This course goes beyond the Stop the Bleed curriculum by addressing other preventable causes of death and will teach you how to use most public-access haemorrhage control kits. It also is consistent with the Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Committee’s Active Bystander Guidelines.
Course Overview
Why Learn Essential Casualty Care
Casualty Care Explained
Understanding Gunshot Wounds
Massive Haemorrhage Defined
Haemorrhage Treatment
Skills: Direct Pressure, Bandages, Tourniquets, and Wound Packing
Airway
Respiration
Circulation & Hypothermia Prevention
Using Public Access Haemorrhage Control Kits
Using Your Skills
Your Trauma Kit
Scenario
Assessment Quiz
This course will give you a plan to identify and manage immediately life-threatening injuries occurring during an active shooter event, a motor vehicle accident, or a disaster. The material is presented in an easy-to-understand, directly applicable way. We will give you a plan and the anchor you need to manage these events.
