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NAEMT TCCC Courses: NAEMT TCCC Courses:
Origin
Origin (continued)
How did NAEMT, a civilian organization, start
teaching TCCC courses? After this episode, knowing that PHTLS is dedicated to
improving prehospital trauma care and teaches their
About five years ago, the Spanish Special Forces were
preparing to deploy to Afghanistan in support of coalition PHTLS courses all over the world, I approached them to
military operations. They contacted me and asked if I would see if they would be willing to train the Spanish Special
teach a TCCC course for their unit and I agreed to help. I had Forces. They agreed, and have been conducting TCCC
been working with the TCCC instructors at Naval Hospital training for militaries all over the world ever since. They
Pensacola at the time. With the full support of the Commanding have also been teaching TCCC to law enforcement
Officer at NH Pensacola, CAPT Maryalice Morro, we assembled
a team of instructors and were preparing to travel to Spain to agencies in the United States and even to US military
teach this course. The Spanish Special Forces were going to units, most recently Naval Medical Center, San Diego.
cover travel expenses associated with the trip. Shortly before Their interest and cooperation in teaching TCCC is well-
we were scheduled to leave, however, BUMED officials established, and they use the standard TCCC
informed CAPT Morro that NH Pensacola could not accept curriculum as posted on both the the NAEMT and MHS
funds from a foreign government to reimburse travel by US
military personnel. The course was subsequently cancelled. websites, a key point.

NAEMT TCCC Courses:
PHTLS/TCCC
Advantages

• NAEMT courses use the TCCC-approved curriculum
just as it is posted on the NAEMT and MHS websites.
• They QA their instructors.
• Have a system for establishing training sites that will
• At present, PHTLS-taught TCCC courses work very well for the military.
are UP AND RUNNING! • Much less expensive than commercial TCCC
vendors.
• TCCC certification card at the end of the course.
• NAEMT registry of all who complete the course.
• NAEMT website is usually the first to have new
TCCC curriculum posted

NAEMT TCCC Courses:

Advantages (continued) NAEMT TCCC Courses:
Scope of Need

• They can also teach two different curricula -
one for medics and one for non-medics, • METC
which the military needs.
• NAEMT TCCC courses do not require the use • MTF-based training for physicians,
of live tissue with the associated expense nurses, PAs, and medics
and logistic burden. • Combat-unit based training for non-
• Courses are affiliated with both NAEMT and medical combatants AND medical
the ACS-COT – recognized leaders in trauma personnel
care. • Needs to include provisions for reserve
• Effort is ongoing right now component

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