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TECC Guidelines Reference
C-TECC discussed and voted on a revised “Skills Ma- 1. Smith E, Shapiro G, Sarani B. The profile of wounding in civil-
trix” that delineates the knowledge, skills, and capa- ian public mass shooting fatalities [published online ahead of
bilities an individual should have based on their role in print 8 March 2016]. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. In press.
emergency response. The levels reflected on the matrix
are First Care Provider, Nonmedical First Responder
(Law Enforcement and Fire), Medical First Responders,
and First Receivers. It is crucial to maintain the TECC Dr Tang is vice chair for operational medicine and associate
Trauma Chain of Survival to potentially increase sur- professor of emergency medicine at Johns Hopkins University,
vival during high-threat incidents, while establishing a Baltimore, Maryland.
modular framework reflecting common language and
interventions. Specific guidelines for each matrix level Mr Shapiro is director, EMS & Operational Medicine Train-
ing, The George Washington University, Washington, DC.
are being finalized and will be posted on the C-TECC
website (C-TECC.org). The intention of the level- Dr Smith is operational medical director, Arlington (Virginia)
specific guidelines is to facilitate end-user development County Fire Department, and associate professor of emer-
of training appropriate for respective target audiences. gency medicine, The George Washington University, Arling-
ton, Virginia.
Acknowledgments
Dr Kamin is EMS program director and assistant professor of
The C-TECC Board of Directors thanks Guidelines emergency medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center,
Committee member Mark Anderson for all of his dedi- Hartford, Connecticut.
cation in scheduling, coordinating, and onsite leader-
ship during the 2016 Spring/Summer Meeting of the Dr Callaway is associate professor of emergency medicine,
Carolinas Medical Center, and director of the Division of Op-
C-TECC. C-TECC acknowledges and thanks SOMA for erational and Disaster Medicine, Charlotte, North Carolina.
its continued support of the Committee’s work and its E-mail: dcallawa@gmail.com.
generosity in hosting the Spring/Summer meeting.

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