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First Aid for Severe Trauma™ (FAST™)
Parents, pay attention.
A person can die from severe blood loss in less than 5 minutes. Would you know what to do if faced with a life-threatening bleeding emergency?
Life is full of uncertainties. And our children need all the tools at their disposal to face those uncertainties.
With the new school year and on-campus classes starting, I know many parents are concerned.
As a US Army (11B) Infantryman, it was a common understanding that severe trauma was less than 30 seconds away. Therefore, bleeding control skills are taught and reinforced regularly because of the environment an Infantryman needs to survive in.
I never expected the day where I would need to introduce my children and grandchildren to First-Aid techniques suitable for the battlefield as anything other than a nice to know extra. But that day has come, and it is now.
You will never know when you will need to stop being the bystander and become the first responder.
FAST is the first national STOP THE BLEED® course designed specifically for high school students, but anyone can take the course and benefit from the training.
While FAST is available for anyone, the course and digital materials will be offered at no charge to high school students under the age of 19.
Let me re-phrase that last sentence.
If you have children in high school and love them, have them take the instructor-led hands-on course. And take the course with them.
Find your local American Red Cross facility and ask them what their FAST schedule is.
Preliminary Information Sheet.pdf
Saving our Children one Parent at a time.
Till next time
“Be Safe”
***NOTE*** I have no affiliation with the American Red Cross other than having been a former Basic First Aid/CPR instructor. I gain nothing by your taking this course, except the knowledge that there is at least one more person with the skills to save a life.
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