A person can die from severe blood loss in less than 5 minutes. Would you know what to do if faced with a life-threatening bleeding emergency?
Course Content
FAST teaches bleeding control and other key topics designed to save a life in the first several minutes after a severe bleeding injury:
- You can save a life: Preparing for bleeding emergencies; recognizing that a bleeding emergency exists; emergency action steps; deciding to act in an emergency
- Safety in emergency situations: Keeping yourself safe in an emergency; helping others to safety; violent situations
- Communicating in emergency situations: Communication basics; communicating with others at the scene; communicating with the emergency dispatcher
- Caring for a person with life-threatening bleeding: Using pressure to stop bleeding; applying direct pressure; using a tourniquet; after the bleeding stops; applying direct pressure skill sheet; using a windlass rod tourniquet skill sheet; using a ratcheting tourniquet skill sheet
