Active Shooter Intervention-Self Responder: Atlanta, GA 10/17/2020 17:00

Self Responder is a trauma centric first aid course that will teach you the skills needed to save your life and the lives of others after a potentially fatal incident Traumatic injury is one of the leading causes of death for people under 50 in the US; a significant portion of those deaths are from severe bleeding – the most treatable cause of death due to trauma. This course will teach you how to treat the most common injuries suffered by an active shooter incident and other acts of violence. You will learn by seeing and performing the latest Tactical Combat Casualty Care techniques for self and buddy-aid. At the end of the event, all the participants who have successfully completed the Self Responder course are eligible for an ASHI Advanced Bleeding Control Certification.

During training you will learn how to:

• Take up a tactical position in order to protect yourself and others in a war zone
• Perform a hasty triage and control a frantic crowd
• Use an individual first aid kit and identify any nearby tools to assist you in bleeding control
• Learn to use direct pressure, dressings, and tourniquets to stop bleeding
• Pack a deep wound with cloth or gauze to control bleeding

What to Bring

IFAK (Individual First Aid Kit) or at minimum:

• Disposable Gloves
• Masks (2 minimum) Something that will not repeatedly fall off (scarves not recommended, N95’s not required -- save them for healthcare workers)
• Hand Sanitizer/Wipes - 1 bottle Purell, 1 package of baby wipes (or equivalent)
• 1 pressure dressing (Israeli bandage or similar)
• 1 role of ACE type bandage
• 1 Tourniquet (CAT/SOFT/SAMS or similar)
• 1 Chest seal (Halo or silmilar)
• 1 pack of gauze
• 1 hemostatic agent (Hemcon/Quickclot/Celox)
• Ruck (or equivalent) to carry it all in
• Photo ID

Event Cancellation Policy

• Refunds are not allowed for this event
• Transferring registration to a different participant is not allowed
• Store credit in the amount paid for the registration will be issued if requested more than 30 days before the event (NO EXCEPTIONS)

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