First Aid trainings Stop the Bleed & Basic Life Support

Stop the Bleed  is designed to teach skills for stopping critical bleeding. This program was created to enhance community preparedness in responding to injuries that could lead to death from blood loss.

The main blocks:

• Bleeding control: use of tourniquet, tamponade, pressure dressing
• First aid for injuries
• Practical simulations of trauma and bleeding care

By completing this training  you will learn:

• The legal basis of first aid
• Rules of personal protection while providing assistance
• The first aid procedure according to the CABC algorithm
• Recognize life-threatening bleeding 
• Application of tourniquets and the ability to distinguish between high-quality and low-quality tourniquets
• Methods of bleeding control when tourniquets are not available
• Types of bandages and their use

Basic Life Support teaches participants the algorithm for providing first aid in emergency situations. The goal of this algorithm is to increase the chances of survival for the victim before qualified medical personnel arrive. 

The main blocks:

• Inspection of human emergencies
• Restoring airway patency
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) using an AED
• Practical modeling of first aid assistance

  +  Optional: overview of medical emergencie

By completing this training  you will master:

• The legal aspects of first aid
• CABC first aid algorithm
• Emergency procedures when someone is unwell (heart attack, stroke, generalized convulsions, etc.)
• Assessment of the airways
• Chest compressions (in case of non-respiration)
• Means for artificial lung ventilation 
• Skills in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) using a defibrillator