Emergency First Aid
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A mix of lecture, hands-on workshops, and open discussion, this class will teach you the essential skills and knowledge to assess and treat the most common life-threatening injuries. We will emphasize learning how to improvise with tools and materials available to you in everyday situations, and the skills you learn will be useful in any situation: at home, in the office, or in the wilderness.
Topics covered will include:
- Stop the bleed — Recognize, treat, and maintain major arterial bleeding
- Let the air flow — Understand respiratory anatomy and how to clear someone’s airway
- Get the heart beating — Recognize and treat critically dangerous chest injuries
- Brrr — Learn the signs and symptoms for hypothermia and hyperthermia, and how to mitigate the risks of serious injury
Location
cove Dupont
1666 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington,
DC
20009
Neighborhood: Dupont Circle
Past event
Instructor
Tom Mpande is a BSc Paramedic and management consultant, with post-graduate studies in providing healthcare in remote environments. He previously worked in the the British Army and United Kingdom Special Forces as a 22 SAS squadron medic. He has completed operational deployments in Asia, Africa, The Middle East, Europe, and the Americas.