EMMED9244 - Basic Bleeding Control - Stop the Bleed

Course Description

The Stop the Bleed presentation presented in this course provides the fundamentals of a Bleeding Control Basics Course. Studies have shown that the help given by an immediate responder can often make the difference between life and death, even before professional rescuers arrive. The Bleeding Control Basics Course gives participants the necessary tools to become an empowered initial responder. As such, this course is designed to train individuals on what to do as an immediate responder in a bleeding emergency and covers the ABC’s of bleeding as a method to stop an active bleed.  The course includes a class presentation and hands-on skills demonstration on tourniquet application, wound packing, and pressure application. The Stop the Bleed program is an initiative of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in partnership with the Copeland Regional Trauma Council.