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Your Name: Micah Johnson Date of Activity: Oct.5/Nov.26 2019 Faculty name: Rajni Parmar
The first professional activity I attended was the Open Shooter/Stop the Bleed event. During this
event, there was an officer from the TPD who presented a PowerPoint on what to do if in an
open shooter situation and what police officers’ role is when they arrive to the scene of an active
shooter. We learned the main steps in responding by Run, Hide, and Fight. In Stop the Bleed, I
learned how to stop and decrease bleeding time in someone who is hemorrhaging using different
techniques including compression, tourniquets, and wound packing. The second professional
activity I attended was my BLS certification. I took my certification through the American Heart
Association and I strengthened my skills in performing health care provider level CPR, pulse
checks, and bag mask use for infants, children, and adults. These skills were taught by a certified
educator and at the end of the course I had to pass a written and demonstration test.
Where was this held and what was was program/activity length?
The Active Shooter/Stop the Bleed event was held at the College of Nursing in room 117 and
was 4 hours long. The BLS training course was located on speedway at Eclipse and was 3 hours
The Open Shooter/Stop the Bleed event presented really valuable information. Learning how to
be safe and protect yourself and others in the incidence of an open shooter was really eye
opening, but if there is a chance I happen to be in this type of situation it would bring me more
comfort knowing the best way to protect myself. Additionally, learning how to makeshift
tourniquets and material to pack wounds and stop hemorrhaging in emergency situations is
How would you continue to use this experience throughout your nursing career?
I can use the stop the bleed/open shooter throughout my nursing career because as a future health
care professional, I may be in situations that require me to use my medical skills outside of a
hospital setting and may include using a tourniquet or packing a applying pressure to wounds.
BLS recertification is also something that helps strengthen my education and training so I am
more prepared and confident when the time comes to perform CPR on a patient.
Would you recommend this specific communnity/professional experience in the future; why
or why not? (Describe)
Yes, I would recommend this experience in the future because there has been a significant
increase in the amount of open shooters throughout our country and knowing what to do and how
to respond in this type of situation is important for the safety of others and myself. I also would
recommend the stop the bleed event because it taught us how to use tourniquets, pack wounds,
and apply pressure to bleeding injuries in attempt to prevent hemorrhage and save lives. These
are critical skills that are important for a nurse and anyone to know because in case of
Yes I would recommend BLS as a professional experience in the future because one it is a
completed before I started working and to have a good refresher on basic life support and all of