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• Casualty at altitude
• Known or suspected smoke inhalation
5. Circulation (same as Tactical Field Care)
6. Moderate or Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (same as Tactical Field Care)
7. