On National Stop the Bleed Day, March 31, trauma and emergency medical services teams from OHSU, Legacy and Portland Fire & Rescue will teach a medical response that bystanders can use to save lives in the critical first minutes after an injury that causes bleeding.
The free course will include hands-on training in tourniquet application, applying direct pressure and packing an injury using hemostatic gauze.
Instructors will include:
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Pre-registration is available.
Saturday, March 31, 2018
Classes will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis at the following times:
Portland Fire Station 1, Skidmore Conference Room
55 S.W. Ash Street, Portland, OR 97204
Course participants will be taught the same life-saving bleeding control techniques used by military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. Stop the Bleed is a national campaign developed by the American College of Surgeons in partnership with the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians.