If you haven’t already, it’s inevitable you’ll respond to a call with a severally wounded individual. With backup and support aid an unpredictable distance away, time matters. By carrying essential medical equipment, knowing what it is, and how to use it, you can completely change the outcome of the call. You don’t have to be a paramedic, but you can be prepared to save a life- maybe even your own.
Students will leave the class knowing how to:
- Do a basic assessment of patients
- Identify critical injuries and prioritize treatment
- Evaluate the need for a tourniquet
- Properly apply a tourniquet or mock tourniquet
- Identify major arteries and other critical body areas
- Use hemostatic agents when applicable
- Implement a medical kit program in their department
- Use basic medical care equipment, how & when to apply it
- What you can expect from your mutual aid
- Identify resources in your area
