Stop the Bleed Class

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Good evening, I am interested in holding a Stop the Bleed class since I haven’t seen many offered in Wichita. Stop the Bleed is a first aid course developed by the American College of Surgeons on how to respond to and treat massive bleeding, which are good skills to know just like CPR. I am working on getting an instructor but need to know if anyone else from MakeICT would be interested - class is about 90 minutes, held probably in January, and will be free.

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I’m interested

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I would certainly take the class if its offered!

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I’m up for taking this class.

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I would take it, but cannot attend on Wednesday evenings or on Saturdays until after about 4pm.

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I recently took the class offered for Advanced CERT team members for stop the bleed. I highly recommend it. It’s a great course.

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Interested , save me a spot.

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Depending on the day/time, I am interrested.

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I want in!

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I up for it if it is on a day I can make it.

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I am interested.

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I would be interested.

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Sign me up please. Any First Responder level is great. Bleeding can be a problem around any tools or hazardous/dangerous materials. Glass comes to mind . . .

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Update: I reached out to some contacts but have not made any progress on getting an instructor. The two paths forward are:

  1. Reach out formally to WFD or Sedgwick County EM to try and organize an officially certified Stop the Bleed course
  2. I have taken a Stop the Bleed course and could teach a class on the basics. Like CPR, any first aid you give a person with massive bleeding is very unlikely to make it worse, and way more likely to help. But you wouldn’t get an official certification.
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After seeing Scoutstring’s update above, I went back to Scoutstring’s original post to see if I could help. In searching the link there, I learned a few things:

  1. STOP THE BLEED® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Defense Department, currently licensed to the American College of Surgeons, so the best place to reach out to may be a local hospital.
  2. In the Search for a Class link, searching all of Kansas finds seven courses between now and June, five at a hospital in Topeka, one at a health center in Emporia, and one at the KSU Student Union in Manhattan.
  3. If you don’t have the 90 minutes to do an in-person class, they also offer a virtual online class, with an estimated completion time of 25 minutes. I did not have to register to see the first page. They have both a desktop-friendly version, and a mobile-friendly version.
  4. If you don’t have the 25 minutes to do the online course, the entire course is summarized in one image (scroll down about 3 screens) on their website (although it hardly constitutes training by itself): (1) Call 911, (2) Apply pressure with hands, (3) Pack wound and press, (4) Apply tourniquet.

I hope this helps, and I hope we can arrange for a certified instructor and have an officially approved course at MakeICT.

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If you ever teach a class, I’d love to join, if even for basics and no certification.

I’m a registered nurse, but always a good idea in my book to think about an event where life saving intervention is needed and what to do/not do. Thanks for brining this up and posting :blush:

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