‘Stop the Bleed’ training teaches life-saving skills

OHSU offers hands-on training on how to identify, stop, control bleeding to prevent death from trauma

By Erik Robinson May 09, 2023 Portland, Oregon

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Download: Interview with Roy Moore on Stop the Bleed

Roy Moore, co-director of Healing Hurt People’s Community Care team operated by the nonprofit Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center, or POIC. (OHSU/Sara Hottman)

Life-saving skills

Heather Wong, R.N., teaches a Stop the Bleed training course at OHSU on April 19, 2023. The training, to be held again at OHSU on May 25, provides life-saving skills for anyone who encounters a victim of gun violence, a motor vehicle crash or other mishaps that cause severe bleeding. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Heather Wong, R.N.

Stop the Bleed training course at OHSU

Trainees practice applying continuous pressure with both hands directly on top of a bleeding wound. Heather Wong, R.N., teaches a Stop the Bleed training course at OHSU on April 19, 2023. The training, to be held again at OHSU on May 25, provides life-saving skills for anyone who encounters a victim of gun violence, a motor vehicle crash or other mishaps that cause severe bleeding. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Applying pressure

Trainees practice stuffing a wound with gauze. Heather Wong, R.N., teaches a Stop the Bleed training course at OHSU on April 19, 2023. The training, to be held again at OHSU on May 25, provides life-saving skills for anyone who encounters a victim of gun violence, a motor vehicle crash or other mishaps that cause severe bleeding. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Practice run

Trainees take turns practicing packing a wound. Heather Wong, R.N., teaches a Stop the Bleed training course at OHSU on April 19, 2023. The training, to be held again at OHSU on May 25, provides life-saving skills for anyone who encounters a victim of gun violence, a motor vehicle crash or other mishaps that cause severe bleeding. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Training to help others

Trainees practice packing gauze into a deep wound. Heather Wong, R.N., teaches a Stop the Bleed training course at OHSU on April 19, 2023. The training, to be held again at OHSU on May 25, provides life-saving skills for anyone who encounters a victim of gun violence, a motor vehicle crash or other mishaps that cause severe bleeding. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Stop the Bleed

Trainees practice using a tourniquet to put pressure on a wound. Heather Wong, R.N., teaches a Stop the Bleed training course at OHSU on April 19, 2023. The training, to be held again at OHSU on May 25, provides life-saving skills for anyone who encounters a victim of gun violence, a motor vehicle crash or other mishaps that cause severe bleeding. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Download: Interview with Heather Wong on Stop the Bleed