14 Sep 2021
Until Help Arrives (UHA) provides the foundation that enables you to assist others who are severely injured in high-threat events. The three course sections prepares you to help yourself and others survive a mass casualty event, an event where the number of wounded people temporarily exceeds the resources we have available to us.
This course describes four (4) preventable causes of death. It also explains how having these types of life-saving skills widespread in our community helps us respond even better to the emergencies we face in everyday life.
UHA Class Recording: Section 1 – Bystander Role, Mental Preparedness, 4R’s Intro
UHA Class Recording: Section 2 – Stopping Bleeding; Tourniquets, Wound Packing and Pressure Dressing
UHA Class Recording: Section 3 – Protecting the Airway and Breathing, Preventing Shock and Hypothermia, Calling 911
Arlington County, Virginia, Fire Department’s Dr. Reed Smith, Operational Medical Director, developed the course collaboratively with: DPSCEM and the Arlington CERT.
*WARNING: Graphic Images.
AGE APPROPRIATE: 18 or older. (14-17, parents attendance required.)
Total Class Duration (Three sections): 2.5 Hours.
Hands-on Training
In order to fully complete the Until Help Arrives training, the hands-on practice is required (1.5-hour duration). Please visit the UHA homepage for schedule and free registration.
Visit: https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Emergency/UHA
This course is provided by Arlington County Emergency Management (ACEM) and the Arlington Community Emergency Response Team, a program of the Department of Public Safety Communications & Emergency Management (PSCEM).
This course describes four (4) preventable causes of death. It also explains how having these types of life-saving skills widespread in our community helps us respond even better to the emergencies we face in everyday life.
UHA Class Recording: Section 1 – Bystander Role, Mental Preparedness, 4R’s Intro
UHA Class Recording: Section 2 – Stopping Bleeding; Tourniquets, Wound Packing and Pressure Dressing
UHA Class Recording: Section 3 – Protecting the Airway and Breathing, Preventing Shock and Hypothermia, Calling 911
Arlington County, Virginia, Fire Department’s Dr. Reed Smith, Operational Medical Director, developed the course collaboratively with: DPSCEM and the Arlington CERT.
*WARNING: Graphic Images.
AGE APPROPRIATE: 18 or older. (14-17, parents attendance required.)
Total Class Duration (Three sections): 2.5 Hours.
Hands-on Training
In order to fully complete the Until Help Arrives training, the hands-on practice is required (1.5-hour duration). Please visit the UHA homepage for schedule and free registration.
Visit: https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Emergency/UHA
This course is provided by Arlington County Emergency Management (ACEM) and the Arlington Community Emergency Response Team, a program of the Department of Public Safety Communications & Emergency Management (PSCEM).
- 6 participants
- 53 minutes
14 Sep 2021
Until Help Arrives (UHA) provides the foundation that enables you to assist others who are severely injured in high-threat events. The three course sections prepares you to help yourself and others survive a mass casualty event, an event where the number of wounded people temporarily exceeds the resources we have available to us.
This course describes four (4) preventable causes of death. It also explains how having these types of life-saving skills widespread in our community helps us respond even better to the emergencies we face in everyday life.
UHA Class Recording: Section 1 – Bystander Role, Mental Preparedness, 4R’s Intro
UHA Class Recording: Section 2 – Stopping Bleeding; Tourniquets, Wound Packing and Pressure Dressing
UHA Class Recording: Section 3 – Protecting the Airway and Breathing, Preventing Shock and Hypothermia, Calling 911
Arlington County, Virginia, Fire Department’s Dr. Reed Smith, Operational Medical Director, developed the course collaboratively with: DPSCEM and the Arlington CERT.
*WARNING: Graphic Images.
AGE APPROPRIATE: 18 or older. (14-17, parents attendance required.)
Total Class Duration (Three sections): 2.5 Hours.
Hands-on Training
In order to fully complete the Until Help Arrives training, the hands-on practice is required (1.5-hour duration). Please visit the UHA homepage for schedule and free registration.
