Tactical Combat Casualty Care for Medical Personnel We’ve talked about the basic TCCC trauma management plan. 03 June 2016 Now let’s apply the guidelines to some selected scenarios. TCCC Scenarios Tactical Casualty Scenarios the basic TCCC combat trauma •If management plan doesn’t work for the specific tactical situation, then for combat medics, corpsmen, and PJs it doesn’t – Read text work. are no rigid guidelines for combat THINK ON YOUR FEET. tactics – planning is critical for •Scenario-based success in TCCC to follow: •Examples SEAL Casualty - Afghanistan This is a real story that dramatically illustrates the difficulty of 2002 trauma care on the battlefield. •August in Afghanistan •Somewhere element on direct action mission This represents the state of prehospital trauma care early in the war •SEAL of the casualty as described by the in Afghanistan. •Story first responder NOT a corpsman –
Tactical Combat Casualty Care for Medical Personnel 03 June 2016 TCCC Scenarios We’ve talked about the basic TCCC trauma management plan. Now let’s apply the guidelines to some selected scenarios. Tactical Casualty Scenarios •If the basic TCCC combat trauma management plan doesn’t work for the specific tactical situation, then for combat medics, corpsmen, and PJs – it doesn’t work. are no rigid guidelines for combat tactics – THINK ON YOUR FEET. •Scenario-based planning is critical for success in TCCC •Examples to follow: Read text SEAL Casualty - Afghanistan •August 2002 •Somewhere in Afghanistan •SEAL element on direct action mission •Story of the casualty as described by the first responder – NOT a corpsman This is a real story that dramatically illustrates the difficulty of trauma care on the battlefield. This represents the state of prehospital trauma care early in the war in Afghanistan.
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