This is an approved I-70 West Training Region Grant funded training.  There is no registration cost to approved Colorado Peace Officers in the I-70 West Training Region.   For Colorado Peace Officers not in the I-70 West Region, please register reserve a spot.  The training coordinator will be in touch with you regarding registration and available registrations.  

The time to learn to use your personal trauma kit is not when you or  someone else is bleeding out!!! When life expectancy is measured in  seconds and help is minutes away, will you know what to do? In our  uncertain lives, that is a question that we all need to be able to  answer a resounding, “Yes!” to. Dark Angel Medical, LLC, is proud to  offer training and instruction in the use of the D.A.R.K. The Direct  Action Response Training** fills a niche between military self-aid/buddy  care training and civilian EMS training and is geared towards those  with little to no medical training or background. It provides the  student with critical, need-to-know information, which can be utilized  in a myriad of situations and stresses the ‘you don’t know what you  don’t know’ principle as well as our own principle of “Simplicity Under  Stress”. The course is 2 days in length with a total of 16 hours of  classroom work to include slide presentations, videos, question and  answer sessions and hands-on practical skills application. A manual and  all training aids will be provided.

 ***There are no prerequisites for this class*** 

Included

The course covers the following:

• Physiological and Psychological reactions to environmental stress
• The importance of having the proper Combat Mindset
• Basic Anatomy and Physiology of life-sustaining systems
• H, A, B, C’s—Hemorrhage, Airway, Breathing and Circulation
• Breakdown and usage of Individual Med Kit components
• Proper stowage and employment of the IMK
• Hands-on application of the IMK
• Basic and Advanced Airway management -treating and monitoring tension pneumothorax, sucking chest wound and flail chest
• Airway adjunct device placement-Nasopharyngeal Airway
• Basic First Aid and Advanced wound care
• Application of Bandages and Hemostatic Agents
• Application of tourniquets
• Recognition and Treatment of various injuries (Gunshot, Laceration, Burn, Airway, Head, Orthopedic, Environmental)
• Recognition and treatment of hypovolemic (hemorrhagic) shock
• Moving and positioning victims with various injuries
• Response to active shooter situation
• Proper use of cover and cover vs. concealment
• Casualty recovery in an Active Shooter situation
• Mass casualty triage procedure
• Emergency Medical Dialect/Lingo (911 protocol, cooperation with LE, Fire and EMS and First Responders)Hardware/Kit 
• Note pad and pen/pencil/Sharpie
• Individual First Aid Kit—If you choose to. All training materials are provided.
• An open mind**Note: The Direct Action Response Training offers no formal certification. It is informational only.