Stop Life Threatening Bleeding

Description

Stop Life Threatening Bleeding

This program includes flexible instructional tools for developing proficiency via demonstration and prompted practice, including scenario-based problem-solving exercises with feedback to increase student confidence. Ultimately, our goal is that you not only have the knowledge, but also the confidence to execute.

This is a Health Safety Institute Certification Course.

• Describe the difference between a bystander and an immediate responder.
• Summarize the basic legal concepts that apply to providing aid in a bleeding emergency.
• Explain the elements of the procedure to stop life-threatening external bleeding.
• Recognize the immediate responder’s role, responsibilities, and priorities.
• Describe how to recognize life-threatening external bleeding.
• Recognize the best means to stop life-threatening external bleeding based on the availability of a bleeding control kit and wound location.
• Explain how to care for a person after life-threatening external bleeding has been stopped.
• Correctly demonstrate the removal of contaminated gloves.
• Correctly demonstrate how to stop life -threatening external bleeding using direct manual pressure.
• Correctly demonstrate how to stop life-threatening external bleeding by packing the wound.
• Correctly demonstrate how to stop life-threatening external bleeding using a commercial tourniquet.
• Correctly demonstrate how to stop life-threatening external bleeding using an improvised tourniquet (optional)
• Correctly demonstrate the procedure to stop life-threatening external bleeding.