Powell Valley Healthcare hosts class: Stop the Bleed

Posted 12/5/25

Powell Valley Healthcare recently hosted a Stop the Bleed for the community, run by Dr. Sawley Wilde and the EMS team in mid November, just a day before National Rural Health Day. Around 60 people …

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Powell Valley Healthcare hosts class: Stop the Bleed

Akea Wisniewski applies pressure to a mock wound with assistance from EMS Manager Scott Bagnell (right) as her father, Waleryan (left), watches.

Photo courtesy Jim Cannon/PVHC

EMT Joshua Campbell works with Landon Anderson to demonstrate use of a tourniquet.

Photo courtesy Jim Cannon/PVHC

EMT Megan Geise demonstrates how to wrap a wound on Neil Waite as Landon Anderson watches.

Photo courtesy Jim Cannon/PVHC

EMT Geoff Hovivian works with attendee Avery Timmons during the class.

Photo courtesy Jim Cannon/PVHC

Posted Friday, December 5, 2025 8:05 am

Each participant received a “Stop the Bleed” kit provided by the Big Horn Basin Healthcare Coalition and five lucky winners received a free tourniquet.