Learning-by-Teaching and Service Learning to Promote Bleeding Control Education: An Academic-Community Partnership

Stop the Bleed is a free 1-hour class that teaches laypersons to identify and treat life-threatening bleeding. The training requires a 1:10 instructor-to-participant ratio, which creates a resource drain on volunteer instructors. Nursing students are eligible to assist instructors.

Our State Legislature mandated that public schools equip themselves with bleeding control kits resulting in thousands of school staff needing training.

Our nursing school used a service learning model to aid schools. Nursing students coordinated the program, and student learning occurred through a learning-by-teaching strategy.

We trained 656 community members, taught in 5 counties, and students received 320 clinical hours. If not for COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), numbers would have been doubled. We developed a sustainable relationship with school nurses. Students rated the program highly with respect to meeting course objectives and preparation for professional practice.

The program met its goals and will continue.