Tactical Combat Casualty Care and Minimizing Preventable Fatalities in Combat

Abstract

TCCC trauma management guidelines are used widely throughout the Department of Defense (DoD) and many allied nations. On 4 March 2009, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs recommended these guidelines to the Military Services as the basis for training their combat medical personnel to management trauma in the tactical pre-hospital setting. This action was taken as a result of the multiple published reports of the success of TCCC in saving lives on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 06, 2009
Accession Number
AD1034174

Entities

People

  • Gail Wilensky
  • John B Holcomb

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Casualties
  • Combat Casualty Care
  • Combat Support Hospitals
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fatalities
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Trauma or Military Medicine