Imagine that you and a few of your friends are taking a motorcycle ride. All of a sudden a fellow rider who happens to have a passenger hits a pothole and goes down. The rider is unconscious and not breathing and the passenger, is bleeding badly from the left leg. Would you know what to do to help these riders and minimize further injuries until help arrives?

If the answer is no, become the help until help arrives by attending the Motorcycle Accident Scene Management (ASM) program on March 5th OR 6th, 2021

ASM was established in 1996, is leading the way in Motorcycle Trauma First Response. ASM has become the largest motorcycle trauma training organization in the world!

This is a hand’s on, one day; course that has been accredited by the NJ Board of Health & the American Nurses Credentialing Center. This is a certification program that teaches non-medically and medically trained people what to do at a motorcycle accident.

Fellow motorcycle riders are often the first on the scene of a motorcycle accident and can make the difference of life or death. The purpose of the ASM Program is to enhance the survival rate and reduce severity of injuries for the injured riders of all motorized vehicles. ASM expects to decrease the chance of rescuer injury due to inappropriate actions at the accident scene. They also expect to educate motorists how to protect themselves legally and financially should an accident occur.

Register at: https://tinyurl.com/ASM-March-2022

The program is directed toward specifics issues related to traffic safety and motorcycle related crashes including the assessment and treatment of the injured as well as how to safely administer care. They use the simple acronyms such as PACT and ABCSS of Trauma to help the responder recall priorities

P – Prevent Further Injury (Scene Safety)

A – Assess the Situation (to gather information for 911 call)

C – Contact the EMS (do not delay – do this while doing step one and two if you have a cell phone signal and do not have to leave the scene to call for help)

T – Treat the injured with Life Sustaining Care (using the ABCSS of Trauma to prioritize)

A – Airway (determine if the person is breathing. Lift jaw keeping neck straight if you do not believe the person is breathing).

B – Breathing (if the person is not breathing on their own keep the jaw lifted and using a breathing barrier, give two breaths initially then one every 6-8 seconds).

C – Circulation (in trauma a loss of circulation comes from bleeding. Look for and treat obvious external bleeding using Direct Pressure, Elevation and a Pressure Point or Tourniquet (limbs only) if necessary.

S – Shock (consider internal bleeding – elevate legs, cover the person for warmth and stay calm. Do not give them anything to drink even if they ask).

S – Spinal Immobilization (hold the person’s next still until the Emergency workers arrive and take over for you)

The motorcycle is the mechanism of injury for this program. What is learned may be used in many situations and it is my opinion, there is no other program that does as good of a job as this one.

NJ Rescue Riders does not make a dime by hosting this program, but do so because we believe it is important. All ASM classes that we have hosted have sold out. So, if you want to become the one who knows what to do, don’t wait, register today at: https://tinyurl.com/ASM-March-2022