Gun Shot Wound Trauma Training

[American Muslim Gun Owner]

Hello Everyone,


First off, my apologies if this is in the wrong section.


I wanted to ask if you guys could recommend a a gunshot wound trauma training in the SoCal area.


Please and thank you.

[SCVlongstroke]

Traumatic bleeding or arterial bleeding training will serve you better than a “gun shot trauma” only class that costs more than it should. Stop The Bleed and NARescue Bleeding Control Skills are excellent resources to learn these first aid/trauma skills. I recommend these type of facilities any day, definitely a good skill to have along with CPR.

[wireless]

It's also important to know how and where to place decompression needles. It's good to have 5 or 6 of them on hand if you shoot in a remote area, but they are useless if you don't know where to put them, and possibly very dangerous.

Tourniquets, decompression needles, israeli bandage, scissors, gauze, and gloves. It's key to get them to the hospital without bleeding to death or a tension pneumothorax.

[Lonestargrizzly]

Look up skinnymedic on youtube

[rodralig]

Hello Everyone,

First off, my apologies if this is in the wrong section.

I wanted to ask if you guys could recommend a a gunshot wound trauma training in the SoCal area.

Please and thank you.

Try this one: https://tac-1.org/bleeding-control/

The next one is 2-Nov Sat.

Have taken it before - content and hands-on is good!

[smoothy8500]

For around $100 that's a reasonable price

https://tac-1.org/product/bcon/

[hermosabeach]

If you have not taken a CERT course, it is worth the time.

[wild_weasel]

It's also important to know how and where to place decompression needles. It's good to have 5 or 6 of them on hand if you shoot in a remote area, but they are useless if you don't know where to put them, and possibly very dangerous.

Tourniquets, decompression needles, israeli bandage, scissors, gauze, and gloves. It's key to get them to the hospital without bleeding to death or a tension pneumothorax.

Dude, are you for real?

[American Muslim Gun Owner]

Thank you everyone for the helpful responses. I had no idea many of these even existed.

Try this one: https://tac-1.org/bleeding-control/

The next one is 2-Nov Sat.

Have taken it before - content and hands-on is good!

For around $100 that's a reasonable price

https://tac-1.org/product/bcon/

Thanks guys. That one looks very reasonable price-wise. Its the closest one to me so I'll try to see if I can make the November one, and hit up the range after.

Look up skinnymedic on youtube

Thanks for that recommendation Lonestar. I started watching his videos and hopefully I can retain some of the info he shares.




Thanks SCV. I was able to find a few free courses within 75 miles for Stop the Bleed. I'll do more searching on the NARescue.

If you have not taken a CERT course, it is worth the time.

Thanks hermosa. I looked up CERT and ended up on ready.gov, which turned out to be a wealth of info. This is really good for a neighborhood team. Thanks!


Thanks again!

[American Muslim Gun Owner]

It's also important to know how and where to place decompression needles. It's good to have 5 or 6 of them on hand if you shoot in a remote area, but they are useless if you don't know where to put them, and possibly very dangerous.

Tourniquets, decompression needles, israeli bandage, scissors, gauze, and gloves. It's key to get them to the hospital without bleeding to death or a tension pneumothorax.

Thanks wireless, good point about getting them to a hospital without bleeding to death. I'm hoping the courses mentioned by others will be sufficient for the hands-on stuff. Thank you for the list of items as well. I think I have some of the items you mentioned. The others I will shop around for.

[JohnBrian]

I need to take one of these courses.

[BigPimping]

Direct pressure, prevent shock, immobilize. Not sure what else you need to know if you're a lay person. GSW trauma is difficult to manage if you don't know what you're doing. Or you are ill equipped.

30 year paramedic here.

[RobG]

Direct pressure, prevent shock, immobilize. Not sure what else you need to know if you're a lay person. GSW trauma is difficult to manage if you don't know what you're doing. Or you are ill equipped.

30 year paramedic here.

Yep. Direct pressure, tourniquet if applicable, call 911.

[Librarian]

Direct pressure, prevent shock, immobilize. Not sure what else you need to know if you're a lay person. GSW trauma is difficult to manage if you don't know what you're doing. Or you are ill equipped.

30 year paramedic here.

Yep. Direct pressure, tourniquet if applicable, call 911.

Penetrating wounds to the head or chest/abdomen are close to un-treatable in the field. Most of the time it's 'stabilize until you can get the victim to the next higher level of care'; most important thing one might do is check mobile phone service for that 911 call.

Most lacerations, and penetrating wounds to limbs, can be handled with some training by lots of people.

See http://thesurvivaldoctor.com/2012/07...hot-treatment/ and http://thesurvivaldoctor.com/2012/07/26/gunshot-wounds/

[OlderThanDirt]