Catastrophic Bleeding Control

• This course complies with health and safety executive regulations.
• Course content:
  • Equipment
  • Discuss the equipment associated with haemostatic dressings, wound clotting agents and tourniquets
  • List the varied equipment used in this discipline
  • Primary survey
  • Explain the change of priorities when dealing with a catastrophic bleed
  • Explain the safe approach in an incident
  • Identify when and how to call for help
  • Describe how to make a primary survey of a casualty
  • Demonstrate how to assess a casualty’s level of responsiveness
  • Demonstrate how to open a casualty’s airway and check breathing
  • Catastrophic bleeding
  • Discuss the different types of bleeding and how to identify the nature of the bleed by its appearance
  • Explain how a catastrophic bleed can occur
  • What is Hypovolaemia; the causes, the recognition and the treatment
  • Explain the STEPWISE approach
  • Haemostatic dressings
  • Identify a haemostatic dressing used to control major blood loss
  • Discuss the key principles in the safe use of haemostatic dressings
  • Discuss the benefits of the products available to the First Aider
  • Torniquets
  • State the important factors relating to tourniquets including the components
  • State the important factors of the MAT, CAT and SOF-TT tourniquets
  • State the important factors relating to CAT (Combat Application Tourniquet)
  • State the important factors relating to the SOF-TT (Special Operations Forces –Tactical Tourniquet)
  • Demonstrate the safe use of a tourniquet
  • Discuss the factors associated with the safe use and placement of the tourniquet
  • Discuss the factors associated with the safe use and placement of 2 tourniquets
  • Discuss the risks associated with using the tourniquet and improvisation
  • Top-to-toe survey
  • Explain what factors are required to assess a casualty’s injury or condition
  • Turn a casualty from prone to supine position
  • Demonstrate how to place an unresponsive casualty into the recovery position that maintain an open airway and explain why it is important
  • Environmental issues 
  • List the environmental factors
  • Handover to emergency services
  • List the key elements of a full handover to EMS following or during an emergency
  • Confirm delegate details for the purpose of administration

 

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