Hemorrhage control and Fracture Management

Course Overview:

This course provides theoretical and hands-on training in the recognition, assessment, and management of hemorrhage and musculoskeletal injuries, with a focus on emergency care and trauma stabilization.

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Identify types and sources of hemorrhage.

  • Apply appropriate hemorrhage control techniques.

  • Recognize types of fractures and associated complications.

  • Perform basic fracture stabilization and splinting.

Module 1: Introduction to Trauma & Prehospital Care

  • Principles of trauma care
  • Primary and secondary survey
  • The golden hour and trauma triage

Module 2: Hemorrhage Control

  • Physiology of bleeding
  • Types of bleeding (arterial, venous, capillary)
  • Internal vs. external hemorrhage
  • Hemorrhagic shock and its stages

Skills Lab:

  • Application of direct pressure
  • Use of pressure dressings
  • Tourniquet use
  • Hemostatic agents

Module 3: Fracture Identification and Classification

  • Bone anatomy and physiology
  • Open vs. closed fractures
  • Simple, comminuted, greenstick, impacted fractures
  • Signs & symptoms of fractures
  • Complications (compartment syndrome, fat embolism, neurovascular compromise)

Module 4: Fracture Management Techniques

  • General principles of splinting
  • Immobilization strategies
  • Limb alignment considerations
  • Pain management (basic overview)

Skills Lab:

  • Splint types: rigid, soft, vacuum, SAM splints
  • Long bone splinting
  • Joint and spinal immobilization
  • Pelvic binders
  • Improvised splinting techniques

Module 5: Special Considerations

  • Pediatric trauma
  • Geriatric considerations
  • High-risk environments (combat, wilderness, disaster settings)
  • Transportation and handover documentation

  • Understand the principles of trauma assessment and triage.