Tactical Emergency Casaulty Care (TECC) 16-Hour NAEMT Certified Course - Nassau County FSA

This 16-hour course is brought to you by Medicine in Bad Places.  NAEMT’s  Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) teaches EMS practitioners and other prehospital providers how to respond to and care for patients in a civilian tactical environment. It is designed to decrease preventable deaths in a higher risk situations.  The course presents the three phases of tactical care: Direct Threat -Care that is rendered while under potential threat environment (e.g., potential explosion, structural collapse, shooting scene, assault on scene, etc.), Indirect Threat -Care that is rendered while the threat has been suppressed, but may resurface at any point, and Evacuation Care -Care that is rendered while the casualty is being evacuated from the incident site. 

The 16-hour classroom course covers the following topics: Hemorrhage control; Surgical airway control and needle decompression; Strategies for treating wounded responders in threatening environments; Caring for pediatric patients; and techniques for dragging and carrying…