Skill Boost: Life-Threatening Bleeding

Service Description

After completing this lesson, participants will be able to: • Recognize life-threatening bleeding. • Understand the use of direct pressure and a tourniquet to control bleeding. • Understand the function of hemostatic dressings for controlling life-threatening bleeding. • Demonstrate how to control life-threatening bleeding using direct pressure. • Demonstrate how to control life-threatening bleeding using a tourniquet. • Demonstrate how to control life-threatening bleeding using wound packing. Participants must be certified in First Aid and/or CPR or enrolled in an equivalent Red Cross course to take this skill boost.