ACS · 4 hours
Stop the Bleed
For everyone, whatever your profession.
Stop the Bleed was created by the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons, drawing on the scientific research of military medicine into combat trauma. Its goal: to bring to the general public the most effective techniques for controlling life-threatening bleeding.
No session is scheduled for this programme right now.
The programme
The training is aimed at everyone, regardless of profession, and applies to any case of serious bleeding, whatever its cause. Because heavy bleeding can prove fatal within a few minutes, often before help can arrive.
"The only thing worse than death is a death that could have been prevented!"
The certifying body
American College of Surgeons
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) was founded in 1913 and is the largest organisation of surgeons in the world, with around 90,000 members. The ACS Committee on Trauma has, for over a century, developed standards and programmes for injury prevention and the best possible care of the injured. It was through this work that the Stop the Bleed programme was born.
Visit the body’s websiteFrequently asked questions
Do I need any prior knowledge?
For most programmes, no — they start from zero. Where a prerequisite exists, the programme itself says so: the Basic Instructor Course, for example, requires an active ERC BLS or PBLS certification.
The programme I want has no scheduled session. What do I do?
Leave your email on the expression of interest page and pick the programmes you care about. As soon as a matching session opens, you will be the first to know.
Do you train schools and groups?
Yes. We offer free training to schools of every level and to the community, and through the Double Score programme a school can earn a free defibrillator. For a training at your own venue, write to us at info@lifesupporthub.edu.gr.