Description
The combat life saver course is designed around the most recent battlefield casualty care offered to our fighting men and women. The class is modified to a civilian level and covers basic wound care, movement of patients, first aid kit set up and deployment, CPR certification, and traumatic wound care are just a few of the topics covered. The class is not designed to certify anyone in the skills of providing care in a pre-hospital setting. The class focuses on the preparation of students to handle potential emergency situations that may arise in settings far away from immediate help by first responders.
Casualties are preventable with proper training
In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon Bombing, research was done that concluded, “Tourniquets and combat gauze work quite effectively for extremity trauma.” In other research done on casualty care, “Hemorrhage is the leading preventable cause of death in trauma and causes 30–40 % of fatalities. Upwards of 67% of these casualties could have potentially survivable wounds had they received basic medical help within 10 minutes and been transported to a level one trauma center within an hour.”
You will learn when medical intervention is appropriate
We not only cover medically necessary techniques to save lives, but we will teach you the critical steps you need to take first in a traumatic event. Hartford Consensus Joint Committee to Create a National Policy to Enhance Survival in Mass Casualty Shooting Events views hemorrhage control as “second only to engaging and defeating the shooter and as key to improving the survival of victims of active shooter incidents”, describing external hemorrhage control as “the critical step” in eliminating preventable pre-hospital death.
Class Duration and Times
- This class is a two day course 0800-1700 (8:00AM to 5:00PM) Saturday, and 0800-1600 (8:00AM to 4:00PM) on Sunday.
Cost:
- 12 person maximum number of students per class – reserve your seat in the class early.
- For payment, you can either:
- Pay the non-refundable deposit to reserve your seat in the class, and then pay in-full prior to the beginning of class OR
- Pay for the class in-full at the time of checkout.
- Discounts available for veterans, first responders, groups of four (4) or more, and Oakhill gun club members. Contact Us prior to signing up for more information.
Gear List:
- No special gear is needed for this class, however a list of common first aid equipment will be provided as well as the opportunity to purchase completed kits prior to the start of class.
Refund, Re-scheduling, and related policies:
We have created our refund and re-scheduling policy to ensure the best possible class experience for all students who take our courses. Our students have fun safely learning life-saving skills, and we know you will too. Our classes have many students in them, and these policies were created to ensure that we are able to deliver the best possible experience to you and all of the other students who sign up to learn and develop skills with us. We appreciate having you as our students!
- Deposits are non-refundable: Deposits do allow us to hold your seat in the class, and we encourage you to reserve your seat in the class as soon as possible. We pay for the reservation of the range, and class locations, for each student in-advance and therefore the deposit amounts are non-refundable.
- One-time rescheduling: We understand things come up and life happens, therefore you may re-schedule your class date only ONE TIME, and you must notify us 24 hours before the start time of the class.
- Short-notice: No re-scheduling is allowed, and no refunds will be given, within 24 hours of the class start time, nor after the class begins.
- Re-scheduling as the first option: if you are not able to make it to a class, and provide written notice more than 24 hours in-advance of the class start time, we require that you re-schedule to the next available class date as the first option.
- Partial refund only if paid in-full: If you pay for the full-class amount in-advance, but are not able to attend the class (and if re-scheduling will not work with your schedule) and you wish to have a refund minus the deposit amount – you must provide written notification to us 24 hours before the start of the class.
- Agreement: by paying for a class via our online store, you are agreeing that you have read, understand, and agree to all above policies.
