Schaumburg police learn lifesaving skills for active shooter events
Posted February 03, 2017 12:00 am
Schaumburg police Friday wrapped up a week of training on bleeding control for the injured with an intensive drill practicing their new skills amid the chaos of a simulated active shooter event.
Instructors created a realistic-looking crime scene through the use of simulated blood, smoke and multiple obstacles and distractions for the officers.
The scenario, conducted in the lower level of the police station, provided officers an opportunity to combine the quick decision-making skills they had from the start with their new lifesaving knowledge.
The Lovell Federal Health Care Center provided the instructors who taught every officer in the department throughout the week.
Chris Strassburg of the Federal Health Care Center Great Lakes shows how to apply a tourniquet to the leg of Officer Marc Santoro as members of the Schaumburg Police Department are trained in controlling bleeding for persons injured in active shooter events Friday.
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Officer Todd Kinkade applies a tourniquet to the upper leg of a mannequin as members of the Schaumburg Police Department are trained in controlling bleeding for persons injured in active shooter events Friday.
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Using devices that simulate blood gushing from a wound, officers from the Schaumburg Police Department learn how to insert gauze into a wound as they are trained in controlling bleeding for persons injured in active shooter events Friday.
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Officers from the Schaumburg Department practice securing a victim for treatment as they are trained in controlling bleeding for persons injured in active shooter events Friday.
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