FOI 25-306 'Catastrophic' bleed incidents

Freedom of Information Request

Reference

FOI 25-306 'Catastrophic' bleed incidents

Request Date

19 Jul 2025

Response Date

08 Aug 2025

Information Requested

During the last three recordable years. How many reported ‘Catastrophic bleed’ incidents has your ambulance service responded to (broken down by year) This could be either reported on your patient clinical record, if this metric is recorded in a data box. Or by a positive recording of catastrophic bleeding in the free text.     

Response

Please see the tables below detailing the total attended incidents where is has been reported as a catastrophic haemorrhage, amputation noted, or Tourniquet required for the last three years, 

 

This information has been provided over two tables – T2 and T3. This is because there is a new clinical system being phased in. This phased system has been in place since June 2024 and involves only a portion of Scotland. There is the possibility that an incident from the Terrapace 3 system could be counted in the Terrapace 2 system and therefore the figures in the table should NOT be added together. 

T2: Catastrophic Haemorrhage Attended Incidents - 01/01/2022 to 30/06/2025
Calendar Year	T2 Attended Incidents
2022	1298
2023	1363
2024	1271
2025	397

 

T3: Catastrophic Haemorrhage Attended Incidents - 19/06/2024 to 30/06/2025
Calendar Year	T3 Attended Incidents
2024	57
2025	131