The Weekly Show: 5/17/25

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, and welcome to the weekly show here on iHeartRadio
A ninety three to nine, Light FM, one O three
five Kiss FM, and Rock ninety five to five. I'm Paulina,
and every week we're here to discuss a variety of
topics that matter to Chicagoland, from health, education, to finances
and so much more. Today on this show, we are
speaking with doctor Carlos Palacio of the American College of
Surgeons and we're talking about Stopthebleed dot org movement and

(00:24):
that the fact that May is national Stop the Bleed Month.
And we have our friends Brady and Whitney Reynolds back
for another episode of Whitney's Women. Let's kick off the show.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
Severe bleeding from trauma is a leading cause of preventable
death for people of all ages in our country. Experts
estimate that thousands of lives could be saved every year
with just faster access to trauma care, including applying bleeding
control techniques at the scene of the injury. Let's discuss
it with doctor Carlos Plasio. He's of with the American

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College of Surgeons and the Stop the Bleed program. Doctor Plosio,
I appreciate the time. Thanks so much.

Speaker 3 (01:02):
Thank you, Mannie, thank you for having me. And yeah,
you're right. A thousands of lives are losses each year
due to severe bleeding, and people tend to think that
this is not going to happen to them. But the
truth of the matter is that it can happen to anyone,
and it can happen anywhere, from a simple kitchen injury

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to something more devastating, so justs crash injuries and perhaps
workplace accidents. It can happen anywhere, and we need to
be ready to act whenever these situations happens with anyone.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
Yeah, I want to ask you about the whole Stop
the Bleed program and stop the bleed dot org in
a moment. But how common is a bleeding emergency?

Speaker 3 (01:51):
It's very common. As I said, people tend to think
it's not I've sent it several times in my during
my career, multiple multiple times, I would say, and it
can go anywhere. It can you know, people tend to
think that they're safe at home, but there are things
in your home that can harm you as well. And

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when this accident happens, you need to be ready to act,
not only to you, but it can also happen to
any of your loved ones as well.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
And people tend to think that that a you know,
if you cut yourself or you have some sort of
a bleeding event, it's only dangerous if it's your carotid
artery or somewhere in your chest. But really, you could
bleed out in a lot of areas of your body,
can't you.

Speaker 3 (02:35):
Absolutely, And if it's, of course, you know more than
sixty five year old people, they tend to Okay, well,
I'll be fine, but that little oozing, little by little,
it's gonna cause some damage. It could also happen to
a young one some people, you know, young people, and
I'll be fine, don't worry about it. They go to
bed and then they wake up in a pool of blood.

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So it's very important to be knowledgeable on how to
prevent this kind of death.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
Yeah, and we've seen too often in our country these events.
Mass shootings, for example, happened much more often than we
would realize or we would like to admit. And that's
really where the whole stop the Bleed movement and stop
the bleed dot org started, isn't it.

Speaker 3 (03:19):
That is correct? So it started like that because they
realized in the studies after the mass shooting, that the
people will died of exagination, meaning a lot of blood
would leave their body, and there was nowhere either a
kid or a way to help that person stop the bleed.

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So it basically empowers the population to be ready to
stop the bleed because remember, the scene needs to be
clear by the police before ems can get there, and
that can take up to thirty minutes to an hour
depending on the situation. Right, So with this course, the
college wanted to empowered the community to act in case

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they will face such situations. Now it has changed a
little bit throughout the years too, because we realized that
this was useful not only in the mass shooting, but
also in our day to day to day lives. As
I said before, for instance, let's say that you have
a kitchen injury, a knife fail, or you got hurt

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by a knife, then you can apply those principles to
stop the bleed and of course prevent death.

Speaker 2 (04:31):
And so this is no different than for example, the
Red Cross learning how to do CPR or something like that,
and everybody can kind of take these basic training courses
to learn how to stop the bleed.

Speaker 3 (04:46):
That is actually correct, if we're going to do the parallel,
this would be that equivalent. That's skill that we need
to learn that it's effective and that can save lives
as well.

Speaker 2 (04:57):
What is for example, in a stop the bleed kit,
what are the key components and how do they help
individually and in a bleeding emergency.

