Save A Life…or more than one

The more people trained to respond in an emergency, the better it is for the community. Nothing could be more true in an area with very limited access to emergency medical care. The lifeguards in Costa Rica are often the first care providers for patients at the beach. But the beach isn’t the only place where emergencies happen.

Basic bleeding control and AED/CPR training is vital in areas where an ambulance could be more than an hour away and, when it does arrive, is not staffed with medical personnel. Whether at the grocery store, in school or the front seat of a taxi, having the basic knowledge to identify and treat life-threats could mean all the difference.

This same principle is the reason we are continuing our project to provide hemorrhage control training to as many members of the wildland firefighting community, as we can. Our ‘Tourniquet in Every Pocket’ project continued this past wildland fire season, in collaboration with Remote Access Medical. Supply chain issues have put our plans on hold to create individual crew kits that would provide more advanced supplies, however, thanks to your donations, we have been able to partner with crews from all over the United States, providing tourniquets and the training to use them.