Tactical Emergency Casualty Care

This TECC training course introduces evidence-based, how to respond to and care for patients in a civilian tactical environment. It is designed to decrease preventable deaths in a tactical situation. The course presents the three phases of tactical care.

This includes:
• A Direct Threat Care that is rendered while under attack or in adverse conditions.
• Indirect Threat Care that is rendered while the threat has been suppressed but may resurface at any point.
• Evacuation Care that is rendered while the casualty is being evacuated from the incident site.
• Hemorrhage control.
• Combat Application Tourniquet.
• Surgical airway control and needle decompression.
• Strategies for treating wounded responders in threatening environments.
• Caring for pediatric patients.
• Techniques for dragging and carrying victims to safety.