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Figure 2 TCCC curriculum. curriculum subfolder. Each contains a slide presentation,
a training video, and a skill sheet with which to assess
student performance.

Where to Find TCCC Training Materials
On its release, TCCC Curriculum 140602 will be posted
on these websites:
Journal of Special Operations Medicine:
https://www.JSOMonline.org/TCCC.html.
Military Health System: https://mhs.health.mil/entry.
cshtml?returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fmhs.health.
mil%2FReferences%2FREF_TCCC.cshtml.
(Government issued Common Access Card required.)
The CoTCCC currently recommends one alternative National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians:
to the Combat Application Tourniquet (the SOF Tac- http://www.naemt.org/education/TCCC/guidelines
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tical Tourniquet), two alternatives to CombatGauze _curriculum.aspx.
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( Celox Gauze and ChitoGauze ), and two alternatives Special Operations Medical Association: http://www.special
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to the Combat Ready Clamp (the Junctional Emergency operationsmedicine.org/Pages/resourcelibrary.aspx.
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Treatment Tool and the SAM Junctional Tourniquet).
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Some organizations elect to train and equip their person- Author’s Contact Information
nel with these alternatives. In the past, the TCCC Cur- Stephen D. Giebner, MD, MPH
riculum included no training materials supporting them. Developmental Editor,
Now, no matter which alternative a unit selects, it has a Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care
training module specific to its chosen device or dressing. 303-325-1506 sdgiebner@msn.com
These modules are presented within a subfolder inside the

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