(Middletown, NY) – Orange Regional Medical Center will offer free ‘Stop the Bleed’ training courses from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, 2019, at Orange Regional Medical Center’s Conference Center located at 707 East Main Street in Middletown, NY. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. To register, call 1-888-321-6762.
The ‘Stop the Bleed’ course is being offered in partnership with Mobile Life. The course is designed to teach the community how to recognize and control life-threatening hemorrhages (heavy bleeding) by using tourniquets and wound packing. No first aid or healthcare experience is necessary.
“It is important that more community members know how to control bleeding should an emergency arise,” said Injury Prevention Coordinator at Orange Regional Medical Center, John Nowinski. “This class gives basic training to civilians so they can assist with bleeding control that can save lives.”
One of the most common causes of death after traumatic injury is uncontrolled bleeding. The ‘Stop the Bleed’ campaign was created by a federal interagency workgroup convened by the National Security Council Staff of The White House to build resilience by better preparing the public to save lives. This campaign raises awareness of basic actions to stop life threatening bleeding following everyday emergencies.
For more information and to register for the ‘Stop the Bleed’ course, contact Orange Regional Medical Center’s Health Connection Hotline at 1-888-321-6762 or visit www.ormc.org/rsvp and select ‘Stop the Bleed’ in the drop down menu. Organizations interested in scheduling group classes of 10 or more should contact John Nowinski at jnowinski@ghvhs.org or 845-333-1379.
About Orange Regional Medical Center’ Trauma Center
Orange Regional Medical Center’s Trauma services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days out of the year to treat the most severely injured patients. Led by Trauma Program and Acute Care Surgery Medical Director, Mohammad Siddiqui, MD, MBA, FRCS, FACS, the trauma team consists of experienced physicians, advance practice providers and ancillary staff, who are highly skilled in the care of injured patients. Orange Regional’s Trauma Center is recognized by the New York State Department of Health and is currently working under the guidelines of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma to become a Verified Level II Trauma Center. For more information, visit www.ormc.org/trauma.
About Orange Regional Medical Center
Orange Regional features seven floors of state-of-the-art technology and provides 383 beds and employs approximately 3,300 healthcare professionals. In addition to inpatient services, highlights of Orange Regional include a cancer center and a five-story outpatient services building on the main campus, featuring Orange Regional Medical Group with primary care and specialty physicians, urgent care, outpatient surgical and diagnostic services and more. Orange Regional was named by Healthgrades as one of the 100 best hospitals nationally for cardiac intervention and General Surgery and was a recipient of the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™. Orange Regional also achieved the Healthgrades 2019 America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award™ placing the hospital in the top 5 percent of more than 4,500 hospitals assessed nationwide for its superior clinical performance. In 2017, Orange Regional was named the Most Beautiful Hospital in the US and is recognized by US News & World Report as a Best Regional Hospital. It is a recipient of the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite; a designated Magnet hospital recognizing excellence in Nursing and its Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system has achieved Stage 7; the highest level on HIMSS Analytics’ EMR adoption model. Orange Regional Medical Center (ORMC) is an Academic Affiliate of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. It is also a member of the Greater Hudson Valley Health System (GHVHS), which is recognized by Ethisphere as one of the 2018 and 2019 World’s Most Ethical Companies. To learn more about ORMC, visit www.ormc.org.
