Fully Involved: November 30, 2022
Good afternoon:
We are looking forward to all of our coming Active Shooter & Active Attack training events from the Region 5 RTAC, Georgia Trauma System, and the Georgia Public Safety Training Center. Please take a few moments to review the attached announcements and share them with your local response partners. Not only that, but we also strongly encourage all of you to make plans to attend one or more of these offerings WITH your local response partners.
High-Risk Unified Commander (HRUC) – 8-Hour INTERACTIVE Workshops – Four Opportunities
Multidisciplinary workshops designed to improve integration between law enforcement, fire, and EMS responders during active shooter and intentional mass casualty events. The HRUC program was developed to provide contemporary and realistic strategies, tactics, and related information that front-line supervisors and training officers can use to simultaneously "stop the killing, dying, and crying."
Intended Audience: Law enforcement, fire, and EMS command staff, supervisors, training officers - trauma system partners are also welcome
When: Tuesday, January 3rd; Wednesday, January 4th; Thursday, January 5th; and Saturday, January 7th
Where: Georgia Public Safety Training Center, 1000 Indian Springs Drive, Forsyth, Georgia
Cost: $50.00 – Includes workshop, lunch, and bleeding control kit or comparable IFAK
Registration: www.r5trauma.org or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/high-risk-unified-commander-hruc-tickets-465521656807
Special Considerations: Participating organizational representatives are welcome and encouraged to attend the program with their local response partners. The same information will be provided each day to enable agencies to send multiple supervisors and training officers. This program is being made available thanks to Georgia Trauma Commission and Regional Trauma System Improvement grant funding.
TACTICAL EMERGENCY CASUALTY CARE (TECC) – 16-Hour COURSE
NAEMT's TECC course is endorsed by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, is consistent with the current guidelines established by the Committee on TECC (Co-TECC), and meets all of the updated National Tactical Emergency Medical Support Competency Domains.
Intended Audience: Law enforcement, fire, and EMS responders - trauma system partners are also welcome
When: Tuesday, December 20th through Wednesday, December 21st
Where: Georgia Public Safety Training Center, 1000 Indian Springs Drive, Forsyth, Georgia
Cost: $50.00 – Includes workshop, lunch, and bleeding control kit or comparable IFAK
Registration: https://HTTPS://TINYURL.COM/R5TECC22 or
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/r5trauma-tecc-tickets-472419247687
Special Considerations: Participating organizational representatives are welcome and encouraged to attend the program with their local response partners. We will provide working lunch workshops for those participants interested in learning more about becoming TECC and STOP THE BLEED® Instructors. The NAEMT course registration fee is Georgia Trauma Commission and GEMSA grant funded.
TACTICAL EMERGENCY CASUALTY CARE for Law Enforcement and First Responders (TECC - LEO) – 8-Hour COURSE – TWO Opportunities
NAEMT's TECC LEO course is endorsed by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma and is consistent with the current guidelines established by the Committee on TECC (Co-TECC). An 8-hour classroom course specifically designed for law enforcement officers and other first responders and covers materials found in the 16-hour TECC provider course at a level appropriate for first responders and includes interactive lectures, skill stations, and patient simulations
Intended Audience: Law enforcement, fire, and EMS responders - trauma system partners are also welcome
When: Tuesday, December 20th through Wednesday, December 21st
Where: Georgia Public Safety Training Center, 1000 Indian Springs Drive, Forsyth, Georgia
Cost: $50.00 – Includes workshop, lunch, and bleeding control kit or comparable IFAK
Registration: https://HTTPS://TINYURL.COM/R5TECCLEO or
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/r5trauma-tecc-leo-tickets-472402928877
Special Considerations: Participating organizational representatives are welcome and encouraged to attend the program with their local response partners. We will provide working lunch workshops for those participants interested in learning more about becoming TECC and STOP THE BLEED® Instructors. The NAEMT course registration fee is Georgia Trauma Commission and GEMSA grant funded.
RESCUE TASK FORCE INSTRUCTOR
The Region 5 RTAC Region 5 Regional Trauma Advisory Committee (RTAC) is seeking to expand its multidisciplinary cadre of qualified Rescue Task Force (RTF) instructors. The RTF course is designed to teach students driving tactics, command and control considerations, essential on-scene functions, as well as reasonable expectations for success during active violence incidents.
Intended Audience: Law enforcement, fire, and EMS supervisors and educators may apply – see the program announcement for qualifications and prerequisites
When: Thursday, January 6th
Where: Georgia Public Safety Training Center, 1000 Indian Springs Drive, Forsyth, Georgia
Cost: NO COST
Apply by December 16th: www.surveymonkey.com/r/2023RescueTaskForceInstructor
Special Considerations: Limited capacity. Admission is competitive. Please see the program announcement for qualifications and prerequisites.
STOP THE BLEED® LIVE ONLINE TRAINING - 1-Hour WEBINARS - SEVEN Opportunities
The STOP THE BLEED® Course is designed for those with little or no medical training who may be called upon to provide initial trauma care and bleeding control before the arrival of Emergency Medical Services (EMS). This 1-hour program is FREE and instructed by highly trained and experienced STOP THE BLEED® educators and trauma providers from Georgia's Trauma System.
Intended Audience: Appropriate for all audiences (everyone that bleeds red)
When: Tuesday, January 3rd; Wednesday, January 4th; Thursday, January 5th – Multiple Offerings Each Day
Where: Online
Cost: FREE
Registration: www.stopthebleedgeorgia.org or
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stop-the-bleed-live-online-training-tickets-468892860167
Special Considerations: This webinar series is being hosted by our Trauma System Partners at Ogeechee Technical College. Paramedic Technology Instructor Laura Coleman has graciously agreed to moderate our multidisciplinary team of experienced STOP THE BLEED® educators. Hands-on practice and skills training is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED and necessary to obtain a "full" STOP THE BLEED® certification; These webinars are not intended to replace any planned in-person STOP THE BLEED® courses.
Visit www.r5trauma.org or www.stopthebleedgeorgia.org to learn more. You are also welcome to contact me directly at 478-288-0708 if you have any questions or concerns.
Thank you for all you do to keep your communities safe. We are looking forward to these exciting opportunities and hope you will plan on joining us for one or more of these training sessions.
We are looking forward to seeing YOU there!
------Kristal
Kristal Claxton Smith, BS, NRP
Region 5 Regional Trauma Advisory Committee
Project Coordinator
478-288-0708
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