Bleeding Control for the Injured (B-Con)

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Date: Saturday, May 23, 2020

Time: 12:00p-2:00p

Location: Stratford EMS, 2712 Main Street, Stratford, CT 06615

Who should Attend: Public (Anyone)

Instructor: Chris Mancini, EMT, Volunteer Supervisor

Cost: FREE

Bleeding Control for the Injured (B-Con)

The Bleeding Control for the Injured (Stop the Bleed) course was developed by NAEMT’s PHTLS Committee with leadership provided by Dr. Peter Pons and Dr. Norman McSwain. The course was developed in response to efforts by the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services to increase collaboration between law enforcement, EMS and the fire service in responding to active shooter/IED/mass casualty events. Stop the Bleed(B-Con) is consistent with the recommendations of the Hartford Consensus on Improving Survival from Active Shooter Events with the knowledge that most incidents are in home accidents (this is covered in the material).

What the course will cover:
  1. Threat
  2. Hemorrhage control
  3. Scene Safety 
  4. Assessment by medical providers
  5. Transport to definitive care

The Hartford Consensus Group recommends that the response to a traumatic incident, whether involving an active shooter or some other cause of injury, in fact begins with bystander response. It is with this in mind that the B-Con course was developed and is now being offered.

This new 2 ½ hour course teaches participants the basic life-saving medical interventions, including bleeding control with a tourniquet, bleeding control with gauze packs or topical hemostatic agents, and opening an airway to allow a casualty to breathe. The course is designed for NON tactical law enforcement officers, firefighters, security personnel, teachers and other civilians requiring this basic training.

At the completion of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Explain the rationale for early use of a tourniquet for life-threatening extremity bleeding.
  • Demonstrate the appropriate application of a tourniquet to the arm and leg.
  • Describe the progressive strategy for controlling hemorrhage.
  • Describe appropriate airway control techniques
  • Demonstrate the correct application of a topical hemostatic dressing (combat gauze)


There is no cost for this class. It is provided as a Community Service from Stratford EMS

Class size per session limited to  30 students.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED