0
0
- NSC.org
- NSC Shop
- Injury Facts
- Safety+Health Magazine
First Aid News is a newsletter from the National Safety Council exclusively for NSC First Aid safety professionals. Here you’ll find the latest updates on NSC training, links to important first aid news and new opportunities for you to consider. Our goal is to build an ongoing conversation to help you save lives.
Bleeding control is an essential piece of first aid readiness. While a variety of workplace and everyday hazards can lead to severe bleeding, immediate action can prevent the worst outcomes. All NSC First Aid programs include a comprehensive module on this vital topic, and by sharing your expertise on bleeding control techniques, you can empower students to respond effectively to these emergencies.
You can work with employers to organize onsite and hands-on training sessions where employees practice applying direct pressure, tourniquets and packing wounds, as well as using direct pressure techniques on simulated injuries. By incorporating workplace-specific scenarios into training sessions, you can teach students how to identify and respond to different types of bleeding injuries, improving their readiness and decision-making abilities under pressure.
To support these essential skills, NSC offers a Premium Bleeding Control Kit which includes tourniquets, hemostatic agents and dressings to help manage severe bleeding until professional help arrives. In addition to providing training, you can encourage employers to stock these kits in their workplaces so they’re prepared to handle a blood loss emergency.
This month, we’re excited to turn the spotlight to one of our instructors, Mike Ezzell. Mike has an extensive history as an instructor in first aid, defensive driving, workplace and work zone training. Working as an instructor since the 1980s, Mike joined up with NSC when our first aid program was initially developed. In fact, Mike taught the very first instructor course in Texas for NSC.
Since then, Mike has made quite an impact in the field. He was instrumental in developing a relationship between NSC and federal, state and local government agencies, and was the catalyst behind the choice to change from the use of the word “accident” to “crash” or “collision” in defensive driving. He is the only NSC Master Instructor approved by NSC for instructing first aid and defensive driving courses. And, just last year he was honored with a Distinguished Service to Safety Award, the most prestigious award given to individuals by NSC. Mike also completed his first half marathon at age 69!
Mike offers several tips for working as an instructor and putting his students at ease:
● “I ask, ‘How many of you have done first aid?’ Then I remind them that they have done first aid – if they’ve applied a band aid.
● When teaching new instructors, Mike focuses on the new instructor’s skills and on helping them build comfort, confidence and correct form. He lets his students know he’s there to help them be successful and build their confidence.
● Mike is always looking for examples to share in his classes to help add meaning to what he’s teaching. He says local news stories always help build interest.
● He tells his students, “First Aid gives you the chance to deliver skills and information that will definitely be used.”
We thank Mike for sharing his experiences, the impact he’s made over the years and for his dedication to safety!
Is your NSC Instructor authorization expiring? You can easily renew your credentials here. If you work with a chapter or training center, reach out to your contact directly to process payment for your renewal. If your organization pays for your renewal, just send them this link to process the renewal.
Remember that the online administrative course is no longer required for renewal.
If you have any questions or need assistance with this process, please reach out to our NSC customer service team. You can call (800) 621-7619 or email [email protected].
There are no items in your cart