Advanced Tactical Casualty Care

This dynamic and practical course covers the evaluation and treatment of the tactical casualty during the Care Under Fire/Direct Threat and Tactical Field Care/Indirect Threat phases. This stand-alone course covers all the materials presented in the Tactical Casualty Care course and builds upon that with additional hemorrhage control skills, recognition, and management of tension pneumothorax, practical airway devices, additional demonstrated skills stations, and much more extensive example scenarios. CAPCE accredited CEH awarded upon successful completion. Online, self-paced.

The course uses photographs of actual injuries, diagrams of wounds, and step-by-step demonstrations. The material is presented in an easy to understand, directly applicable way. This class is consistent with current Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) guidelines as well as the guidelines for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC). It also exceeds the Stop the Bleed curriculum.

Want to see an example of the course?

You can see the teaching lecture and skills station for the Foley Catheter Wound Packing technique. This material is excerpted from the Junctional Hemorrhage and Hemostatic lecture and skills stations.

The Advanced TC2 course covers everything in TC2:

The nature and myths of gunshot wounds and realities of their medical management

How to rapidly evaluate injuries and how they affect your tactical treatment plan

The concept of “care under fire” and how it differs from a non-tactical medical situation

Assessment and management of penetrating, blunt, and blast injuries

Assessment and management of massive hemorrhage

The safe and efficient use of improvised and commercially available tourniquets

Basic airway and breathing assessment, as well as management within a high risk environment

Techniques for moving casualties to a safer location

And the Advanced TC2 Course adds the following topics and skills:

Choosing appropriate medical care for each treatment phase

Extensive practical exercises managing all types of hemorrhage, including junctional hemorrhage, effectively packing wounds, and hemostatic agents

Nasal Pharyngeal Airways and airway positioning

In-depth discussion of thoracic trauma (chest injuries), chest seals, recognition of tension pneumothorax and its decompression

Appropriate treatment of casualties with abdominal injuries and head injuries

Casualty hypothermia prevention

Detailed training and demonstrations of moving casualties efficiently

Triage of multiple casualties and setting up a Casualty Collection Point

Tactical Casualty Care concepts and their application

This course includes dynamic presentation including photos, videos, and real-life examples, and demonstrations of practical skills, and example scenarios

If you carry a firearm and an Individual First Aid Kit, this course will show you what should be in your kit, what you should take out, and how to most efficiently use everything around you.

Students receive a certificate at the course conclusion indicating they have taken a course based on the TECC/TCCC guidelines and an hourly breakdown by topic. Students who provide State or National registry information will be provided a CAPCE compliant certificate for CEH.

No prior medical knowledge or training is necessary to take this course, but it teaches some skills your state may characterize as paramedic level.

CAPCE Accredited Provider

This CE activity is accredited for 17 Advanced CEH by Crisis Medicine, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Prehospital Continuing Education.

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