Bleeding Control and civ medical response to active shooter

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Bleeding Control/Stop The Bleed and civilian medical response to the active shooter

For information on the bleeding control, see http://www.bleedingcontrol.org/. You will learn the proper assessment of life-threatening bleeding and use of tourniquet and pressure bandages, as well as "combat" assessment and movement techniques in the active shooter scenario.

Date: Saturday, November 11, 1-5

Location: TBA (will be announced on this site no later than October 25, but will be in Durham or Chapel Hill)

Cost: $70 (to cover supplies and materials; you will receive a tourniquet at completion of the course)

If you wish to attend, please PM to secure a spot (no 'max' number, but need to stay around 20) to to discuss payment
 
This is very interesting, but November 11 is the first day of rifle season in central NC.
 
Conflicts with DPRC 2gun rimfire. When you schedule another, I will be there if I can.
 
Chuck,

I am interested in the January class depending on the date.
Please let me once the date is confirmed.
Thank you.
 
Miss Lily and I attended @Chuckman 's Bleeding Control course yesterday and both learned a lot and came away with a valuable skill (and swanky certificates!). Being a squeemish OFWG, I was not particularly hip to the idea of going to a class and seeing lots of bloody pictures but turns out my fears were unfounded. Charles' easy style and obvious professionalism made the content easy to understand and there were only a couple gnarly wound pictures. Classes like this sometimes have a tendenacy to get overly complicated and overwrought with procedures (there's no way I'm sticking that tube in that guys nose!) but this course stuck to the simple use of a tourniquet and by the time Charles was done explaining everything I knew I could use it effectively and without hesitation. And as a gun guy, his examples focused on the kind of active shooter scenarios that we all run through our heads daily. That info and the skills learned are priceless.

Many thanks to @Chuckman for the tourniquet, the skills and for providing this class. Props to Pumpkin too.

You owe it to yourself and those around you to sign up for the next class HERE
 
Repost in case you don't see the class AAR thread:

I was in the same class with @Scott88 and @Tigard, and can echo everything they said. @Chuckman is a great teacher, giving focused and practical information rather than an overload on what could be a complicated topic.

He also took the time to put together a written packet of the class information, so we would have a convenient place for extra notes and to have a reference to come back to later.

Knowing when and how to use a touniquet (and having one in the first place!) is a skill everyone here should have, and this class will let you check that box.

Another part of the class that cleared up some misconceptions I had was about wound packing... Materials to use and clot-assisting bandage options.

Overall, this class is well worth your time and money to be better prepared in an emergency.
 
I would recommend this class. @Chuckman put a lot of effort and thought into the proper way to present the information. For those who are unaware, as I was, this class is a first aid course for extreme trauma/bleeding. You will receive a certificate that is bonafide. Even without any credential, this class is a very beneficial thing to take. If you think about it in the realm of shooting sports, we spend a lot of time around situations and things that can cause severe bleeding if things go wrong.

I would take this again as a refresher. Many things covered in this class were things that I had not thought of before. Doing assessments in a methodical way, how to approach a situation that may me unstable, what should I be thinking about if there is a potential threat while providing treatment, what can be done in lieu of a tourniquet, when to apply a tourniquet vs. pack and pressure? This class addresses these topics.

As always with members here, all the folks in attendance were great. This is by far the best on line community I have ever experienced. Thank you to each of the attendees for re-affirming that.
 
I really enjoyed the class. @Chuckman opened his home to us, and provided a great deal of insight into history and why/wherefore as well as the actual practical algorithmic approach to bleeding control. Practicing with the CAT was extremely helpful. And the shooting viewpoint made it much more useful than "just" a bleeding control class. Looking forward to more!
 
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