Speaker 3 (05:06):
Definitely, so the kid has gosses and that has there
is also an special gus that is going to be
able to coagulate your blood when you're when you're bleeding,
so meaning it's going to slow down even further that
that bleeding when it happened. It also has some shears

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trauma shears as we call them, so that you can
remove or cut those genes and access where the where
the bleeding is happening more expedadly. And then it also
has a tourniquet. So the tourniquet you place it above
the injury to avoid or to to avoid exagination or

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basically to keep your blood within your body so that
you will be able to be taken to a hospital
to receive a professional hulp.

Speaker 2 (05:57):
Have a few more minutes here with doctor Carlos Palas,
he's of the American College of Surgeons. We are talking
about stop the bleed to stop the bleed movement and
stop the bleed dot org. What are what are for
example that the three main techniques that you teach in
and stop the bleed training.

Speaker 3 (06:17):
Yeah. So the first one is apply pressure, and we
tell you how to apply pressure. Some people tend to
think that it's just put in your hand and that's it.
Now you're gonna use piece of gaus apply pressure. The
next one is we teach you how to open that
wound very delicate and pack it. You know, there is

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a way that we teach them how to do that.
It's not just shove a piece of gus or a
piece of cloth in it. There is a way appropriate
way to do it. And finally, how to apply to turniquet. So,
as I said before, you'll you'll put that above the
level of the injury. And then the what it does
is basically compressed. That's all so that you keep as

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much blood as you can in your body so that
you'll be able to have time to go to the
hospital and receive professional help.

Speaker 2 (07:06):
Much like learning CPR or the Heimlich maneuver. A lot
of this counts on somebody, you know, being somewhere seeing
something happen and then being a good samaritan. How does
that play into everything? Somebody doing the right thing.

Speaker 3 (07:21):
That is correct. It's just doing the right thing for
one another and help each other out whenever we're a
victim of one of these accidents.

Speaker 2 (07:30):
Talk to me about the Stop the Bleed initiative and
what really what the primary goal of National Stop the
Bleed Month is all about.

Speaker 3 (07:39):
Yeah, it's just preventable that making sure that people have
that knowledge necessary to act whenever it's necessary for your
loved one, for another person. We have all the information
and the stopdebleed dot org slash save a Live. We
not only have the information for the kids, but also
we have what are the classes available? That calendar are

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telling you? Okay, well we have classes here and there.
Most importantly, you can also submit a request so that
we can take the classes to your community either churches, libraries,
community centers, so that more people will be educated on
how to save the lives and how to do that
when it's more critical for someone.

Speaker 2 (08:23):
What about schools? Is to stop the bleed program in
schools as well?

Speaker 3 (08:29):
Definitely, yes, we the trauma centers have a duty and
we do go and teach the schools, especially the teachers
how to apply these principles of pressure backing and turniquet
to the kids in case that something horrible work to happen.

Speaker 2 (08:48):
I mentioned the website is Stop the Bleed dot org
Stop the Bleed do o RG and that's where you
can find these training classes. What is one of these classes, Like,
what exactly do we learn?

Speaker 3 (09:02):
Yeah, we have mannequins, we have of course the kid.
We explain you what are the key components, each one
by one a little bit more detailed to what I
give you here. We go through the steps of how
to stop the bleeding case something were to happen with
the mannequins, so you get familiar with what is going on.

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A lot of people tend to freeze when they see blood,
but that's not the case. That's what we're teaching you.
So take your time learn how to do it so
you don't freeze when you see the pool of blood
coming out. And then we show you some videos. There
is some nice illustrations on the new addition on how
to provide the care necessary.

Speaker 2 (09:45):
What do do you find that people have misconceptions about
bleeding out, how to control bleeding and stuff like that.
Then maybe the Stop the Bleed program addresses.

Speaker 3 (09:57):
I think people sometimes tend to look to the other side.
People are concerns if they're going to get sued or
things like that for helping out. But I don't think
that's the case. There is always a good from Samaritan
law that prevents that from happening. You're trying to do
the right thing for the patient. I think that's one

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of the main things that people tend to be more
scare of when we teach the courses. That's what they
ask the most.

