1st Aid

Class/briefing covering first aid for fractures. Some of the topics it covers include open fracture, closed fracture, positioning, splint and padding. NOTE: This document is in MS PowerPoint CLICK TO DOWNLOAD

Class/briefing that contains 101 slides. It is an extensive discussion on how to treat causalities on the battlefield. Soldiers continue to die on today’s battlefield just as they did during the Civil War. The standards of care applied to the …Read More

Class/briefing that covers thoracic trauma designed for ranger first responders. It teaches how to be able to identify and treat penetrating trauma to the chest. NOTE: This document is in MS PowerPoint

Class/briefing for teaching tactical combat casualty care. It has 20 slides, some with notes. Ninety percent of combat wound fatalities die on the battlefield before reaching a medical treatment facility. This fact of war emphasizes the need for continued improvement …Read More

The class/briefing teaches how to give first aid to a choking victim in a verity of situations. NOTE: This document is in MS Word format

Class/briefing that contains 33 slides that discuss how to recognize and treat cold weather injuries.Topics include: signs and symptoms, first aid for: frostbite, trench foot, snow blindness, hypothermia, and dehydration. NOTE: This document is in MS PowerPoint

Class/briefing that contains 46 slides that are in-depth and that discuss how to recognize and treat cold weather injuries.Topics include: signs and symptoms, first aid for: frostbite, trench foot, snow blindness, hypothermia, dehydration and more. NOTE: This document is in …Read More

Class/briefing that contains 23 Slides that discuss how to recognize and treat cold weather injuries.Topics include: signs and symptoms, first aid for: frostbite, trench foot, snow blindness, hypothermia, and dehydration. NOTE: This document is in MS PowerPoint

Class/briefing that contains 5 Slides that discuss prevention of cold weather injuries.  Topics include: contributing factors, signs and symptoms, first aid, treatment, and types of injuries. NOTE: This document is in MS PowerPoint

A first aid class/briefing that teaches how to prevent shock. There are several causes of shock. On the battlefield, hypovolemic shock due to loss of blood from wounds or burns will be the primary type of shock present. If not …Read More

A first aid class/briefing that teaches how to apply a dressing to an open abdominal wound. An open abdominal wound can be caused by the muscular abdominal wall being penetrated by a bullet, by a stab from a knife, by …Read More

A first aid class/briefing that teaches how to apply a dressing to an open chest wound. If an object punctures the chest wall, permitting air to enter between the chest wall and the lung, the lung collapses. Any degree of …Read More