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'Stop The Bleed' trauma kits will be installed around Wrigley Field

'Stop The Bleed' trauma kits will be installed around Wrigley Field
'Stop The Bleed' trauma kits will be installed around Wrigley Field 00:27

CHICAGO (CBS)-- The Cubs will become the first Major League Baseball team to have "Stop The Bleed" kits around their ballpark.

The trauma kits include a tourniquet, wound packing gauze, a space blanket, trauma shears, an instructional manual, gloves and a marker.

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They'll be around Wrigley Field to help in case someone is bleeding from an injury.                

Ballpark staff will be trained on how to apply direct pressure, pack the wound and apply a tourniquet to stop bleeding.

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