Area Catholic Schools Receive “Stop The Bleed” Program Training
On Monday, teachers and faculty from St. John the Baptist Primary School, Our Lady of Peace Intermediate School, and Columbus Catholic Middle and High Schools received a special addition to their all-staff inservice training.
Marshfield Fire & Rescue Department’s Deputy Chief of EMS, Steve Bakos, was on-site for the community’s first Stop The Bleed training.
Stop The Bleed is a national program that strives to educate the general public on how to save a life during events such as a mass shooting or other incidents involving trauma.
Marshfield Fire & Rescue Department (MFRD) staff has undergone training to become “Stop The Bleed” educators, as well as been fundraising to help place “Stop The Bleed” kits to place in areas schools.
“We have received numerous private donations from individuals and businesses, and now have the minimum needed to be able to supply some of these kits in area schools,” said Bakos.”Donations are still needed, but we have enough to get started. Today is our first training with members of the public.”
During Monday’s presentation, Bakos provided a PowerPoint overview of Stop The Bleed and then, with help from other Fire and Rescue Staff, provided hands-on training for those in attendance.
“We do first aid training with our staff, CPR training, so this was a thing that we thought was perfect,” said David Eaton, President of Columbus Catholic Schools. “Any time we do training – first aid, CPR, major bleeding – we hope never to have to use it, but it’s always best to learn so that nearly all of us are trained in case we ever have to use it.”
Though hopefully a skill that is never needed, Eaton is comforted knowing that the faculty and staff at the schools have the ability to help – whether there is an emergency at a school or off-site.
“It’s not just in our classrooms or on our playgrounds – it could be at our sporting events, in the general public…it’s just good that we have nearly 100 people on our staff that have all gone through the training,” he said.
Eaton encourages other schools, groups, businesses, to reach out to Marshfield Fire & Rescue to learn about the program and schedule a training.
“The training does not take very long, it’s very straightforward, very simple. Our staff had questions today that all got answered, so now we all feel a little more confident if there were a really severe emergency situation. We at least know the beginnings of how to take care of this,” he said.
To learn more about Stop The Bleed, donate to the program, or schedule a training for a business, school, or group, please contact Steve Bakos at 715-486-2093.
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