The STOP THE BLEED® Instructor-Led Course teaches participants how to recognize and control life-threatening bleeding. This hands-on training covers direct pressure application, wound packing, and tourniquet use. Certification is issued by the American College of Surgeons.
- Bleeding control techniques and hands-on tourniquet application.
- Stop the Bleed” is a national awareness campaign and call to action designed to encourage bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives. Launched in 2015 by the White House in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
- The campaign aims to educate the public on how to control life threatening bleeding which can occur from everyday accidents, natural disasters or intentional acts of violence.
Who should take this course? Is this class right for me?
No matter how rapid the arrival of emergency responders is, bystanders will always be first on the scene. A person who is bleeding can die from blood loss within five minutes, so quickly stopping the bleeding is critical. Those nearest to someone with life-threatening injuries are best positioned to provide immediate care if they are equipped with the appropriate training and resources. Stop the Bleed is a course that will provide bystanders with lifesaving knowledge when faced with a traumatic injury.