Tactical combat casualty care

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:

• Care Under Fire
• Tactical Field Care
• Tactical Evacuation Care

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

MARCH

TCCC uses MARCH acronym:

• M - Massive Bleeding
• A - Airway
• R - Respirations
• C - Circulation
• H - Head

References

1. NAEMT cite
2. Tactical combat casualty care in the Canadian Forces: lessons learned from the Afghan war.