Bleeding Essentials
Stop the Bleed — Hemorrhage Control for Immediate Responders
About This Course
A focused 5-hour Stop the Bleed course teaching layperson hemorrhage control: scene safety, bleeding assessment, direct pressure, wound packing with gauze and hemostatic agents, tourniquet application, junctional bleeding, and post-care until professional help arrives. Aligned with the American College of Surgeons Stop the Bleed initiative and Hartford Consensus guidelines. Includes guided readings, audio lectures for every lesson, interactive demonstrations, and extensive gamification with bonus XP throughout.
What You'll Learn
Course Curriculum
5 modules · 22 lessons · 5 hours
Introduction to Stop the Bleed & Scene Safety
The history and rationale of the Stop the Bleed initiative, the role of the immediate responder, scene safety, personal protection, and calling for help.
Bleeding Physiology & Assessment
How the body bleeds, the clotting cascade, types of bleeding (arterial, venous, capillary), recognizing life-threatening bleeding, and the signs of shock.
Direct Pressure & Wound Packing
The first-line technique for bleeding control: applying direct pressure, using dressings, packing wounds with gauze, hemostatic agents, and maintaining pressure until bleeding stops.
Tourniquets — When and How to Apply
The history and physiology of tourniquets, when to apply one, the steps of applying a CAT-style tourniquet, improvised tourniquets, and common mistakes.
Special Bleeding Situations & Aftercare
Junctional bleeding, head and neck wounds, torso wounds, bleeding in special populations, caring for the casualty until help arrives, and responder wellbeing after the event.
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