Page 173 - Journal of Special Operations Medicine - Spring 2017

Proceedings From the 2016 Mid-Year Meeting
of the Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care

(C-TECC) and Committee Updates

Geoff Shapiro, NRP; Nelson Tang, MD; Richard Kamin, MD; Reed Smith, MD

ounded in 2011, the Committee for Tactical Emer- (State EMS Medical Director, Maine), and Dr Peter Tail-
Fgency Casualty Care (C-TECC) is a standing, lic (State EMS Medical Director, Utah) were announced
independent, nonprofit organization composed of op- by the Board of Directors as new voting members of the
erational and academic medical leaders with a unified Guidelines Committee. Dr Carol Cunningham (Ohio
mission to develop and maintain best practice guidelines State EMS Medical Director) and Dr Richard Kamin
for the provision of high-threat medicine. Translating (Connecticut State EMS Medical Director) were an-
key lessons learned from its military counterpart, the nounced as the new members of the Board of Directors.
TECC guidelines promote evidence-based management Also joining C-TECC is Mr Randy Stair (U.S. Secret Ser-
of casualties during tactical and rescue operations ac- vice, Emergency Services Section) to serve the Board of
counting for differences in civilian environments, re- Directors in an advisory capacity.
source allocations, patient populations, and responder
scopes of practice. The full C-TECC convenes formally Multiple C-TECC administrative updates for 2016 were
twice annually to present scientific advances, emerging discussed:
technology, and update TECC guidelines to further en-
hance the lifesaving mission. • Moving forward, the nomenclature for the semian-
nual Full Committee Meetings will be renamed as the
The 2016 Mid-Year C-TECC Full Committee Meeting Mid-Year (previously Fall/Winter) and Annual (previ-
was held on 13–14 December 2016 in conjunction with ously Spring/Summer) Meetings.
the Symposium on 21st Century Threats and Integrated • The co-chairs announced the intention to develop
Operations on the George Mason University campus in and fill a position of executive director for C-TECC.
Arlington, Virginia. The meeting was robustly attended Among the key executive director functions will be
and included participation by leaders, subject matter ex- the management of core administrative responsibili-
perts, presenters, and stakeholders from domestic and ties related to the day-to-day operations of C-TECC,
international law enforcement, EMS, fire/rescue, mili- oversight of strategic outreach and fiscal development
tary, industry, and other interested parties. initiatives, and coordination of logistical and com-
munications functions related to the semiannual Full
Committee Meetings. The formal position responsi-
General Proceedings
bilities are being codified and C-TECC anticipates
The meeting was called to order by Drs Reed Smith and filling this position by the 2017 Annual Meeting.
Nelson Tang, C-TECC Co-Chairs. Following the Pledge • Recent select C-TECC website updates have been per-
of Allegiance and general introductions, a keynote ad- formed by Dr Ameen Jamali, senior Tactical Medicine
dress was provided by Deputy Chief John Snider, Ar- Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, with multiple
lington County Fire Department. Meeting schedule and subsequent tiered website revisions identified as an
general rules of order were reviewed. essential priority for the Committee.
• Since the inception of C-TECC, multiple serial amend-
ments to its bylaws have been enacted. Work is under
C-TECC Updates
way to reconcile these revisions into one active docu-
C-TECC welcomed several new members to the Board ment that will be available from the C-TECC website.
of Directors and Guidelines Committees. Dr Eric Vu • C-TECC now fully owns its trademark, and the rami-
(Vancouver, BC, Canada), Mr Christopher Baldini fications for inappropriate use of nomenclature con-
(Philadelphia Fire Department, PA), Dr Matthew Sholl tent were discussed.

149