Catastrophic Bleeding Control Training Course

Learn to Control Catastrophic Bleeding – Fast, Focused, Life-Saving Skills

Catastrophic Bleeding - Bleeding Control Course

When a catastrophic bleed occurs, time is critical. Our Catastrophic Bleeding Control Training course prepares you to respond swiftly and effectively to life-threatening blood loss using proven techniques, specialist equipment, and real-world scenarios.

Whether you’re working in remote locations, high-risk industries, or security environments, this training delivers the practical skills needed to save lives when every second counts.

This course has been developed by experienced professionals with military, pre-hospital, and emergency response backgrounds. It focuses on:

  • High-threat trauma care

  • Managing uncontrolled bleeding in hostile or remote environments

  • Building confidence with tourniquet use and haemostatic dressings

  • Realistic scenario-based training

Delivered by experts who’ve used these skills in the field, this training goes beyond theory to ensure you’re ready when it matters most.

Course overview

Gain hands-on experience with professional bleeding control kits and master the following core techniques:

Direct Pressure Application
Use effective, targeted pressure to slow or stop major bleeds.

Wound Packing Techniques
Learn to pack deep wounds with haemostatic dressings (Celox, QuikClot) to promote clotting.

Tourniquet Application
Practice applying CAT and SOFT-T tourniquets safely and efficiently.

Bleeding Control in Real-World Scenarios
Train in realistic trauma situations so you can respond under pressure — calmly and correctly.

Ideal for:

This trauma-focused course is ideal for:

  • Security personnel & close protection teams

  • Forestry, farming, & agricultural workers

  • Construction, infrastructure, & heavy machinery operators

  • Outdoor activity leaders, climbers, hikers, & guides

  • Remote workers, field engineers, and logistics teams

  • Event medics & frontline responders

If you work in high-risk, remote, or hostile environments, you need bleeding control training that goes beyond the basics.

Course content is based on current guidelines published by

Workplace First Aid Regulations (HSE) — Health and Safety Executive UK first aid standards.

UK Resuscitation Council

Tourniquet Application in Bleeding Control

Learn how to safely and effectively apply both commercial and improvised tourniquets under pressure.

Haemostatic Dressing Use During Catastrophic Bleeds

Understand when and how to pack wounds using haemostatic agents like Celox or QuikClot.

Responding to Knife Wounds and Ballistic Injuries

Handle penetrating trauma scenarios with skill and confidence, including airway considerations and ongoing bleed management.

Blood Loss, Hypovolaemia and Pathophysiology

Get to grips with how blood loss affects the body and how your first aid decisions can save lives.

Locations covered:

We deliver bleeding control training across:

Torquay | Exeter | Plymouth | Truro | Newquay | Cornwall | Devon | Dorset | South West UK
On-site courses available anywhere in the UK
Group bookings & corporate packages available

Book your Catastrophic Bleed Control course now

Don’t wait for a critical incident to wish you’d trained. Be ready, be confident, and be the one who makes the difference.

Call us: 07762 082310

Based in Torquay, covering Devon, Cornwall & the UK

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• Some organisations require that course certificates be issued by an Ofqual Regulated Awarding Organisation. • We offer self-certified & Ofqual Accredited courses; the main difference in certification being third party cost. Ofqual Regulated Awarding Organisation certification is currently priced at an additional £12.50pp.
The instructor to candidate ratio is typically 1:12, with some courses being restricted to 1:8 or even 1:6.
If you have a preferred date & time for this course (for example to fit in with staff shift patterns) please let us know.