Every day you turn on the news and see another first respnder has been killed or injured by an active shooter. There has never been a greater need for a book such as this in the world where violence is the new norm for those of us in the field. The goal of this manual is to educate Emergency Medical Services, Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters and all first responders on gunshot wounds, bleeding and shock, and treatment thereof with active shooter kits. In this book you will learn guidelines for: 1. 3 actions steps you can take during an active shooting to survive. 2. How to identify a gunshot and know to check for entry and exit wounds. 3. Know the 3 types of bleeding and how to control them using both basic and advanced bleeding control. 4. Learn how to do a basic rapid trauma assessment (RTA) to find life threatening bleeding and injuries. 5. Know what an active shooter kit is and how, when and why to use it to save your life of a shooting or stabbing victim. 6. Know how and when to use a tourniquet to stop life threatening bleeding. 7. What is hemostatic gauze and how do you use it. 8. Yellow zone/warm zone. 9. Blast wounds and sucking chest wounds. This is the text book for the active shooter response training course created by Laura J. Kendall, who has 34 years of emergency medical service experience, with nearly 30 spent as a full time paramedic. She is also a retired NJ state certified police instructor who taught hundreds of officers during 11 years of service. Laura created the courses OSRT: Officer Shot Response Training and ASRT: Active Shooter Response Training because of the great need to know what to do in the event of a shooting, stabbing. With hundreds of first responders trained through her courses she will expertly guide you through this valuable information that may one day save your life, your partners or the life of someone you care about. Get this book today and arm yourself with knowledge to help you survive an active shooting or terrorist attack.