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“In high risk environments, lives are not saved by doctors and nurses. Lives are saved by the person who provides early and effective first aid.”
The primary goal of the tactical lifesaver course is to improve the survivability of accidental and non accidental life-threatening injuries encountered by operators in the field. This course is not designed to turn operators into medics, but rather teach the time-critical skills that may permit survival long enough for victims to obtain definitive medical care.
This course will follow the guidelines of the widely accepted Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) core concepts. TCCC has become the standard of care for the tactical management of combat casualties within the Department of Defense and is the sole standard of care dually endorsed by both the American College of Surgeons and the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) for casualty management in tactical environments. The focus of the course is to give the operators the ability to stabilize life threatening bleeding and airway issues that present during a tactical mission by using an IFAK and CLS medical kit. Operators will take the IFAK home with them and can use the pre-packaged kit in their daily deployments or tactical missions.
The course will cover the following information:
-TCCC
-Care under fire
-Tactical field care
-CASEVAC (casualty evacuation)
-Evaluating a casualty
-Opening and managing a casualty’s airway
-Basic life support techniques
-Advanced life support techniques
-Treating penetrating chest trauma
-Needle decompression
-Controlling massive hemorrhage
-Tourniquets and other tools
-Shock assessment and management
-Saline lock and IV therapy
-Movement of causality using common and improvised methods
-New medical items/tools on the market
-Realistic scenario-based training
22 CEU hours have been approved, which is acceptable to the National Registry of EMTs for all levels of EMS recertification.
"This course has been determined to qualify for POST continuing training credit." 24 continuing training hours will be awarded to AZ POST certified participants that meet all the course objectives.
Course Length:
Day one: 0745 – 1700, day two: 0800 – 1700, day three: 1330 – 2200
Day one is mainly classroom based with lecture and skills labs. Day two begins in the classroom and then transitions to the field to put into practice what was learned in the classroom with realistic scenario-based training. Day three involves day and night exercises to build confidence in the students new found medical skills.
Prerequisites: Current Healthcare Provider CPR and First Aid certification and/or completion of the Tactical First Aid Class. This course is open to the general public
Warning: This course requires strenuous physical activity, especially during the field training exercises. Students will be exposed to a variety of conditions, including, but not limited to: simulated tactical operations, incoming fire with weapons firing blanks or soft projectiles (simunitions, paintballs, airsoft, and other “non-lethal” projectiles), pyrotechnics, darkness with austere field conditions, field training under rigorous and demanding psychological stress, operating in tactical gear during extreme weather conditions, including heat.
Applicants who are not in excellent physical condition and who do not participate in a regular physical conditioning program should seek the approval of their physician before participating.
Required Equipment: Expendable clothing (there is a possibility that it may be permanently stained with fake blood). Elbow and knee pads are optional, but highly recommended. Also recommended, if available, is tactical body armor, helmet, eye protection, hydration system, flashlight with red/blue lens, gloves, and any other tactical gear/equipment used by your organization. Contact us to make arrangements for equipment that you or your organization do not have. All other training equipment will be provided for the course.
This course can be reserved at any time for your agency.