Stop the Bleed®
A course that provides community members with the skills to save lives by applying emergency first aid to control bleeding.
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Stop Life-Threatening Bleeding
Stop the Bleed® training is a nationally recognized, standardized course created and sponsored through stopthebleed.org.
This interactive and engaging 90– to 120-minute course stresses the importance of understanding why bleeding is the #1 preventable death after an injury, saving a life by identifying life-threatening bleeding, recognizing different types of injuries, and learning how to control bleeding when someone is injured through the application of wound packing and tourniquet application.
Hands-on exercises are a required component of this course, which is designed for every member of the community. This course is designed for every member of the community.
Topics Covered:
- Understand why bleeding is the #1 preventable death after an injury and how to save a life.
- Identify when life threatening bleeding is occurring.
- Learn how to control bleeding when someone is injured and while waiting for first responders to arrive.
Bleeding Control Kits
Secure Community Network (SCN) has partnered with North American Rescue (NAR), a global leader in the field of emergency medical equipment, to offer the highest quality of casualty-care products at a significant discount to communities nationwide.
The listed equipment has been identified by first responders, security experts, and medical professionals as critically important for both facilities and personnel to have on hand and readily accessible in the case of severe injury.
A portion of every sale will go towards providing kits to communities that would not otherwise have the ability to purchase this life-saving equipment.
Why was this course developed?
Over the last several years, we have seen increased levels of hate crimes, antisemitic incidents, and physical violence directed at the Jewish people, both around the world and in North America. Since October 2018, four deadly attacks have been carried out on the Jewish community in North America. In the same time frame, law enforcement has disrupted numerous plots aimed against Jewish organizations just in the United States.
While we cannot pick the time and date of the next incident that will impact our community, we can choose to prepare by investing time, effort, resources, and energy in sound safety and security strategies and practices to keep our families safe and our community secure. A critical component of these efforts relates to training. Simply put, training saves lives. Training and exercise provide critical skills while empowering our community and enhancing resiliency.
How was this course developed?
Following the December 2012 attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School, experts in emergency medicine, law enforcement, and disaster response convened a task force known as The Hartford Consensus. This group identified that the number one cause of preventable death after injury is bleeding.
In response to their efforts, The National Security Council of The White House led a subsequent effort to launch a national public awareness and training campaign, known as Stop the Bleed®, to train individuals in lifesaving techniques that can keep them and others alive.