STOP THE BLEED First Aid Class for Kids & Teens

Celebrating Owl Eyes Wilderness Survival's 10th Anniversary!

First aid and awareness are the most important survival skills for wilderness expeditions and urban situations. Join us as we welcome Dustin Titzman of Warrior Kid Medic for this first aid and CPR/AED class. After taking this class, students will be equiped with the skills and knowledge to stop bleeding, care for wounds, splint injuries, handle snake bites, treat burns & blisters, and much more!

This class is geared for homeschool children and teens. First aid is a "must have" skill for anyone and everywhere. Equip your child with the proper skills necessary to handle first aid emergencies with themselves, family, and friends.

Skills Covered

• Methods to keep calm
• Scene safety
• MARCH Trauma assessment/treatment from military and Fire/EMS.
• Massive Bleeding: Tourniquets, Wound packing.
• Airway - Opening, Adjuncts
• Respirations - Chest seal, Needle Decompression
• Circulation - Pulse check, how severe are they
• Hypothermia/Head - Shock treatment, Head injury

We will go through scenarios using both students and a stop-the-bleed dummy. 

We’ll discuss transport considerations and do hands-on moving techniques.

The class will be part lecture and part station breakouts for hands on.

Detail

We will cover breathing techniques to regain focus and calm during high stress. Discuss and give several examples of why treating a patient is not always the best first course of action, rather addressing safety is the highest priority. Go in depth into the MARCH assessment developed by the military and used by most FD/EMS.  This covers in order of importance “what will K*ll you first.”  We will do hands on application of multiple types of tourniquets and techniques.  We will cover when and why to use wound packing, how to secure an airway, understanding a pneumothorax (collapsed lung), assessing circulation to determine severity, head injuries and recognizing when it is serious, hypothermia as related to trauma, and treating for shock.  We will go through scenarios using both students and a stop-the-bleed dummy.  We’ll discuss transport considerations and do hands-on moving techniques. The class will be part lecture and part station breakouts for hands on. This class will be held both indoors and outdoors. There will be lecture parts of class inside, and hands-on training scenarios outside. Please dress according to the weather. Bathroom facilites are available. All training materials will be provided.

Required Materials:

• Appropriate clothing for weather
• Water, lunch, and snacks
• Notebook and Pen
• Any first aid supplies and gear you usually bring on hikes

For ages 8 to 17

Host or Publisher Owl Eyes Wilderness Survival