What would you do in a worst-case scenario?

Learn how to recognize a true medical emergency, treat a critical patient until EMS arrives, and take measures to safeguard yourself and your community.

While this knowledge is applicable to anyone, this class will be tailored to a kink application, to help community members assess relative medical risk and take appropriate risk mitigation steps prior to edgeplay.

We will cover:

• How to recognize cardiac emergencies, head injuries, seizure, stroke, and critical bleeds

• How to recognize drug/alcohol overdose, and how to use Narcan through an interactive training

• How to protect airway, breathing, and circulation until the arrival of EMS

• How to identify key medical information to communicate to EMS

This class will be taught with a PowerPoint in lecture format, with breaks for kink-specific scenario quizzes, followed by practical application role-playing.

This class is open to anyone who’s curious about the topic! We offer sliding-scale rates to expand access to those with financial barriers.

Who’s teaching?

Fen (she/they) is a medical professional, educator, and leatherdyke. She cut her teeth on emergency medicine in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, joining a FEMA deployment to support urban EMS systems overwhelmed by the virus. Alternating 24-hour shifts with her college finals, she discovered a passionate love for the adventure and rewards of emergency care in the streets. As an experienced instructor of student EMTs, Fen branched out to teach their own community EMS class. First taught in a dungeon to an audience of pro-dommes looking to better understand risk and edgeplay, the class has now been taught everywhere from the HitMeUp loft, to friends’ living rooms. Fen serves her community with fiery pride and passion, and is always on the lookout for the next opportunity to be of service to the city and people they love.