When I walk into a classroom and see this, I suspect it's going to be a fun class.....
I went to my local EMS conference today and took a "train the trainer" class for the new "Stop the bleed" program being rolled out by DHS in partnership with some other organizations. The goal is to encourage more bystanders to help when they see a traumatic injury. It's wound care at the most basic level.
One reason that a lot of people give for not getting involved is fear of doing something wrong. So one big message is that if somebody's bleeding out, it's almost impossible to do anything to make it worse. Doing something -- even imperfectly -- is better than doing nothing. And getting the basics right is not hard.
Here's the basic booklet: http://www.bleedingcontrol.org/~/med...20booklet.ashx
The goal is to teach this to 3 million people in the next year. The program is looking for instructors. There's an instructor portal on the homepage here: http://www.bleedingcontrol.org
The posters and materials are free to download, and would be good to post at your local club or range.