Officer-Down Survival Course

The Officer-Down Survival Course is a hands-on, dynamic training program designed to equip officers with life-saving skills and strategies. This proven program has successfully saved lives and focuses on practical application through skill-building stations and stress-inoculation scenarios. Participants will learn how to respond effectively to injuries involving themselves, fellow officers, or civilians in high-pressure situations.

Guided by experienced SWAT Operators and Medics with decades of real-world expertise, this course emphasizes realistic drills and constructive feedback to ensure readiness for critical incidents.

Course Focus:

• Treating preventable causes of death
• Multiple scenario-based officer-down stress inoculation drills, including but not limited to: hostage situations, knock-and-talk scenarios, and traffic stops gone bad
• Self-defense (lead instructor is a former program administrator for the State of Ohio Use of Force with 30 years of martial arts experience)
• Officer extraction using cover and/or vehicles
• Live actors integrated for maximum realism

By the end of the training, officers will be proficient in:

• Treatment and use of tourniquets
• Staying in the fight after treatment
• Wound packing and pressure dressings
• Applying chest seals for gunshot wounds
• Managing stabbing and blast injuries
• Performing carries and drags

Instructor Cadre: Our instructors are veterans, current SWAT, federal law enforcement officers, TEMS operators, ER nurses, and TEMS physicians, bringing a wealth of practical experience to the training.

• Eye and Ear Pro Mandatory
• Soft armor or plate carrier
• Due to blood, I suggest the students wear an older uniform or older clothes they don't mind getting dirty.
• A duty belt is needed. 
• IFAK if issued (if on their vest then they should make it as if they were responding on duty with gear they're wearing and wear their vest).
• All training supplies are provided by Silverback.
• This is primarily a hands-on class with very little downtime between rotations so bring plenty of water and well figure out chow wether bring your own or grab something local.
• No live ammo on training grounds.
• Blue guns will be utilized.
• Safety and weapon checks done as following- self check, buddy check, line check. This will include actors before every active scenario