MAKIFICATION

Stop the Bleed Improvised Tourniquet Activity (CLICK HERE)

I chose to create a lesson on tourniquet application using the Makification framework (Cohen et. al, 2017) for public school faculty as supported by Texas legislation H.B. No. 496 requirement for training of public-school personnel to control bleeding (Hawkins, 2019). All theoretical principles and framework are embedded in the lesson. I referenced the below sources to support critical content concerning stop the bleed concepts.

Upon conducting further investigation into the implementation and preparation of the “Stop the Bleed” course, there are logistical concerns to take into consideration. A Stop the bleed course requires an instructor to be credentialed and affiliated with (a) The American College of Surgeons Bleeding Control Basics (B-Con) $0.00 - $50.00, (b) The First Care Provider organizations suite of courses $79.99, or (c) The You Are the Help Until Help Arrives suite of courses joint program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, FEMA, and the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences) which appears to be online and free (DHS, 2020). Total course cost is $0 79.99 per instructor. The NAEMT guidelines for a B-CON course are 1:8 student to instructor ratio (NAEMT, 2020). The improvised tourniquet activity should align with module 4 principles and concepts of bleeding control (FEMA, 2020). The improvised tourniquet activity should be cost efficient due to the equipment being sourced from classroom materials. However, a class size of 8 at a time may cost $10.00 per student in classroom supplies which averages to $80.00. The overall initial cost considering an allocation of $1500.00 allocation to cover airfare, per-diem, and lodging for one faculty to become instructor certified and hold a class of 8 for this section is $1659.00 on the high end and $80.00 x hourly rate on the low -end (if certification is obtainable through distance learning). However, subsequent cost for this section of training is $80.00 per group of 8 learners x hourly rate of teacher.

References

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Armystudyguide.com. (2018). Tourniquets. Retrieved July 19, 2020, from

https://www.armystudyguide.com/content/army_board_study_guide_topics/First_Aid/tourniq

uets.shtml

Center for Army Lessons Learned. (2017). Tactical Combat Casualty CareHandbook,Version 5

            [PDF]. US Army Combined Arms Center: Center for Army Lessons Learned.

Cohen, J., Jones, W. M., Smith, S., & Calandra, B. (2017). Makification: Towards a Framework

            for Leveraging the Maker Movement in Formal Education. Makification: Towards a

            Framework for Leveraging the Maker Movement in Formal Education. [PDF] Learning

            Technologies Division Faculty Publications

FEMA (2020). You are the Help Until Help Arrives. https://community.fema.gov/until-help-arrives/ilt-instructor-pre-course?lang=en_US

Department of Defense, & American College of Surgeons. (2020). Home: Stop the Bleed.

            Retrieved July 19, 2020, from https://www.stopthebleed.org/

DHS. (2020) Stop the Bleed. Retrieved. July 26, 2020. from https://www.dhs.gov/stopthebleed

Hawkins. G. (2019). H.B. 496. Retrieved. July 19, 2020, from

            https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00496I.htm

NAEMT. (2020) Stop the Bleed. Retrieved. July 26, 2020 from http://www.naemt.org/WhatsNewALLNEWS/2019/04/30/this-may-help-prepare-your-community-to-stop-the-bleed-until-ems-arrive