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ELOs: to incidents can be assured of interoperability and have
• Describe specialized medical and rescue equipment for an understanding of the expected competency of tacti-
tactical operations cal medics and operators. Organizations and industry
Medical Provider TLO 17.3.1: Give examples of specialized will have the freedom to develop training programs, and
equipment and its use in tactical operations and TEMS schoolhouses can crosswalk their respective curricula.
ELOs:
• Describe tactical PPE and uniforms This report addresses only tactical medicine training for
• Describe breaching and diversionary equipment the tactical medical provider and operator that support
• Describe firearms and weapons including less-lethal special operations teams (such as SWAT or SRT). The
weapons next step is to repeat this process for the patrol officer,
• Describe the importance of having the ability to make team commander, and the medical director supporting
weapons safe and secure during a tactical response
• Describe the types of vehicles used for tactical operations law enforcement units. Once this process is complete,
• Describe equipment used for remote assessment a comprehensive document will exist to guide all tac-
• Describe night observation and target acquisition equipment tical medicine training, nationally. Additionally, the
• Describe specialized medical and rescue equipment for standards and domains will serve as a living document
tactical operations that will grow as operational and medical knowledge
Competency 17.4: Situational awareness and basic tactical expands. Coordination of lessons learned, practice ad-
movement vancements, as well as TCCC and TECC updates, should
Operator TLO 17.4.1: Understand basic tactical movement be integrated into these domains to keep the standards
techniques and their importance to team safety relevant and allow for the dissemination of best prac-
ELOs: tices. The criteria should be validated by subsequent re-
• Describe the operator’s role in patient and medical pro- views and updated on an ongoing basis. By managing
vider safety the nonproprietary domains globally, all training pro-
Medical Provider TLO 17.4.1: Understand situational grams and providers will benefit from the most current
awareness and basic tactical movement techniques and their
importance to team safety
ELOs:
• Define the term situational awareness
• Demonstrate individual tactical movements (e.g., high
crawl, low crawl, rush, and skylining)
• Demonstrate tactical team movements (e.g., stack,
wedge, clearing threats)
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Discussion
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Providing medical support for military or law enforce-
ment tactical teams requires unique knowledge and skills ED Features
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ally, there is a need for interoperability between units
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of competencies and skills that medical providers and • 24 hrs phys cvg + 12 hrs mlp cvg
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