ACT 2: Advanced Crisis Trauma Skills Refresher

February 21st-22nd

Reinforce. Refresh. Respond.

ACT 2 is an intensive two-day refresher designed exclusively for graduates of our Advanced Crisis Trauma (ACT) or Critical Incident Response Course (CIRC). This course sharpens essential trauma skills through immersive, scenario-driven training, ensuring your abilities remain fast, confident, and ready for real-world emergencies.

Stay Sharp When Seconds Matter

ACT 2 focuses on reinforcing the lifesaving interventions that matter most in high-stress, high-risk situations. Students revisit and refine critical skills, including:

• Rapid trauma patient assessment

• Advanced hemorrhage control

• Airway and respiration management

• Chest injury interventions

• Shock recognition and treatment

• Casualty movement and evacuation procedures

Realistic Scenario Training

Students train using advanced bleeding simulators and realistic trauma moulage, recreating the intensity of real emergencies. This hands-on repetition builds muscle memory, rapid decision-making, and confidence under crisis.

Personalized Instruction

Our experienced instructors provide individualized coaching throughout the course—correcting technique, refining performance, and elevating each student’s ability to operate effectively when lives depend on it.

Who This Course Is For

ACT 2 is ideal for:

• ACT and CIRC graduates

• Healthcare professionals

• First responders

• Prepared citizens dedicated to maintaining advanced trauma readiness

If you’ve completed ACT or CIRC, this is the next step in keeping your skills sharp, relevant, and second-nature.

Course Highlights

• Two full days of advanced, scenario-based training

• High-fidelity simulators and trauma equipment

• Personalized skill evaluation

• Training kit & trauma kit included

• Certificate of completion

Why ACT 2 Matters

Skills fade without practice. ACT 2 ensures you remain ready to act—with speed, clarity, and confidence—when every second counts. It’s not just a refresher. It’s maintenance for lifesavers.

Location, Logistics, and Accommodations

ACT 2 is conducted at the following training location:

4350 East FM 1961
Goliad, Texas

Registered students will receive detailed arrival instructions, parking information, daily schedules, and site-specific guidance prior to the course.

Meals are provided during the course.

On-site accommodations are available in a communal bunk-style sleeping area. Students planning to stay on-site should bring a sleeping bag and any additional personal items needed for an overnight stay (pillow, toiletries, towel, ear protection, etc.). Space is limited and provided on a first-come basis unless otherwise specified.

Students who prefer private lodging are responsible for making their own off-site arrangements. A list of nearby hotel options will be provided upon registration.

Optional Night Training Session

For students interested, an optional evening training session will be available to review and practice low-light trauma skills. This session focuses on assessment, treatment, and problem-solving under reduced visibility conditions and is designed to reinforce decision-making and technical proficiency in environments commonly encountered during real-world incidents.

Students are welcome and encouraged to bring any night vision devices or low-light optics they currently field or anticipate fielding during real-world operations. This allows participants to evaluate equipment performance, integration, and workflow while performing medical tasks under reduced visibility.

Participation is optional and intended for students who wish to extend their training day and gain additional repetitions in a low-light setting.

Training in Your Real-World Loadout

Students are highly encouraged to bring their own medical kits and train in the gear, clothing, uniform, loadout, or everyday carry (EDC) they actually use. Running skills in your real-world configuration helps identify equipment placement issues, access challenges, and workflow inefficiencies before they matter.

While training kits are provided, using your personal equipment allows you to validate setup, improve familiarity, and build confidence in the tools you are most likely to rely on.

Live Tissue Training Disclosure

One training day includes live tissue skills training , conducted under direct instructor supervision and in accordance with applicable ethical, safety, and animal welfare standards. This training provides unmatched realism for hemorrhage control, airway management, and advanced trauma interventions that cannot be fully replicated with simulators alone.

Participation in live tissue training is voluntary. Students who choose not to participate will be provided alternative training using high-fidelity simulators to ensure continued skill development.

This component is disclosed in advance to allow students to make fully informed participation decisions.

Interested in hosting this course at your organization or having our instructors come to you?
Guardian Medical Education offers on-site training for companies, schools, teams, and community groups. Contact us to schedule a custom class or bring this training directly to your people.