Tactical Combat Casualty Care

Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC)

Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) is a sixteen-hour NAEMT course providing training using the current guidelines for battlefield casualty treatment and stabilization.

The course introduces evidence-based, life saving techniques and strategies for providing trauma care in a hostile environment under the auspice of the PHTLS program. The Board of Critical Care and Transport Certification recognizes the course as a preparatory course for Tactical Paramedic Certification.

Upon completion of the course, students will receive a NAEMT certificate that attests they have been trained in the following areas:

• Capabilities and limitations.
• Aid bag configuration.
• Three phases of casualty care.
• Care under fire.
• Initial assessment.
• Life threatening bleeding.
• Tactical field care.
• Triage.
• Chest injuries.
• Impalements.
• Common fractures.
• Burns.
• CPR in a tactical environment.
• Preventative medicine.
• One, two and three-person carry.

Prerequisites:

• High school or General Education Development diploma.
• Valid state driver license
• Proof of affiliation with a public safety agency.
• Proof of current Emergency Medical Technician certification or above.

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