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TCCC: How Do We Know TCCC: Success in Combat
That it’s Working? 3rd Infantry Division
“The adoption and implementation of the principles
of TCCC by the medical platoon of TF 1-15 IN in
OIF 1 resulted in overwhelming success. Over 25
days of continuous combat with 32 friendly
casualties, many of them serious, we had 0 KIAs
and 0 Died From Wounds, while simultaneously
caring for a significant number of Iraqi civilian
and military casualties.”
CPT Michael Tarpey
Battalion Surgeon 1-15 IN
AMEDD Journal 2005
TCCC in Canadian Forces Eliminating Preventable
Savage et al: Can J Surg 2011 Death on the Battlefield
• Kotwal et al – Archives of Surgery 2011
• All Rangers and docs trained in TCCC
• U.S. military preventable deaths: 24%
• Ranger preventable death incidence: 3%
Defense Health Board Defense Health Board
9 March 2015
9 March 2015
Lesson 9: Effectively trained TCCC has a demonstrable
effect on reducing potentially preventable causes of death
on the battlefield.
Recommendation 9: TCCC shall continue to form the
basis for battlefield trauma care and be integrated as the
minimal accepted standard of training for all military members,
initial enlisted medical training, and specialized enlisted
medical training. In addition, TCCC sustainment training
programs must occur on a regular basis, as the TCCC
Guidelines are a “living” document and are regularly updated.
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