Tactical Medicine || Invictus Training, Pahrump, NV

This course will introduce and drill the basic skills necessary to manage life-threatening

penetrating trauma

In addition to Basic Life Support (BLS) skills, the training will emphasize self-care and

care under fire.

Students will be familiarized with the contents of common "blowout" trauma kits and

practice with a variety of commercial and improvised pressure bandages, tourniquets

and hemostatic agents.

Course topics will include:

Scene security

Rapid trauma assessment

Treatment priorities

Controlling life-threatening bleeding

Tourniquets: when and how

Hemostatic agents (Quikclot, Celox, etc.)

Managing penetrating chest wounds

Airway management

Triage in a multi-victim situation

Recommended trauma kit contents

Students should wear comfortable clothing and

shoes suitable for moderate physical activity.

Warning — clothing may get stained with blood simulant.

INSTRUCTED BY:Chuck Burnett, ECSI Wilderness First Aid Instructor,

Law Enforcement Tactical Handgun Instructor

Article — Lafayette Police: Trauma kits played a major role

klfy.com/2015/07/28/lafayette-police-trauma-kits-played-a-major-role-in-outcome-of-grand-16-shooting/

Article - Tac-med kits saves lives in Tucson Shooting

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/21/AR2011012105860.html?hpid=topnews

Article - Doctors urge Americans to learn Tourniquet Use

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/06/16/doctors-urge-americans-learn-tourniquet-use/86000754/

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Prerequisites: None

Course fee: $125

REGISTER:

Register by June 16th and receive a 15% discount ($85)

If you register a friend or family member, total cost for two is $150.

One takeaway from the recent mass shooting in Las Vegas was that many lives were likely saved by concert attendees rendering first aid and transporting the wounded to hospitals.

In a chaotic situation, particularly involving an active shooter and multiple casualties, paramedic and ambulance response will be delayed until the scene is controlled. Law enforcement and Emergency medical agencies understand this, and are embracing the concepts of casualty collection points and force protection teams to protect medics and allow casualties to be moved out of the direct threat area.

This takes substantial time in a big casualty event. It may be a half hour or more before a victim will have a professional rescuer working on them.

The people on scene have to be their own first responders.

Solid basic first aid skills and the will to take action will pay huge dividends, but like all skills these must be ingrained and rehearsed to be reliable in a crisis.

Due to student inquiries about gunshot/trauma first aid training we are adding more tactical medicine classes to our schedule.