Hello team!
So I have an interesting situation. For those of you who don't know me, I was a combat medic before re-joining civilian life. I also used to teach what is commonly called Tactical Combat Care, Care Under Fire etc etc. Basically advanced first aid, mostly focused at massive bleeding from penetrating trauma and blast injuries. Among the tools that all of our soldiers had access to was their own personal tourniquets, chest seals, pressure dressings and hemostatic agents.
In my civilian job I am not being asked if I could deliver some of this training, with the permission of the departments involved, to a group of Law Enforcement and Armed Private Security types. My question is this:
Is any of this going to be out of scope for people with no formal medical training beyond first aid / CPR? (I'm not asking if you feel they will be unable to learn the appropriate techniques, I'm thinking more along the lines of Scope of Practice.)
Part 2 is, if my own department has asked me to deliver this training, what is my liability?
All of the products are available over the counter, and none of the techniques seem to be ALS or even BLS really, but I want to put my feelers out just in case. Likewise, my certification in this topic is from the British Army, and I've been a civilian for a few years now...
Thoughts? I've reached out to local EMS and Public Health but heard nothing back yet.
DPM
So I have an interesting situation. For those of you who don't know me, I was a combat medic before re-joining civilian life. I also used to teach what is commonly called Tactical Combat Care, Care Under Fire etc etc. Basically advanced first aid, mostly focused at massive bleeding from penetrating trauma and blast injuries. Among the tools that all of our soldiers had access to was their own personal tourniquets, chest seals, pressure dressings and hemostatic agents.
In my civilian job I am not being asked if I could deliver some of this training, with the permission of the departments involved, to a group of Law Enforcement and Armed Private Security types. My question is this:
Is any of this going to be out of scope for people with no formal medical training beyond first aid / CPR? (I'm not asking if you feel they will be unable to learn the appropriate techniques, I'm thinking more along the lines of Scope of Practice.)
Part 2 is, if my own department has asked me to deliver this training, what is my liability?
All of the products are available over the counter, and none of the techniques seem to be ALS or even BLS really, but I want to put my feelers out just in case. Likewise, my certification in this topic is from the British Army, and I've been a civilian for a few years now...
Thoughts? I've reached out to local EMS and Public Health but heard nothing back yet.
DPM