Basic Training

Basic Training: Life threatening bleed control and airway management

The focus of this course is to allow individuals to keep a casualty with life threatening injuries alive long enough to receive professional help from an Ambulance. Undertaking this training will also improve compliance with Martyn's law and will compliment the new BS8599-1:2019 compliant Critical Injury First Aid Kits or Public Access Trauma (PAcT) First Aid Kit.

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This bleed control training has been designed so that whether you are an experienced medical professional or have no prior medical experience, you will still be able to understand and retain it. It is great for CPD for current First Aiders or First Aid Instructors but you do not need to have attended any First Aid training prior to attending this course.

We prioritise simplicity and efficiency to ensure individuals are able to use the skills they have learned when in a high stress scenario. The information is also kept up to date with the latest guidelines in the UK.

Learning Objectives:

• Safely approach a casualty using the HD approach

• How to identify a catastrophic bleed

• Treat a casualty following the 'care under fire' principles

• How to use all the equipment in the Bleeder Bag

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This training was developed by a military medic with over a decade of frontline medical experience. The military has long been a pioneer in emergency medicine and that experience will be passed on to you.

This course covers a range of topics, including:

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Step 1: Approaching a casualty

• Learn how to remain calm under pressure

• The HD approach, a similar system as used by UK Armed Forces to ensure nothing is forgotten.​

Step 2: Treating a casualty

• Learn how to identify a catastrophic bleed

• Learn the military principle of 'care under fire' ensuring injuries that will kill the casualty quickest are dealt with in order of severity.

• Learn basic anatomy and how to break the body into 'sections' to easily identify your treatment pathway.​

2a: Catastrophic bleeds

• Learn the fundamental principles behind stopping a bleed allowing you to improvise where necessary

• Learn how manufactured tourniquet's work and how to use them

• Learn how haemostatic gauze works and how to wound pack

• Learn how to pressure dress a wound with an emergency bandage​

2b: Airway management

• Learn simplified categories for airway management to easily allow you to identify your treatment pathway

• Learn how to treat a choking casualty

• Learn how to treat an unconscious casualty with a compromised airway

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In house/On site courses

Our instructors can come to you and provide training at your premises.​

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To book this training contact us via phone or email