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wound and to use tourniquets to stop bleeding. In the event professional makeup artists and immerse students in the chaos
of an accident or an act of violence like a school shooting, of combat. This includes silicone used to create dislodged
students can perform these lifesaving functions quickly. Be- eyeballs and actual missing appendages that look like fresh
cause trauma is the number one cause of death for those under wounds at the NATO Special Operations Combat Medic
the age of 45, Plymouth public schools superintendent Gary Course, replicating the sights and sounds of the battlefield.
Maestas thought the program was important for his students.
“Our kids will be prepared for whatever they come in touch During the course students undergo a mentally challenging 21
with,” Maestas said. weeks of classes and practical exercise, followed by a phys-
ically demanding 36-hour field training exercise to test the
The ultimate goal is to see this program rolled out in schools skills they have learned. Skills learned through hands-on sta-
nationwide—to provide schools with these tourniquets so they tions, trauma lanes, and mass casualty scenarios at a final field
have those if they were to ever need it, regardless of the type of training exercise, conducted here March 19–20, 2018.
injury or medical condition.
The course is designed to create a well-versed Special Opera-
Source: CBS NEWS April 15, 2019, 11:38 AM; https://www tions medic while allowing the students to perform on a tacti-
.cbsnews.com/news/boston-marathon-bombing-stop-the cal level in realistic settings. The most recent course included
-bleed-students-learn-life-saving-trauma-techniques/?ftag students from 21 nations including Italy, Switzerland, Croatia,
=CNM-00-10aab4i Germany, Greece, The Netherlands, Norway and America.
A New Reality: Tourniquets, Bandages as School Supplies The full article is available at https://www.dvidshub.net/news
at Fort Worth ISD /320238/international-special-training-centre-offers-elite-nato
-sof-combat-medical-course
By Bradley Blackburn, KHOU.11
Fort Worth ISD teachers are learning to use combat-style tour-
niquets and bandaging as part of a new program that aims
to put life-saving supplies in every classroom. School nurses
from campuses across the district were some of the first to
receive training from the Stop the Bleed program that is orga-
nized by Cook Children's Hospital and Fort Worth Firefighter
Charities.

The nurses had hands-on experience with the new tools, try-
ing the techniques on test dummies that simulate a limb with
blood flow. They were able to feel just how much force is re-
quired to stop bleeding with a tourniquet.
The nurses will now return their campuses to instruct teachers
in the techniques. The idea is to help them confront graphic
images, learn triage and essential first aid before an emer-
gency. The program is a direct response to a school-shooting
epidemic across the country.

Source: https://www.khou.com/article/news/education/a-new
-reality-tourniquets-bandages-as-school-supplies-at-fort
-worth-isd/285-585085696

NATO SPECIAL OPERATIONS
COMBAT MEDIC COURSE
By SPC Patrik Orcutt, US Special Operations Command
Europe, Stetten, BW, Germany
The International Special Training Centre doesn’t do mass ca-
sualty exercises with a splash of fake blood here and a bit
of pyrotechnics there. Instead they use actual amputees and

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