Tactical Combat Casualty Care in Special Operations In the mid-90s, the Special Operations medical community began looking for some better answers for Military Medicine Supplement combat trauma and Tactical Combat Casualty Care was August 1996 born. Trauma care guidelines customized for the battlefield TCCC Although TCCC started in Special Ops, it is now used a Special Operations research effort •Originally by all services in the U.S. military, conventional as well management plans that take into •Trauma as Special Ops. account the unique challenges faced by combat It has proved dramatically successful in the Global War medical personnel on Terrorism. used throughout U.S. military and by most •Now TCCC has been a major factor in U.S. forces having the allied countries highest casualty survival rate in our history. has helped U.S. combat forces to achieve •TCCC the highest casualty survival rate in history. TCCC Approach the causes of preventable death on the •Identify Picture is the border battlefield them aggressively •Address good medicine with good tactics •Combine This depicts a study that was done on Soldiers who How People Die in Ground Combat died in Vietnam. (From COL Ron Bellamy) We can use this data to help us understand what types of injuries are seen in combat and which may 9% KIA Exsanguination from Extremity or may not be survivable. – Wounds 5% KIA Tension Pneumothorax – 1% KIA Airway Obstruction –
Tactical Combat Casualty Care in Special Operations Military Medicine Supplement August 1996 Trauma care guidelines customized for the battlefield In the mid-90s, the Special Operations medical community began looking for some better answers for combat trauma and Tactical Combat Casualty Care was born. TCCC •Originally a Special Operations research effort •Trauma management plans that take into account the unique challenges faced by combat medical personnel •Now used throughout U.S. military and by most allied countries •TCCC has helped U.S. combat forces to achieve the highest casualty survival rate in history. Although TCCC started in Special Ops, it is now used by all services in the U.S. military, conventional as well as Special Ops. It has proved dramatically successful in the Global War on Terrorism. TCCC has been a major factor in U.S. forces having the highest casualty survival rate in our history. TCCC Approach •Identify the causes of preventable death on the battlefield •Address them aggressively •Combine good medicine with good tactics Picture is the border How People Die in Ground Combat (From COL Ron Bellamy) 9% KIA – Exsanguination from Extremity Wounds 5% KIA – Tension Pneumothorax 1% KIA – Airway Obstruction This depicts a study that was done on Soldiers who died in Vietnam. We can use this data to help us understand what types of injuries are seen in combat and which may or may not be survivable.
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