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To render effective medical aid, you must have the proper equipment and know how to use it. Your tourniquet is an essential part of your equipment. Join Chief David Flory (retired) and Paramedic Corporal Laura Hill in an interactive virtual learning environment to discuss important tips for tourniquet use, review the Tactical Combat Casualty Care-recommended tourniquets, and view live demonstrations of correct tourniquet use.

A nutritious diet combines adequacy, balance, calorie control, moderation, and variety. Brandon Post with the VALOR Program and Chief Lori Luhnow (retired) discuss the five aspects of a nutritious diet and how your food choices matter. They offer simple things you can implement now and start to work on to improve your overall health.

As part of the 2022 IACP Officer Safety and Wellness event, the VALOR Initiative Safer Together: Strengthening the Foundations of Officer Safety and Wellness presentation introduces the Safer Together Campaign focused on the relationship between officer safety, wellness, and community trust.

Casualty Care and Rescue Tactics training is the golden standard of care for life-saving medical techniques in the tactical environment. It is based on the Tactical Combat Casualty Care guidelines, which are utilized by all U.S. military Special Forces medics and medically trained soldiers. The Casualty Care Toolkit provides all levels of law enforcement with various online trainings and resources to utilize and share with their agencies. The information and training in this toolkit equip law enforcement officers with the essential tools and knowledge to save lives in the field through effective casualty care techniques.