Speaker 2 (10:23):
Tell me a little bit about the Stop the Bleed
program itself. How did it originate, Why did it originate,
how has it grown?

Speaker 3 (10:31):
Yeah, so it's worldwide right now and we have taught
thousands of people, and you know, it has started because
of the mass shootings. Some of the that they were prevented.
It was an artery on the extremity or a vein
and the help was not there. So by developing the course,

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which included pressure backing and tourniquets, knowledge wanted to prevent
that in those situations, and then it evolved into what
we have today. Uh. And it also empowers the civilians.
And as I said, it's not only the man should
and it could happen in your kitchen, It could happen

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in your work. We have a lot of workers and
factories that you know, they they might get hurt by
a flying object and then it might hit them in
the in the arm and unfortunately in the artery, and
and this this course will help to save that life.

Speaker 2 (11:36):
Talk to me about how you hope that listeners are
maybe community leaders who might be listening, get involved and
promote support the whole Stop the Bleed initiative.

Speaker 3 (11:47):
Yeah, I really think that by by doing this campaign, uh,
it's really get the words out. Some people don't know
that these technique exists, and some people they they want
to learn, they just don't don't know where to go.
So I really think that by getting the word out
and making sure that we all know that the course exists,

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it's already developed, I think it's going to attract the
attention of the leaders and also the regular people. And
if you go to the website, then you might be
able to skittle a case or you will be able
to skatle a case of course in your in your
region or in your community, so that you can get
the word out even.

Speaker 2 (12:30):
Further about how long do these courses take.

Speaker 3 (12:32):
It's usually less than an hour, but if i've minutes
to an hour depending and it's free, there is no
charge for it. So sometimes you can also go to
your trauma centers. They have we have the duty to
teach stop the bleed, and that also that is also
a possibility.

Speaker 2 (12:51):
Can we close it out with one maybe an anecdote,
a success story, a real life example you're familiar with
where the stop the bleed training save the life.

Speaker 3 (13:01):
Yeah, absolutely so. I had a case that was probably
a few years ago. It was actually somebody that was
cutting some tree branches and he accidentally got hurt on
the arm and then he failed, so that you can
imagine it was it was not only the stock the bleed,

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but also it was the fall in the fallen injury,
and then the wife called nine one one. A PD
got there first before the paramedics. They had the police
officer applied this principle a flight turniquet because he was
bleeding out by the time the paramedics got there. Uh,
he was already he was already in good shape to

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say the least, and we bought time for that patient
to come all the way to the hospital. He did
have an arterial injury, so he definitely it definitely helps
for sure.

Speaker 2 (13:53):
Yeah, first responders aren't going to be there always are
or at the moment's notice, So it takes a good
samaritan to save a life. Doctor Carlos Palassio with the
American College of Surgeons. The website you could go to
to find out more information or where you can take
the class. Stop the bleed dot org. Stop the bleed
dot org. Doctor Palasio, thanks so much for what you're

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doing with this. Thank you for the information and for
your time. Best of luck, Thank you so much.

Speaker 4 (14:20):
In coming it's positivity. You know who's coming up next,
the one, the only, my dear good friend, the incredible
Whitney Reynolds from the Whitney Reynolds Show. Whitney, how are you?

Speaker 3 (14:31):
Hello?

Speaker 5 (14:32):
Hello everybody. It is so great to be bringing these
women stories to iHeart people who are giving back in
our city and today, Brady, I have to say, and
I think to see this almost every time. This is
one of my favorite stories because this woman is not
only using her story to empower change, but she's also
doing that in our city. Do her new book Stoic Empathy.

(14:55):
Let's welcome sharemen, cruise to the show.

Speaker 6 (14:59):
Hello, Hello, thank you for having me here. I appreciate
it and I know you do say that every time
because I tune into a show, but this time it
all wasn't really true. It's really for sure, it's true.

Speaker 5 (15:10):
Oh my goodness.

Speaker 3 (15:11):
You know.

