B-Con for Schools, Community Orgranizations, and Publc Access
(Bleeding Control for the Injured)
Prepare Your Faculty and Staff with Free Life-Saving Training!
Learning how to care for an injured family member, friend, or even a stranger isn’t hard.
Many basic first aid courses are available that emphasize current bleeding control techniques such as use of tourniquets and hemostatic dressings.
B-Con is designed for people with little or no medical training
•Teachers, security personnel, custodial staff
•Public servants who may be called upon to assist trauma patients while waiting for EMS.
B-Con teaches basic life-saving interventions
•Bleeding control with a tourniquet, gauze pack or hemostatic agent
•Opening an airway to allow a casualty to breathe.
B-Con was developed to increase survival from
•Active shooter, improvised explosive device, and mass casualty events.
For more information, visit: BleedingControl.org
Presented by the Regional Level 1 Trauma Center and the MARO Regional Resource Center, B-Con is consistent with the recommendations of the Hartford Consensus on Improving Survival from Active Shooter Events.
For Information Contact:
Colby Rowe, MS, NRP, FP-C, CIC
Stony Brook Trauma Center Educator & EMS Outreach Coordinator
Phone: 631-638-2861 Email:Colby.rowe@stonybrookmedicine.edu
“The fate of the wounded lies in the hands of the ones who apply the first dressing.”
-Dr. Nicholas Senn, founder of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (1898)