Massive bleeding from any cause, but particularly from an active shooter or explosive event where a response is delayed can result in death. Victims can quickly die from uncontrolled bleeding, within five to 10 minutes. However, anyone at the scene can act as immediate responder and save lives if they know what to do. Similar to how the general public learns and performs CPR, the public must learn proper bleeding control techniques, including how to use their hands, dressings, and tourniquets.
BleedingControl.org is an initiative of the American College of Surgeons and the Hartford Consensus and contains diagrams, news, videos, and other resources contributed by a variety of other private and nonprofit partners to help prepare you, your department and members of your community in the event you are witness to one of these unspeakable events.
Our shared goal is to provide you with a one-stop, online resource to credible information on bleeding control. We hope you will never need to use this information, but if you do, at least you will have the assurance that the information is credible and timely.
Sworn law enforcement officers are now eligible to become instructors and be able to teach this important class at their local departments. At the end of this workshop, participants will feel comfortable with the practical and technical aspects of delivering the Bleeding Control Basics program as instructors and have the ability to develop a training cadre to educate their department and the community.
The instructor registration process is done purely online and free thru bleedingcontrol.org
Dr. Gustavo Flores is the Director and Chief Instructor at Emergency & Critical Care Trainings LLC, a company that provides continuing medical education. He is also an air medical crewman for REVA Air Ambulance, and a volunteer member of First Response EMS, both in Puerto Rico. Gustavo is a Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) and a Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Instructor (TECC) instructor and affiliate faculty for the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians.
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