Franciscan Health will be hosting four Stop the Bleed classes this year.
Stop the Bleed teaches the skills needed to provide immediate bleeding control principles and aid until first responders arrive.
The class is a combination of lecture and hands-on training meant to train and equip the non-medical bystander in the critical first minutes after a trauma injury that causes bleeding until first responders can arrive.
Each participant receives:
- Professional training in techniques to stop blood loss;
- Lecture by an expert in the field;
- Information on how to obtain a bleeding control kit.
Participants completing the hands-on skills validation will receive a certificate of completion.
Classes are scheduled for March 11, May 23, Aug. 13 and Oct. 9 and are held at the Franciscan Health Education Center, located at 421 N. Emerson Ave., in Greenwood.
