trauma. It is the most effective way to treat penetrating trauma
Related Articles
 | Essential Blood Clotting Products Used in Trauma CareMajor, rapid blood loss presents a highly time-sensitive threat to the life of any casualty suffering from a traumatic injury. Haemorrhage is the ‘leading cause of preventable death in combat trauma and the secondary cause of death in civilian trauma’, so having the right trauma supplies on hand to prevent blood loss is essential. |
Tourniquets
Prevent catastrophic bleeding and save a life when a dressing isn’t enough.
With our range of Reliable Tourniquets, you can stem significant blood loss quickly and safely. Easy to use and incredibly effective, our tourniquets are a must-have in any trauma care setup. Explore our collection and equip yourself with a tool trusted by professionals worldwide.
Here’s everything you need to know about tourniquets. Learn how to apply a tourniquet.
S.T.A.T Tourniquet - Orange
Orange Smart Technical Application Tourniquet is ideal for catastrophic bleeding and mass casualty treatment. It can be used on adults, children, and dogs.
S.T.A.T Tourniquet Trainer - Blue
The Blue Smart Technical Application Training Tourniquet is ideal for training individuals to deal with catastrophic bleeding and mass casualty. See other first aid and trauma training equipment to prepare for real-life emergencies.
Related Videos
 | The Orange Smart Technical Application Tourniquet ideal for catastrophic bleeding and mass casualty treatment. This 1 minute demo explains how to apply a S.T.A.T Tourniquet. |
SOF Tactical Tourniquet Wide - Orange
This light, compact, robust and easy-to-apply orange tourniquet is reliable even in the most demanding of circumstances.
SOF Tactical Tourniquet Wide - Black
The light, compact, robust and easy-to-apply black tourniquet is reliable even in the most demanding circumstances.
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 | The light, compact, robust and easy to apply orange tourniquet is reliable even in the most demanding of circumstances. This 1 minute demo explains how to apply a Sof T Tourniquet. |
C-A-T Combat Application Tourniquet - Black
The U.S. Army recognises this tourniquet as one of its "Top 10 Greatest Inventions". This 100% effective tourniquet is simple to use with a single application protocol and single buckle routing system.
C-A-T Combat Application Tourniquet - Orange
The U.S. Army recognises this tourniquet as one of its "Top 10 Greatest Inventions". This 100% effective tourniquet is simple to use with a single application protocol and single buckle routing system.
SWAT-T Tourniquet - Orange
A former Operator/Medic designed the ‘Stretch, Wrap And Tuck’ Tourniquet as a multi-function life-saving device with clear visual guidance for even untrained people to use it easily.
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 | In this article, we’ll teach you how to use a tourniquet so you’ll be prepared at the vital moment and know how to improvise and make one from scratch. |
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Install eyewash stations and keep sterile saline close by at all times to deal with eye injuries or contaminations and protect your workforce’s sight.
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Trauma First Aid FAQs
Our range of trauma and bleed control products are designed to be used by both trained professionals in the emergency services and untrained individuals. The user-friendly design of our products makes them accessible and effective in any emergency situation.
Our Trauma Kits are comprehensive and contain various essential items to respond to severe injuries effectively. The exact contents may vary but typically include items such as tourniquets, haemostats, trauma dressings, chest seals, and more. Please check the product description of each kit for specific details.
Chest Seals are used in the treatment of penetrating chest trauma. They provide a secure seal over a chest wound to prevent outside air from entering the chest cavity, helping prevent complications like pneumothorax.
Haemostats are specially designed to control bleeding rapidly. They work by promoting blood clotting at the wound site, thereby minimising blood loss and stabilising the patient until professional medical help arrives.
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