Advanced Bleeding Control
“Stop-the-Bleed” is a national White House-initiated awareness campaign and call-to-action. Due to an uptick in mass shootings, terror attacks and national disasters, the US Government is calling on civilians to learn how to treat severe bleeding.
Course topics include:
Stop-the-Bleed Campaign
ABCs of Bleeding
Identifying Severe Wounds
Direct Pressure
Commercial Pressure Bandages
Wound Packing
Hemostatic Agents
Tourniquets
Gunshots
This 2 hr course is designed to provide detailed information on the control of Severe External Bleeding, including the use of Pressure, Commercial Pressure Bandages, Tourniquets and Packed Dressings. This course is for individuals who have a greater than average chance of witnessing or being involved in an injury event in which heavy bleeding occurs and professional medical care is not readily available or is overwhelmed, such as law enforcement, private security, workplace emergency response team personnel and staff at large events, campuses or large occupied structures.