Free Stop the Bleed classes announced for 2022
Video Title and description goes here
Covington City Council President, Mark Verret, joins Healthy Living to talk about the City of Covington’s role in hosting...
Monday, Nov 11, 2024
As October draws to an end, it’s incredible how swiftly time has passed! Today, we celebrated the many achievements of our...
Friday, Nov 1, 2024
As the calendar changes from October to November, President and CEO Joan Coffman catches you up on all that’s going on at...
Thursday, Oct 31, 2024
St. Tammany Health System
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
News
Share this page
(Photo by Mike Scott / STHS)
Want to save a life? Now’s your chance.
St. Tammany Health System has released the schedule for its free monthly Stop the Bleed classes for 2022.
The hourlong classes, which are open to the public, will be held in the conference center on the first floor of the new South Tower on the health system’s main campus in Covington. Those interested can sign up through the calendar module on the main page of StTammany.health.
The schedule, which is subject to change, is as follows. All classes are from 10 to 11 a.m.:
The Stop the Bleed program is part of a national initiative to train members of the community to stabilize a wound until EMTs arrive.
“The number one cause of a preventable death is hemorrhage, or bleeding out,” said St. Tammany Health System Trauma Services Manager Bethany Monistere, the driving force behind the health system’s Stop the Bleed program. “But it’s not that hard to put on a tourniquet or identify life-threatening bleeding. If you can arm citizens with this information to control bleeding, you can save someone’s life.”