You will find the initial version of this document Are You Prepared? on this website: http://www.icsave.org
Trauma and violence affect all of us. They are the leading causes of life lost, exceeding cancer and heart disease combined. Despite significant medical advancements and public health efforts, injuries remain the greatest silent epidemic of modern society. Motivated by multiple tragedies that have occurred throughout Arizona in recent years, men and women from your community convened to form the non-profit organization, Integrated Community Solutions to Active Violence Events (ICSAVE). An organization created by and for YOU, its volunteer membership understands that proactive education saves lives. ICSAVE exists to improve outcomes and survivability from incidents ranging in severity from occupational and recreational injuries to manmade or natural mass casualty events. The resulting injuries from these events can present with severe bleeding which, if left unattended, can result in death. By providing everyone in our communities with the skills and basic tools to stop uncontrolled bleeding, lives can be saved. All of us need basic training in Bleeding Control and other lifesaving principles so we can provide immediate, frontline aid until first responders can take over care of an injured person. Due to many situations, there may be a delay between the time of injury and the time a first responder is on the scene. Without community intervention in these circumstances, preventable deaths will occur. Are you prepared? Our organization was founded on the core belief that every citizen, when provided with appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities, can protect his or her communities from preventable injury and death. Contact us and remember, ICSAVE belongs to you!
Trajarvis McMurry tried to fashion a makeshift tourniquet from his friend's shirt, but he was too weak to tighten it enough to stop the bleeding coming from his own arm. McMurry was riding in a truck that rolled over in the predawn darkness in June near Houghton Road on Interstate 10. Bystanders stopped to help. The 23-year-old U.S. Army veteran asked if anyone had a tourniquet. No one did. Moments later, two U.S. Border Patrol agents happened on the chaotic scene. Agent Joseph Tukovits came upon McMurry, who was lying on the ground, still bleeding. Tukovits applied a tourniquet to McMurry's upper right arm. Veteran agent Adam Alessi tightened it. The bleeding subsided, and McMurry was transported to the Level 1 trauma center at Banner University Medical Center – Tucson, where he was met by the trauma team. Although the tourniquet has been used since antiquity, especially in military settings, it fell out of favor because of concerns over complications such as tissue damage, limb loss and ineffective hemorrhagic control, says Dr. Andrew Tang, associate professor of surgery and trauma medical director at Banner University Medical Center – Tucson. But lately, because of improved technology and better training, the tourniquet is making a comeback — and making the difference between life and death. 
Immediate Responder Training for Educators[/caption] Date: Friday, August 4th, 2017 Time: 1130 AM -1200 PM Part 1: Innovative Bleeding Control Practices and Solutions - Fire Chief Tom Tucker, Tucson International Airport Fire Department Part 2: Immediate Responder Training for Educators - Fire Chief Mark Savage, Fry Fire District Part 3: Integrated Community Solutions to Active Violence Events - CJ Higgins, ICSAVE Director The 28th Annual Southwest Trauma Conference has been organized under the leadership of the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery at the Banner-University Medical Center and the University of Arizona College of Medicine. Be part of the conversation and help solve the greatest silent epidemic of modern society. Join us! 
Over the past few years, the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO), Fry Fire District (FFD) and Integrated Community Solutions to Active Violence Events (ICSAVE) have had the opportunity to train hundreds of local school teachers, administrative and support staff, and nurses regarding basic trauma care. Personnel were provided with training on compression-only CPR and how to identify and control life-threatening bleeding. In 2015, CCSO and FFD partnered with Barbara Moshier, the lead representative for the Sierra Vista Unified Public Schools’ School Health Advisory Committee. Since then, those three organizations have jointly pursued local funding and grants through the Arizona Department of Education, that have supported the development and deployment of trauma aid bags for all of the Sierra Vista Public Schools. In order to qualify for these bags, school personnel had to participate in training built around the national Stop the Bleed curriculum. These trauma supplies and training allow school personnel to provide immediate care at the point of wounding to injured students. The initial training is being augmented by additional Stop the Bleed training courses that provide additional hands on training for participants as well as first-aid kits that teachers will have access to in their classrooms. Not to be outdone, recently several Buena High School CTEC EMT students also participated in the training and are now helping train their teachers! The next Cochise County Stop the Bleed courses will be conducted at various educational facilities throughout the month of July. CCSO, FFD, the Sierra Vista Public Schools’ Health Advisory Committee and ICSAVE are lead-turning efforts to prepare all of our educators, administrators and students to become Immediate Responders!
The violence of terrorism, both home grown and foreign, enacted by both the calculating and insane continues to impact our national life. For the past two decades, these horrific events have occurred in urban, suburban, and rural areas. Today, every fire service organization, no matter its size, population, or location has the potential to find itself responding to mass murder. And, despite these continually evolving and asymmetric threats, many public safety organizations throughout the country have yet to develop response guidelines. Those that have find themselves struggling to bridge the gap between military and civilian, police and fire, and even volunteer and career. These organizations often struggle to find training solutions that will be effective for their populations, manpower, and equipment.