GREENWOOD — Franciscan Health will be hosting Stop the Bleed classes throughout the year at the Franciscan Health Education Center in Greenwood. Each scheduled class will run from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.The next pair of scheduled classes are on Tuesday, March 11 and Thursday, May 22. You must register online at FranciscanHealth.org/Events.
Stop the Bleed teaches the skills needed to provide immediate bleeding control principles and aid until first responders arrive. The class provides a combination of lecture and hands-on training. It is meant to empower and equip the non-medical bystander in the critical first minutes after a trauma injury that causes bleeding, while they wait for first responders to arrive.
Each participant receives professional training on blood loss techniques, information on how to obtain a bleeding control kit and the opportunity to listen to an informative lecture by an expert in the field.
Instructors use training materials specially developed to teach bleeding control techniques. Along with instructing, they will be available to check movements as learners practice three different bleeding control actions.
Participants completing the hands-on skills validation will receive a certificate of completion.
The Franciscan Health Education Center is located at 421 North Emerson Avenue in Greenwood.