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Tactical Emergency Medicine Provider

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This 24 hour Missouri POST certified course teaches Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) from basic to advanced emergency medical skills for law enforcement and military personnel including the latest medical standards as established by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC). During this course students will develop and apply injury control strategies while applying law enforcement principles to deliver emergent medical care. Students will participate in several practical application and scenario based exercises utilizing protocols and standards developed by TCCC and the American College of Surgeons Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support. During the course the student will be taught the principles of care under fire, tactical field care and medivac / cold zone management in law enforcement and military operations.

SUBJECT AREAS

  • Training safety and standards
  • Role and limitations of TEMS
  • Medical Threat Assessment
  • TEMS specific equipment
  • Individual operator aid kits
  • Ballistic protection equipment
  • Hemostatic agents and bandages
  • Hemorrage control techniques
  • Tactical Combat Casualty Care
  • Care under fire
  • Tactical field care
  • Sensor deprived assessment
  • Medicine across the barricade
  • Emergent medical extraction techniques
  • Mechanism of penetrating and explosive injuries
  • CAT and improvised tourniquet application
  • Tension pneumothorax decompression techniques
  • Airway management in the tactical environment

GEAR & AMMO REQUIREMENTS

  • SWAT type uniform
  • Highest rated ballistic vest
  • SWAT type web gear, helmet, eye protection, gloves, belt, etc
  • Rain gear
  • Hydration system
  • TEMS Medical Equipment if available
  • No hand guns or primary weapons required
  • No knives or multi-tools