Tactical combat casualty care

For other uses, see TCCC.
For other uses, see TC3.

Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC or TC3) is — a standard of care in Prehospital Battlefield Medicine. It was designed in the mid-90s for the Special Operations medical community. Now it′s DOD course, conducted by NAEMT.[1] TCCC or similar standards are used by most allied countries.[2]

Tactical combat casualty care training at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Feb. 23, 2016.

Phases of Care

In TCCC prehospital battlefield care is divided into 3 phases:

MEDEVAC at Tactical combat casualty care training, Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Feb. 23, 2016.

MARCH

TCCC uses MARCH acronym:

References


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