TACTICAL EMERGENCY CASUALTY CARE (TECC)

Developed by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technician's Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Committee, the TECC program is based on the guidelines from the Committee on Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (Co-TECC) and the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) program. TECC uses lessons learned from our military and applies them to the civilian world of tactical medicine. This 3 day 24-hour course covers topics designed to decrease preventable death in the tactical situation.

Topics include:

MARCH-E assessment algorithm
Hemorrhage Control
Surgical Airway Control & Needle Decompression
Strategies for Treating Wounded Responders in Threatening Environments
Pediatric Patients
Techniques for Dragging/Carrying Victims

At the core of the TECC program are three distinct phases that have been well-proven by TCCC-trained personnel in the war against terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan. The phases are as follows:

Direct Threat Care - rendered while under attack or in adverse conditions.
Indirect Threat Care - 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.

TECC focuses on the medicine during these phases of care and provides guidelines for managing trauma in the civilian tactical or hazardous environment. While TECC has a tactical slant, it takes an all-hazards approach to providing care outside the normal operating conditions of most EMS agencies, such as responding to a mass casualty or active shooter event.

Certification achieved:

NAEMT Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Certificate

Course cost:

$425.00 per student (all reading materials and required equipment are included)