Bleeding Control Essential Concepts (Stop the Bleed) 

Receive proper training so you can be an “immediate responder” to help someone who is experiencing traumatic bleeding. Be ready to save the life of a family member, a friend, a colleague, or a perfect stranger. Uncontrolled bleeding is a major cause of preventable deaths. Approximately 40% of trauma-related deaths worldwide are due to bleeding or its consequences, establishing hemorrhage as the most common cause of preventable death in trauma.

-       Average time to bleed out: 2 to 5 minutes

-       Average time for 1st responders to arrive: 7 to 10 minutes

-       Bystanders can fill the gap with STOP THE BLEED®

American College of Surgeons

The STOP THE BLEED® Course is a class created by the American College of Surgeons and taught around the country by qualified instructors. This in-person, hands-on class teaches the basics of identifying and treating life-threatening bleeding using tourniquets, wound packing and pressure dressings. It teaches what “immediate responders,” i.e., bystanders can do to stop potentially fatal bleeding before emergency responders can arrive.

This course is 3 hours in length. It consists of an 1 hour classroom presentation and 2 hour hands on skills, drills and practical exercises. Upon completion of this course, students are issued a Bleeding Control certificate of completion. There will be opportunities at this course to purchase your very own basic bleeding control kit at the end of the course.

The price per person for the course is $40

Please contact us for a group private lesson. We can travel to your business, facility or location and put on the training.