Stop the Bleed Training
May 9, 2022 – 7:00 PM
Held at: Congregation Kol Ami – 1887 Timber Creek Rd. – Flower Mound, Texas 75028
Congregation Kol Ami is partnering with the Flower Mound Fire Department to conduct a local Stop the Bleed training. While we all hope to never have to use these skills, in an emergency this training provides critical knowledge needed in controlling serious bleeding.
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A bleeding injury can happen anywhere. We’ve all seen it happen too often—on the news or in everyday life. Life-threatening bleeding can happen in people injured in serious accidents or disasters. Instead of being a witness, you can become an immediate responder because you know how to STOP THE BLEED®.
From Stop the Bleed website
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STOP THE BLEED® is the result of a collaborative effort led by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) to bring knowledge of bleeding control to the public. The ACS COT, and specifically the EMS subcommittee with its many collaborative relationships, provided the perfect environment for this program to grow into the critical success that it is today.
Lessons learned from the military
There are multiple ways to control bleeding in an emergency, including applying direct pressure, packing the wound with bleeding control (hemostatic) gauze, and applying a tourniquet. However, it is only recently that tourniquets have been re-embraced for their lifesaving potential. After tourniquets and tourniquet training were widely adopted by the military, their use during the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts was reviewed in 2012 and a clear survival benefit was identified. Under the leadership of Retired U.S. Navy Captain Frank K. Butler, Jr., MD, FAAO, FUHM, this data was carefully evaluated and then included in the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) standards for training and military field care. A follow-up study in 2014, led by the ACS COT EMS subcommittee, showed similar benefits related to tourniquet use amongst civilians and further introduced direct pressure and wound packing to the list of simple but effective skills that could be used to control active bleeding in an emergency situation.
When these efforts were looked at collectively, the life-saving potential of early bleeding control became clear. It also became clear that time was a critical factor and outcomes were directly related to how quickly bleeding control was achieved. These findings would ultimately help establish the bystander as playing a critical role in saving lives due to severe bleeding. Efforts to train bystanders soon began in earnest.
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