Speaker 5 (15:12):
Every month that I'm in iHeart, like literally, I'm amazed
by the women that come in and are using their
superpower here on earth to give back. And what I
love about you is you put your story to paper
and your story is really helping people through stoic empathy.
But for anybody that's kind of like, huh, I can't
imagine those two words going together for tell us a

(15:34):
little bit about what that means to you.

Speaker 6 (15:36):
Well, so let me tell it to you through a story.
So I was born in Iran. I grew up in
Iran immediately post revolution era and amidst a very bloody
war with neighboring Iraq. So there was about a million
civilians killed during this war. There was forty million people
living in Iran at the time, so it was a
violent time and there was a lot of strikes into
the city. By the time I left Tehran, the capital city,

(15:59):
there was up to six strikes a day into the city.
So when I learned this combination of stoa empathy, it
was in this environment. It was within this environment of
massive upheaval. And what I observed, and I learned it
from my parents, and what I observed in them, was
how quickly and concisely they could make incredibly difficult life

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or death decisions that protected their children. So they were
using their empathic lead of their children to find their
inner control, their inner mastery, their inner yoda, and then
applying that to prevent the situation from being even worse
than it would otherwise be for us. And that is

(16:41):
when I learned about the interplay between these two forces,
how we could actually utilize their understanding of the people
around us, or read of the room, in order to
find the mastery within us, the control within us, to
be able to position ourselves in a way that would
either protect the folks in the room or protect us
from the bad guys in the room. Right, both of

(17:03):
those scenario could be possible. Right, Oh, my goodness. You
know it's interesting because on our show, The Whitney Renalds Show,
we always say to own your story and that your
story matters. When did you get to this point when
you said, Okay, not only have I lived through this
and survived, but now I need to share this with
the world. It's still still at empathy. The book has

(17:25):
been a lifelong labor. I've been writing books for a while,
but this one is really the culmination of my life's
intellectual quest. Really, what I've been searching for more than
anything else is how to approach a situation with full authenticity?
How do I walk into a situation that gets my
blood boiling, that gets my anger rising, or my fear spiking,

(17:45):
or my anxiety stabbing me in the heart, right, how
do I walk into that situation and act in a
way that is how I want to act, that's consistent
with my moral values. And then, of course it's a
parent and a leader. I wanted to pass this practice
on to my children, to my team, to the people

(18:06):
I work with. So I've been really passionate about sharing
not just the wisdom with me, but also the failures,
which have been at great privilege as well. Yeah, well,
that is that is authenticity, and it's in a nutshell
is sharing both. And you know, we want people obviously
to read the book, but can you give.

Speaker 5 (18:27):
Us any I mean, because you were about to kind
of unlock the door. Is there any little like secret
you can just give our listeners now? And then we're
also going to tell them ways they can see you live.
But is there any little nugget you can give them
on a way they can do that? Because when you
were saying all those things like anxiety stabbing you in
the heart, I was like, oh my goodness, we've all
been there. Do you want to give us a little

(18:48):
bit of your secret?

Speaker 6 (18:51):
How about I give you, guys one of the truest tips.
That really was the Stoics that embraced it initially, but
it also exists in this philosophy, in Japanese samurai warrior philosophy,
in Sufism, and a variety of religious beliefs, and this,
and it is this seek out discomfort at times when

(19:12):
it is safe for you to do so, so that
you might habituate yourself to that discomfort. That is, take
a nice bath for three minutes in the morning, right,
or go into a situation that makes you uncomfortable, or
bargain for that free shot of vanilla at the Starbucks.
Whatever it be that makes you uncomfortable, right, put you

(19:32):
in that, put yourself in that position of discomfort at
a time when it feels safe. Stow that when it
sneaks up on you and it's not, you're not safe.
You have some practice at how to handle that feeling
of discomfort. Has slowed down the time between stimuli and
response so that you can respond with wisdom instead of instinct.

Speaker 5 (19:58):
Ooh, now, Brady, we we never have any discomfort doe
in media.

Speaker 4 (20:02):
No, but I well, I am ready all of a
sudden to just run through a brick wall after hearing
all that.

Speaker 6 (20:07):
Well, you know, like I said, in a safe situation.

