Stop the Bleed
What is Stop the Bleed?
The Stop the Bleed Coalition Essentials of STOP THE BLEED® Course combines clinical training with practical information and access to additional STOP THE BLEED® resources.
Who should take this course?
EVERYONE!!
What does this course teach?
Receive proper training so you can be an “immediate responder” to help someone who is experiencing traumatic bleeding. Be ready to save the life of a family member, a friend, a colleague or a perfect stranger.
The Coalition’s STOP THE BLEED® course combines clinical training with practical information and access to additional STOP THE BLEED® resources for you or your organization.
Heartsaver: First Aid / CPR / AED
What is Heartsaver?
The AHA’s Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED course trains participants to provide first aid, CPR, and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner.
Who should take this course?
The AHA’s Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Course is designed for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for their job, regulatory (e.g., OSHA), or other requirements, or anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.
What does this course teach?
First aid basics
Medical emergencies
Injury emergencies
Environmental emergencies
Preventing illness and injury
Adult CPR and AED use
Opioid-associated life-threatening emergencies
Optional modules in Child CPR AED and Infant CPR
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
ACLS
For healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies and for personnel in emergency response
What does this course teach?
Basic life support skills, including effective chest compressions, use of a bag-mask device, and use of an AED
Recognition and early management of respiratory and cardiac arrest
Recognition and early management of peri-arrest conditions such as symptomatic bradycardia
Airway management
Related pharmacology
Management of ACS and stroke
Effective communication as a member and leader of a resuscitation team
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
PALS
For healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children and for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units
What does this course teach?
Perform high‐quality CPR
Differentiate between patients who do and do not require immediate intervention
Recognize cardiopulmonary arrest early and begin CPR within 10 seconds
Apply team dynamics
Differentiate between respiratory distress and failure
Perform early interventions for respiratory distress and failure
Differentiate between compensated and decompensated (hypotensive) shock
Perform early interventions for the treatment of shock
Differentiate between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias
Describe clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias
Implement post–cardiac arrest management
Basic Life Support (BLS)
What is Basic Life Support (BLS)?
The AHA’s BLS course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).
Who should take this course?
The AHA’s BLS Course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-facility and prehospital settings.
What does this course teach?
High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS components
Important early use of an AED
Effective ventilations using a barrier device
Importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants
CEVO 5
What is CEVO 5: Ambulance?
A classroom Emergency Vehicle Operator Course (EVOC) for ambulance operators
Proven discussion and participation based "Coaching" method of training
Key defensive driving concepts including vehicle inspection, vehicle characteristics, SCC (Scanning, Cushion of Safety, Communicating), emergency and non-emergency driving in various environments, and other special considerations such as backing and driving in adverse weather
New topics including Ambulance Operators and The Law, Use of Lights and Sirens, Distracted Driving, Roadway Incident Scene Safety, and more
Video presentation featuring operator point of view, real traffic situations, dashcam footage, and actual ambulance crash pictures and analysis
Why use CEVO 5: Ambulance?
Collision and crash prevention and reduction
Risk management and potential liability protection
Onboarding training for new hires and refresher training for experienced operators
Consistent with NHTSA’s EVOC course standards
Custom Training
Activating the 911 system
- Learn when and how to quickly activate the 911 system.
Hands-only CPR and AED
- Learn hands only CPR and how to apply and use an AED.
Administering naloxone
- Learn how to recognize and opioid overdose and treat with Narcan.
Administering epinephrine
- Learn how to recognize a life-threatening allergic reaction and administer an Epi Pen.
Responding to life-threatening bleeding
- Learn how to treat all life-threatening bleeding using multiple techniques.
Penetrating chest trauma
- Learn the different types of chest trauma and how to treat them correctly.
Moving patients to safety
- Learn the different techniques to move a patient to safety.
Positioning injured patients
- Learn how to position a patient having a medical event.