ATSU Security receives Stop the Bleed training
Posted: February 27, 2020
A.T. Still University of Health Sciences’ (ATSU) Security personnel recently underwent Stop the Bleed training as part of an initiative on the Kirksville, Missouri, campus.
Lisa Archer, RN, director of simulation & performance assessment, and ATSU-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (KCOM) students Christianne Jafari, OMS II, and Shayan Memar, OMS II, attended Stop the Bleed training in October. Archer is now a certified instructor. Jafari and Memar are certified Stop the Bleed providers and will become instructors upon graduation.
ATSU Security personnel received in-depth training on packing wounds, using tourniquets, and more. They also received Bleeding Control Kits containing critical tools to stop severe bleeding.
Stop the Bleed was created following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in 2012. The American College of Surgeons sent recommendations to the federal government on methods to increase the survival rate in cases of severe bleeding and in 2015, the White House launched the nationwide campaign with a goal of training 200 million people.
The Kirksville Osteopathic Alumni Association awarded Archer, Jafari, and Memar a $5,671.40 grant to purchase training materials, including sets of arms and legs for trainees to practice packing wounds and applying tourniquets. The University also received two Stop the Bleed kit stations, placed near McCreight and Couts classrooms and outside Drabing Human Patient Simulation Center.
Stop the Bleed training sessions are being scheduled with student organizations. Faculty and staff can sign up for training here. Sessions are scheduled monthly, immediately following hands-only CPR and AED training.
