Tactical First Aid and System Collapse Medicine with Greg Ellifritz
This hands-on class will develop proficiency in basic battlefield medical care utilizing the military’s latest Tactical Combat Casualty Care protocols.
Students will learn to stop traumatic bleeding from gunshot, knife wounds and blast injuries using the latest pressure bandages, tourniquets, and hemostatic agents. The improvisation of adequate substitutes for this equipment will be practiced extensively to allow students to respond to emergencies quickly, even if no dedicated bandaging material or tourniquets are available. Self-care and care under fire will also be addressed.
Students will also learn simple patient assessment techniques, as well as how to treat both a sucking chest wound and tension pneumothorax. Options for opening a patient’s airway are discussed and practiced. Students will learn how to use a nasopharyngeal airway (NPA).
In addition, students will learn how to treat themselves and families in the event of a longer-term breakdown in our current medical system. Wound cleaning and disinfection under field conditions and best practices for wound closure options will be discussed.
The instructor will provide students with information about what types of drugs to stockpile for natural disasters or a health care system collapse, along with methods for legally acquiring those pharmaceuticals Students will leave the class knowing what items should be included in a comprehensive medical kit and how to improvise those items in an austere environment.
All materials for the class will be provided by the instructor.
Refund Policy
Minimum enrollment for this class is 10 people. If fewer than 10 students register, the class will be cancelled and you will get a full refund. You will also receive a full refund if the instructor is ill or subject to travel delays that would prevent him from teaching. With that said, Greg has only cancelled one class (due to illness) in his 25+ years of teaching open enrollment classes.
If you request a refund after registering, I will provide that refund as future class credit for any of the classes I teach. Barring exceptional circumstances, no refunds will be issued within 30 days of the class date.
Range Fees
Course tuition INCLUDES all range fees.
Waiver
If this will be your first time shooting at Hobbs Island Shooting Range, you must sign a waiver before your visit. This must be done online by following the appropriate link for either an adult waiver or a child waiver. The link will open a new tab when selected.