Visit: https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Emergency/UHA
This course is provided by Arlington County Emergency Management (ACEM) and the Arlington Community Emergency Response Team, a program of the Department of Public Safety Communications & Emergency Management (PSCEM).
This course describes four (4) preventable causes of death. It also explains how having these types of life-saving skills widespread in our community helps us respond even better to the emergencies we face in everyday life.
UHA Class Recording: Section 1 – Bystander Role, Mental Preparedness, 4R’s Intro
UHA Class Recording: Section 2 – Stopping Bleeding; Tourniquets, Wound Packing and Pressure Dressing
UHA Class Recording: Section 3 – Protecting the Airway and Breathing, Preventing Shock and Hypothermia, Calling 911
Arlington County, Virginia, Fire Department’s Dr. Reed Smith, Operational Medical Director, developed the course collaboratively with: DPSCEM and the Arlington CERT.
*WARNING: Graphic Images.
AGE APPROPRIATE: 18 or older. (14-17, parents attendance required.)
Total Class Duration (Three sections): 2.5 Hours.
Hands-on Training
In order to fully complete the Until Help Arrives training, the hands-on practice is required (1.5-hour duration). Please visit the UHA homepage for schedule and free registration.
Visit: https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Emergency/UHA
This course is provided by Arlington County Emergency Management (ACEM) and the Arlington Community Emergency Response Team, a program of the Department of Public Safety Communications & Emergency Management (PSCEM).
- 7 participants
- 58 minutes
14 Sep 2021
Until Help Arrives (UHA) provides the foundation that enables you to assist others who are severely injured in high-threat events. The three course sections prepares you to help yourself and others survive a mass casualty event, an event where the number of wounded people temporarily exceeds the resources we have available to us.
This course describes four (4) preventable causes of death. It also explains how having these types of life-saving skills widespread in our community helps us respond even better to the emergencies we face in everyday life.
UHA Class Recording: Section 1 – Bystander Role, Mental Preparedness, 4R’s Intro
UHA Class Recording: Section 2 – Stopping Bleeding; Tourniquets, Wound Packing and Pressure Dressing
UHA Class Recording: Section 3 – Protecting the Airway and Breathing, Preventing Shock and Hypothermia, Calling 911
Arlington County, Virginia, Fire Department’s Dr. Reed Smith, Operational Medical Director, developed the course collaboratively with: DPSCEM and the Arlington CERT.
*WARNING: Graphic Images.
AGE APPROPRIATE: 18 or older. (14-17, parents attendance required.)
Total Class Duration (Three sections): 2.5 Hours.
Hands-on Training
In order to fully complete the Until Help Arrives training, the hands-on practice is required (1.5-hour duration). Please visit the UHA homepage for schedule and free registration.
Visit: https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Emergency/UHA
This course is provided by Arlington County Emergency Management (ACEM) and the Arlington Community Emergency Response Team, a program of the Department of Public Safety Communications & Emergency Management (PSCEM).
This course describes four (4) preventable causes of death. It also explains how having these types of life-saving skills widespread in our community helps us respond even better to the emergencies we face in everyday life.
UHA Class Recording: Section 1 – Bystander Role, Mental Preparedness, 4R’s Intro
UHA Class Recording: Section 2 – Stopping Bleeding; Tourniquets, Wound Packing and Pressure Dressing
UHA Class Recording: Section 3 – Protecting the Airway and Breathing, Preventing Shock and Hypothermia, Calling 911
Arlington County, Virginia, Fire Department’s Dr. Reed Smith, Operational Medical Director, developed the course collaboratively with: DPSCEM and the Arlington CERT.
*WARNING: Graphic Images.
AGE APPROPRIATE: 18 or older. (14-17, parents attendance required.)
Total Class Duration (Three sections): 2.5 Hours.
Hands-on Training
In order to fully complete the Until Help Arrives training, the hands-on practice is required (1.5-hour duration). Please visit the UHA homepage for schedule and free registration.
Visit: https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Emergency/UHA
This course is provided by Arlington County Emergency Management (ACEM) and the Arlington Community Emergency Response Team, a program of the Department of Public Safety Communications & Emergency Management (PSCEM).
- 9 participants
- 45 minutes
