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Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care
(C-TECC) Update: Summer 2014*

David W. Callaway, MD; Reed Smith, MD; Geoff Shapiro, EMT-P; Sean McKay, EMT-P

Global Event Summary Department of Health and Human Services continues
to fund the prominent ALERT Active Shooter program
The first anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings that incorporates TECC for law enforcement officers.
reminds us of the critical importance of multiagency op- The ALERT program is officially partnered with the
erational plans for high-threat civilian trauma response. FBI to conduct best-in-class active shooter education for
Through the commitment of the many national and local law enforcement. The Joint Counterterrorism Aware-
leaders, we are more prepared than we were in 2013. Still, ness Work shop (JCTAWS) also recently completed an
we must remain vigilant and continue to drive forward. integrated TECC program in Miami, Florida. On the in-
The Department of Homeland Security, Department of ternational front, TECC training was conducted for the
Health and Human Services, and Federal Emergency London Fire Brigade, London Metro Police, and London
Management Agency continue to lead the development Ambulance service. Early-stage TECC program develop-
of federal standards for response to active shooter/IED ment is under way in Mexico and Argentina. Mr. J Payo
mass casualty incidents. C-TECC leadership is apprecia- and Dr. Baez have produced a Spanish version of TECC
tive of the opportunity to help shape these conversations and can be contacted through the TECC website.
and provide “feedback from the field.”

Conclusion
Administration
The 2014 Spring/Summer C-TECC meeting will be hosted
C-TECC is a best practice development group dedicated by the Johns Hopkins Division of Special Operations
to advancing the science and practice of trauma care in Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, on 9–10
high-threat civilian settings. The TECC guidelines are June in Baltimore, Maryland. The meeting will focus on
open source and can be used by any entity to produce follow-up actions from the Department of Health and
a training program. However, it is important that or- Human Services–sponsored Active Shooter/IED Re-
ganizations claiming to train TECC provide a high- sponse Stakeholder meeting in January, review of the
quality product that accurately reflects the principles TECC Pediatric Guidelines, approval of the Ethical Use
and language detailed in the TECC Guidelines. In order Statement, and review of 2014 partnership agreements.
to protect recipient agencies, the C-TECC is currently The 9 June 2014 meeting is open to the public; please
finalizing a method to recognize educational entities e-mail us through the “Contact us” link at www.c-tecc
that adhere to an Ethical Use Agreement, committing to .org for additional details.
train TECC in a manner consistent with the C-TECC-
approved guidelines. The Ethical Use Agreement will be More information on TECC is available at www.c-tecc.org.
voted on at the June 2014 meeting and posted on the
C-TECC website for interested parties.

Training
Multiple federal, regional, and international organiza-
tions continue to integrate TECC into their TTPs. The

Note: *Our apologies to the Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (C-TECC). We missed adding the C-TECC
Update: Summer 2014 to our Summer print edition. The digital edition was updated as soon as we noticed our error and we have
included it in this edition, which is followed by their Fall Update.

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