What do you do?
The first thing you do after seeing someone injured and assessing scene safety
Call 911/ensure help is on the way
After applying a tourniquet, ____ are allowed to remove it
EMS/paramedics
The number one cause of preventable death after injury
Bleeding
It's important for bystanders to know how to stop bleeding because it can ____ a life.
SAVE!!!
If blood soaks through the dressing
Leave the dressing and apply more dressing on top
The tightness of a tourniquet needs to be
Tight enough to stop the bleeding
Name two signs of life-threatening bleeding
Blood pooling and/or spurting from wound
Your resource for more information on STB or to order supplies?
STB official website
When someone has been impaled with an object
Do not remove. If safe to do so, pack around the object.
Apply a tourniquet this many inches above a wound.
2-3 inches
Time it takes for severe bleeding in an adult to become fatal
3-5 minutes
Purpose of packing a wound
Fill the void and apply internal pressure
Next step after applying the toruniquet
Note the time it was applied
Avoid placing a tourniquet here
Over bony prominences and joints
Average EMS response time in the United States?
7-10 minutes
The best way to apply direct pressure
Use both hands with clean gauze or fabric