The Second Company of The Connecticut Foot Guard (State Defense Force) recently spent their January training drill ensuring their troops are ready to respond to medical emergencies. The unit trained and got certified in Adult & Adolescent CPR as well as The Department of Defense’s “STOP THE BLEED” program. The program was developed after important lessons learned from the Battlefields of Iraq & Afghanistan. It teaches troops how to control severe blood loss with individual first aid kits, ensuring the casualties are stabilized until emergency medical responders arrive on scene.
The Connecticut Foot Guard has been increasingly called to assist in Medical response missions. This training will prove crucial and extremely valuable when called to Active Duty in the future.
Proud to share that soldiers of the Company are now certified in administering Adult and Adolescent CPR by the American Heart Association. Soldiers engaged in the training along with completing the Department of Defense’s “STOP THE BLEED” program. Many thanks to the volunteers and staff of Quinnipiac University as well who facilitated the training!In one year alone, 436,000 Americans die from a cardiac arrest.Globally, cardiac arrest claims more lives than colorectal cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, influenza, pneumonia, auto accidents, HIV, firearms, and house fires combined.More than 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside of the hospital each year. In 2020, any-mention sudden cardiac arrest mortality in the US was 436,852. CPR, especially if administered immediately after cardiac arrest, can double or triple a person’s chance of survival. According to 2021 US data for adult OHCA only, survival to hospital discharge was 9.1% for all EMS-treated non-traumatic OHCA cardiac arrests.The location of Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrests (OHCA) most often occurs in homes/residences (73.4%), followed by public settings (16.3%), and nursing homes (10.3%).If performed immediately, CPR can double or triple the chance of survival from an out of hospital cardiac arrest.#firstaid #cpr #cardiacarrest #americanheartassociation #stopthebleed #Quinnipiacuniversity #QU #veterans #stateguard #army #militia #sigsauer #ctnationalguard #ConnecticutNationalGuard #footguard #army #nationalguard #stateguard #patriamdefendimus #ct2gfg #military #militarylife #militaryblaze #statedefense #statedefenseforce #branfordct #branford
Source: Connecticut Foot Guard
