Stop the Bleed Campaign Training Course

Instructional Hours: 2.50

"STOP THE BLEED" CAMPAIGN IS A FEDERAL INITIATIVE THAT AIMS TO SAVE LIVES AND BUILD RESILIENCY IN OUR COMMUNITIES This new 2-1/2 hour course teaches participants the basic life-saving medical interventions, including bleeding control with a tourniquet, bleeding control with gauze packs or topical hemostatic agents, and opening an airway to allow a casualty to breathe. The course is designed for NON tactical law enforcement officers, firefighters, security personnel, teachers and other civilians requiring this basic training. The purpose of this course is to equip the EMT, Paramedic and EMS Educators with a course that they can take and roll out in their fire department and to their community. For more information go to dhs.gov/stopthebleed