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ASTORS AMERICAN SECURITY TODAY

2021

HOMELAND SECURITY AWARDS

National Cener for Disaster Medicine & Public Health

• FAST High School Student Training

• Excellence in Public Safety

Trauma is the leading cause of death for young Americans , and there have been calls to teach chil- dren about hemorrhage control however little was known about adolescents ’ ability to perform hemorrhage control , and the ide- al way ( s ) to teach them .

The origins of First Aid for Severe Trauma High School Student Training - FAST , were developed us- ing battlefield lessons-learned , evidence-based research , and student , medical , and educational ex-

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