Stop the Bleed

Tuesday, October 17
5:00 to 7:00 PM

Join instructors from Upstate University Hospital for this exciting and lifesaving training! In a Stop the Bleed® course, you’ll learn three quick techniques to help save a life before someone bleeds out:

  • How to use your hands to apply pressure to a wound
  • How to pack a wound to control bleeding
  • How to correctly apply a tourniquet

These three techniques will empower you to assist in an emergency before professional help arrives and potentially to save a life.

Naloxone (Narcan) Training

Tuesday, February 1
5:30 to 6:30 PM
Registration required

Mariah Senecal-Reilly, Mental Health and Substance Use Initiatives Program Coordinator with the Onondaga County Health Department, will hold a training program on the use of Naloxone (Narcan) to reverse a potential drug overdose. The training will cover risk factors and signs and symptoms of overdose, as well as how to reverse the overdose, including a quick demonstration of what to do. The training will come with a free Narcan kit. There will also be time for questions about substance use and the local state of the opioid epidemic.

Registration is required as space is limited.

Due to COVID concerns, facial masks must be properly worn by everyone ages 2 and up when inside the library, regardless of vaccination status.