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, you do this
Don't remove. Leave it on for 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
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
Purposes of packing a wound
Fill the void and apply internal pressure
Next step after applying the tourniquet
Note the time it was applied
Avoid placing a tourniquet here and here
Over bony prominences and joints
Average EMS response time in the United States?
7-10 minutes
Best practice on how to apply direct pressure
Use both hands with clean gauze or fabric