SVPP-Trauma first aid training

 

Forty eight (48) individuals will receive this training and certification, which includes: 1 representative from each school site (28), 10 representatives from the district office, and 10 representatives from local law enforcement. This interactive 8-hour course is designed to identify and manage immediately life-threatening injuries. The class largely deals with the Care Under Fire – Direct Threat phase of an event, where any medical care is provided while the responder and casualty are in an ongoing situation that is a direct threat to life (active shooter, building collapse, fire, secondary explosives, etc). This phase requires efficient hemorrhage control (largely with tourniquets) and patient movement. The curriculum includes: the nature and myths of gunshot wounds and realities of their medical management; how to rapidly evaluate injuries and how they affect your tactical treatment plan; the concept of "care under fire" and how it differs from a non-tactical medical situation; assessment and management of penetrating, blunt, and blast injuries; assessment and management of massive hemorrhage; the safe and efficient use of improvised and commercially available tourniquets; basic airway and breathing assessment; as well as management within a high-risk environment, and clarifying the "sucking chest wound" and its actual significance. The course includes dynamic presentations with practical exercises providing participants hands-on learning.