The Regional Emergency Medical Authority (REMSA), will be hosting a zombie themed bleeding control class for the community on October 20th.Â
The bleeding control class will help educate the community on how to perform immediate and basic lifesaving interventions prior to receiving definitive medical care.
The zombie themed event will include of course zombies, and an escape house, all of which provides a unique take on the lifesaving course.Â
Students will undergo the bleeding control course and early trauma intervention that are set in a haunted house.
The haunted house include puzzle solving and escape house activities.
The main purpose of the course is to help students learn how to manage-life threatening blood loss through the use of tourniquet application, wound packing and hemostatic dressings, as well as the basic strategies to open and maintain an airway.
Three classes are available:Â
October 20, 2018 from 4 – 6:30 p.m.
October 20, 2018 from 6:30 – 9 p.m.Â
October 20, 2018 from 9 – 11:30 p.m.
Location: REMSA Center for Prehospital Education (400 Edison Way, Suite B, Reno)
Register: Visit www.remsaeducation.com or call (775) 353-0772
Cost: $20
(The Regional Emergency Medical Authority contributed to this report)
