2020 Virginia Fire + Rescue Conference

Stop The Bleed Course by the American College of Surgeons - Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT) (Room 3A)

19 Feb 20
1:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Tracks: Instructor/Training Related Courses

Speaker(s): Chris Lawrence, FireFighter / Medic; NAEMT TECC Instructor, Petersburg Fire and Rescue; Jeff McPhearson, Regional EMS Liaison; FireFighter / CCEMT-P; NAEMT Affiliate Faculty - TCCC/TECC/PHTLS;, Southside Regional Medical Center; Prince George Fire & EMS

It is a maximum 90-minute course including a formal presentation and hands-on practice of direct pressure application, wound packing, and use of a tourniquet. The course was developed for a nonmedical audience to address the needs of the immediate responder to control life-threatening bleeding until help arrives