Love the colors the sky showed us today.
Saturday, February 2, 2019
Valley Arts Council seeks artists for Main Street Gallery exhibition
The Valley Arts Council's Main Street Gallery is at 258 Main St., Ansonia.
Echo Hose Ambulance in Shelton to hold free lifesaving training
This new 2-½ hour course teaches participants the basic life-saving medical interventions, including bleeding control with a tourniquet, bleeding control with gauze packs or topical hemostatic agents, and opening an airway to allow a casualty to breathe.
The course is designed for NON-tactical law enforcement officers, firefighters, security personnel, teachers, and other civilians requiring this basic training.
At the completion of the course, participants will be able to:
Explain the rationale for the early use of a tourniquet for life-threatening extremity bleeding.
Demonstrate the appropriate application of a tourniquet to the arm and leg.
Describe the progressive strategy for controlling hemorrhage.
Describe appropriate airway control techniques and devices.
Demonstrate the correct application of a topical hemostatic dressing (combat gauze).
To register for this free class please visit www.echohose.com.
This information is shared from Echo Hose Ambulance Facebook page.
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