Trauma First Aid and Bleed Control
Practical trauma first aid for the injuries that kill quickly: catastrophic bleeding, major wounds and shock. Staff learn to use tourniquets, wound packing and public access bleed control kits, and what to do in the first minutes of a serious incident or attack. Half day or full day, delivered across Essex and the surrounding counties.
Course Overview
Someone with a catastrophic bleed can die in minutes, long before an ambulance arrives. In a serious accident, a stabbing or a terrorist attack, the people who save lives are the ones already there. Standard first aid courses touch on bleeding; this course makes it the focus.
Built on 1705 Consultancy’s counter terrorism and protective security work, it teaches staff to recognise life threatening bleeding, apply direct pressure, pack wounds, use haemostatic dressings and apply commercial and improvised tourniquets, recognise and manage shock, and hand over clearly to the ambulance service. It also covers how and where to place public access bleed control kits on your site, and how trauma care fits with Run, Hide, Tell and your Martyn’s Law procedures.
Choose the format that fits your team.
- Half day: catastrophic bleeding, tourniquets, wound packing, shock and using bleed control kits, with hands on practice.
- Full day: everything in the half day, plus chest and limb injuries, dealing with more than one casualty, care when the scene may not be safe, and realistic scenario practice in your own environment.
This is a practical course delivered in person. It complements, but does not replace, a regulated workplace qualification such as EFAW or FAW.
About the Trainer
Delivered by qualified first aid instructors across Essex and the surrounding counties, including Hertfordshire, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Kent and London, drawing on 1705 Consultancy’s counter terrorism and event safety experience, so the training reflects the incidents your staff could really face.
Frequently Asked Questions
Security, event, venue, hospitality, school and public facing staff, and workplace first aiders who want stronger trauma skills, especially in organisations preparing for Martyn’s Law.
The half day covers catastrophic bleeding, tourniquets, wound packing, shock and bleed control kits. The full day adds chest and limb injuries, more than one casualty, care when the scene may not be safe and realistic scenario practice.
Yes. Delegates learn what is in a kit, how to use each item, and where kits should be placed on your site so they can be reached quickly.
Martyn’s Law does not require trauma training, but treating injuries in the first minutes of an attack is part of being prepared. The course links trauma care to Run, Hide, Tell and your evacuation, invacuation and lockdown procedures.
Half day £450 + VAT for a group of up to 12 at your premises. Full day price on request. Includes travel in Essex and the surrounding counties. Travel elsewhere in the UK is quoted separately.
What Your Staff Will Learn
- How to recognise catastrophic and life threatening bleeding
- How to apply direct pressure, pack wounds and use haemostatic dressings
- How to apply commercial and improvised tourniquets
- How to recognise and manage shock
- How to use and place public access bleed control kits
- How to hand over clearly to the ambulance service
Who Is This Course For?
- Security officers, stewards and door staff
- Venue, event and hospitality teams
- Workplace first aiders wanting trauma skills
- Schools, colleges and universities
- Retail, transport and public facing staff
- Organisations preparing for Martyn’s Law
- Duration Half day or 1 day
- Qualification 1705 Consultancy certificate
- Delivery In person, at your premises or ours
- Area Essex and surrounding counties
- Price £450 + VAT per group of up to 12 (half day)
- Start Date On request
Upcoming course dates
No open dates are scheduled right now. We also run this course on site for teams.
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