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Today it’s my honor to present that award to my friend and videos have vastly improved the quality of the TCCC course
colleague on the Committee on TCCC—Master Sergeant Har- content, both through standardizing the message delivered
old “Monty” Montgomery. and through making the educational content more visually en-
gaging to the student.
Monty served in the 75th Ranger Regiment for 22 years and
completed 12 full combat deployments to Iraq and Afghani- Another aspect of the Deployed Medicine research effort that
stan as well as numerous shorter missions and was part of the Monty has guided has been to develop a TCCC application
medical leadership team that made the 75th Ranger Regiment that can be downloaded onto a medic’s smart phones. This is
synonymous with excellence in TCCC. very helpful when they are in areas in which internet service
is not available.
After his time in the Ranger Regiment, MSG (Ret) Montgom-
ery was selected to be the Senior Enlisted Medical Advisor for Monty has revolutionized TCCC’s strategic messaging strat-
the 70,000-person US Special Operations Command, a posi- egy. He has correctly pointed out that if we want to more
tion of great trust and respect. He is also the current President effectively reach younger medics, we have to use Facebook,
of the Special Operations Medical Association. Twitter, Instagram, and other social media platforms—and he
has made that happen.
MSG (Ret) Montgomery has been a member of the Committee
on Tactical Combat Casualty Care for many years and is one Lastly, Monty realized the need for a comprehensive but more
of our hardest workers. Several years ago, he was honored succinct TCCC reference document and went on to devel op the
with the TCCC Award, which is given annually to the person TCCC Quick Reference Guide. This document is an outstand-
who has done the most to help advance TCCC. Now that he is ing ed ucational adjunct for anyone trying to master TCCC
out of the military, he is working full-time with the CoTCCC concepts. The TCCC Quick Reference Guide also includes the
and has continued to be a force of nature working on behalf first-ever and very well-done TCCC Clinical Algorithms. And
of combat medics, corpsmen, and PJs. did I mention that it is free? You can download it without
charge from the Deployed Medicine, NAEMT, or other TCCC
Monty authored one major TCCC change paper last year. He hosting websites.
is now the change leader for an update on which tourniquets
will be recommended by TCCC. This matters to you as civilian So if you are a military or a civilian medic and you get a tweet
EMS providers because: (1) with Monty doing his usual su- about a new TCCC recommendation, or you pull up your
perb job, this will be one of the best and most comprehensive TCCC Quick Reference Guide to walk through how to ad-
papers on tourniquets in the literature; and (2) the American dress a specific clinical scenario, or you go onto the Deployed
College of Surgeons-sponsored Stop the Bleed training course Medicine website to look up a TCCC teaching module, or you
suggests that organizations buy tourniquets that are recom- are looking at a high-quality video on how to perform a sur-
mended by Committee on TCCC. gical airway during the TCCC for Medical Personnel course—
just think to yourself: “Thanks, Monty!”
In the last 2 years, MSG (Ret) Montgomery has worked ex-
tensively with the team from the Defense Health Agency I certainly say that many times each week.
Deployed Medicine research program and the University of
Miami Ryder Trauma Center to create 33 high-quality vid- Today I would like to say “Thanks, Monty” on behalf of the
eos that have now been incorporated into the 2018 TCCC for entire NAEMT organization as we present him with this year’s
Medical Personnel Curriculum that came out in August. These Scott Frame Service Award.

Dr Frank Butler Receives NAEMT’s 2018
Rocco V. Morando Lifetime Achievement Award
aptain Frank K. Butler Jr (USN Ret), MD, was pre-
sented with the 2018 Rocco V. Morando Lifetime
CAchievement Award, recognizing a lifetime of commit-
ment, contributions and leadership to emergency medical ser-
vices (EMS). The award is NAEMT’s most prestigious and is
generously sponsored by the National Registry of Emergency
Medical Technicians (NREMT). The presentation was made
during NAEMT’s annual General Membership Meeting in
Nashville on October 30.

Dr Butler has conducted, promoted, and applied the results
of both Military Health System and civilian trauma research
in his roles as the founder of Tactical Combat Casualty Care
(TCCC) and – for the past decade – as the Chairman of the
Department of Defense’s Committee on TCCC. (left to right) Craig Manifold; SSG Stephen Meyer; Captain Frank K.
Butler, Jr. (USN Ret); MAJ Charles Moore; Paul Vecchio

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