Thousands of Alpine School District educators attend ‘Stop the Bleed’ training

UTAH COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — Alpine School District and Intermountain Health Care teamed up to train thousands of educators and staff on life-saving emergency first aid, including CPR.

Alpine School District announced that they were working with Intermountain Health to complete emergency and first-aid training at most of their 90 schools across Utah County. This training is reportedly in place following Utah legislation that requires Utah schools to modify their current safety plans.

Over two days, volunteers from local fire departments and other first responders joined Intermountain Health officials in training thousands of Alpine School District’s educators and staff on first aid procedures. Trainees learned how to stop a life-threatening bleed and how to respond during emergencies ranging from mass casualty events to individual incidents.

Maranda Davis, RN, trauma services manager for Intermountain Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, says, “Providing our educators an opportunity to have a hands-on experience with tools is a key component to this training. It helps remove the hesitancy someone may have due to what they have seen in movies or on TV.”

Additionally, the Stop The Bleed campaign highlights one of several local partnerships that Alpine School District has fostered. Joe Hayes, the director of safety and operations for Alpine School District, says, “Alpine School District relies on and appreciates the relationships it has with community partners, and without it a task of this magnitude would be impossible to accomplish,”

Hayes also said, “The expertise provided by these partnerships allow our employees to meet the goals and expectations of an evolving safety landscape.”

More information on Alpine School District’s safety plan can be found here.