First Aid Only 91061, 91059, 91060, 91107, 91106 User Manual

What Everyone Should

Know to Stop Bleeding

After an Injury

THE HARTFORD CONSENSUS

The Joint Committee to Increase Survival from Active Shooter and Intentional
Mass Casualty Events was convened by the American College of Surgeons in
response to the growing number and severity of these events. The committee
met in Hartford Connecticut and has produced a number of documents with rec­ommendations. The documents represent the consensus opinion of a multi-dis­ciplinary committee involving medical groups, the military, the National Security

Council, Homeland Security, the FBI, law enforcement, re rescue, and EMS.

These recommendations have become known as the Hartford Consensus. The
overarching principle of the Hartford Consensus is that no one should die from
uncontrolled bleeding. The Hartford Consensus recommends that all citizens
learn to stop bleeding.

Further information about the Hartford Consensus and bleeding control can be
found on the website: Bleedingcontrol.org

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SAVE A LIFE:

What Everyone Should Know

to Stop Bleeding After an Injury

Authors:

Peter T. Pons, MD, FACEP

Lenworth Jacobs, MD, MPH, FACS

Acknowledgements:

The authors acknowledge the contributions of Michael Cohen

and James “Brooks” Hart, CMI to the design of this manual.

Some images adapted from Adam Wehrle, EMT-P and NAEMT.

© 2017 American College of Surgeons

CONTENTS

SECTION 1 3

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Introduction

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Primary Principles of Trauma Care Response

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The ABCs of Bleeding

SECTION 2 5

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Ensure Your Own Safety

SECTION 3 6

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A – Alert – call 9-1-1

SECTION 4 7

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B – Bleeding – nd the bleeding injury

SECTION 5 9

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C – Compress – apply pressure to stop the bleeding by:

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Covering the wound with a clean cloth and applying

pressure by pushing directly on it with both hands, OR

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Using a tourniquet, OR

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Packing (stuff) the wound with gauze or a clean cloth and

then applying pressure with both hands

SECTION 6 13

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Summary

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SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the Stop the Bleed: Bleeding Control for the

Injured information booklet. Injury results from a wide variety

of causes, including accidents or intentional harm, and in a
wide variety of locations, such as your home or workplace.
It is important that as many people as possible survive their
injuries if they sustain trauma.

Uncontrolled bleeding is the number one cause of
preventable death from trauma. The greater the number
of people who know how to control bleeding in an injured
patient, the greater the chances of surviving that injury.
You can help save a life by knowing how to stop bleeding if
someone, including yourself, is injured.

In this booklet, you will learn the various ways to control
bleeding, whether you only have your two hands to use or
whether you have a full trauma rst aid kit available to you.

“Uncontrolled bleeding is the number one

cause of preventable death from trauma.”

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