First Aid for Range Safety Officer
A first aid course built with extra knowledge and hands-on practice to stop life-threatening bleeding. These skills are essential for the people running the line -- range safety officers, range staff, and firearm instructors -- who are more likely than most to face a traumatic, gunshot-related injury on the job. Firearm enthusiasts and safety professionals will also find this course particularly valuable. The course bundles two certifications into one session: the American Red Cross Adult First Aid/CPR/AED (instructor-led) with Skill Boost for Life-Threatening Bleeding and Tourniquet Application, and USCCA Emergency First Aid Fundamentals (Control the Bleed) module.
The Red Cross portion covers standard first aid, adult CPR, and AED use, plus hands-on practice controlling severe bleeding with direct pressure, wound packing, and a manufactured (windlass) tourniquet -- skills drawn from the national Stop the Bleed initiative. The USCCA Emergency First Aid Fundamentals (Control the Bleed) module further develops bleeding control skills, including the use of compression bandages, chest seals and other common types of tourniquets. Discounted for range staff and firearm instructors: if you work at a shooting range or hold an active firearms-instructor certification (NRA, USCCA, or state), contact us before booking to confirm your discounted rate.
What you'll learn
First aid basics
- Recognizing and responding to a first aid emergency
- Cuts, scrapes, burns, and bleeding control
- Sudden illness
- Choking response for adults
Adult CPR
- Recognizing cardiac and breathing emergencies
- Adult chest compressions and rescue breaths
- Choking response for adults
AED use
- When and how to use an automated external defibrillator
- Integrating CPR and AED use with EMS response
Skill Boost: Life-threatening bleeding and tourniquet application
- Recognizing life-threatening external bleeding
- Controlling bleeding with direct pressure and wound packing
- Correctly applying a manufactured tourniquet
- Hands-on practice with tourniquet and bleeding-control training supplies
USCCA Emergency First Aid Fundamentals: Control the Bleed
- Recognizing and assessing life-threatening bleeding
- Applying bleeding-control tools and skills including Compression bandages, chest seals, and common types of tourniquets
- Range/Firearm-specific scenarios and hands-on practice
- Building IFAK (Individual First Aid Kit) and trauma kit
Certification
- Two-year American Red Cross digital certificate covering the core course and Skill Boost
- USCCA Save a Life: Control the Bleed certificate
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