Speaker 5 (20:10):
So please don't want to say yes yeah, oh my goodness. Okay,
well help people because you are stic on the radio.
But people can actually learn more about your story and
this book as you are doing a live event that's
giving back, So tell us about that.

Speaker 6 (20:28):
Absolutely my privilege. The wonderful, amazing, incredible bookstore Bookends and
Beginnings in Evanston in the suburb of Chicago, is hosting
my book talk on Thursday, June fifth. The event begins
at five for cocktails networking and the talk begins at
six and I will be donating any proceeds I get
from the event to the Evanston public library. And what better,

(20:53):
what better cause could there be at this time than
the public library.

Speaker 5 (20:56):
I know you know so many of my memories. I'm
so glad you said the public library. Like the public
library was a big deal in during Oklahoma and so
many of my memories as a kid was going there.
And you know, we really do have to support our
local communities and these libraries right now. So I love
that you're doing that. So again, June Fit, you're going
to have this up on your website. Tell all of
our listeners what your website is.

Speaker 6 (21:17):
The website is cleverly discussed in an impossible to pronounce
and spell name, but it is my name, so I'm
trying to embrace it. Www dot shareman Cruise dot com.
You can also go to www dot stoic empathy dot
com or you can check me out on Instagram, Share
underscore Cruise or on LinkedIn share Mean Cruse and I'll

(21:39):
have the events post it there as well. It would
be a pleasure to see you guys there. It's also
on event right by the way if you all want
to look it up there. Oh.

Speaker 5 (21:48):
I love it, and you know I will have the
info on our social channels as well. Share mean, you
are a powerful woman that is using a platform in
so many great ways to move it out. Thank you
so much for coming on.

Speaker 6 (22:02):
Thank you so much. It's been a privilege and a
pleasure being with you guys today.

Speaker 4 (22:06):
Thank you Whitney for your superpowers. You are all of
the superheroes in Chicagoland. You're the one that we need
the most. And I know you've got a busy schedule.
It's getting warmer, there's a lot of events. The show's
going down. Tell us everything that's going on in the
Whitney Reynolds world, you know.

Speaker 5 (22:23):
So I'm giggling kind of hard today because I did
ask all the time with the Whitney Reynolds showcause we've
been doing this so long, Like, have you ever been
like a fangirl of somebody like when you're interviewing them,
And I'm like, no, no, no, you know, everybody bleed bread.
You know, we're all normal people. Everybody has a story,
all the things. And today, right before this interview, it

(22:43):
happened for the first time and I have to laugh
because my husband was laughing to you, guys, wait, so
tell me what celebrity tod do you interview and I'm like, well,
she's a famous pastor. David literally was like say what okay,
Oh my goodness. But I am like on this cloud
high because the interview I had, which is so hopeful
and it was somebody that made their way up from

(23:04):
the very bottom and is aspiring help to everybody. And
then to jump on this call today, what's your mean?
And just give people their voice? And that's what I
love about The Whitney Reynolds Show. We're rounding out season nine.
I know I sound like I've been in this a
really long time, but we do two seasons a year,
so there you can do the math. You know this
is going on, but season nine of The Whitney Reynolds

(23:25):
Show and this Monday, we want to make sure people
know where to check it out. You can check it
out locally on Lakeshore PBS, or you can watch us
on World Channel around the nation every Saturday at ten
thirty in the morning or again Monday, one pm. All
of our stuff is at Whitney Reynolds dot com though,
and so we just want to make sure that our
home market of Chicago always knows how much their story

(23:47):
matters and ours is moving forward and speaking of the
story of Chicago. Brady, can we just give like hello
to the Pope. Our city is really making ways media.
Let's go, Yeah, here we go, Here we go. So
that's what I love is like every Chicago sometimes gets
a bad wrap with so many of our stories for
the show come from here, and so I just hope
everybody listening remembers that your story matters. And then if

(24:09):
you are a woman that is giving back in our city,
also let us know through Whitney Bronolds dot com so
we can get you on Whitney's Women.

Speaker 4 (24:15):
We love you, Chicago loves you, Whitney. Keep up the
amazing work. We'll talk next time.

Speaker 1 (24:20):
Thank you, Thank you so much for listening, and thank
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(24:42):
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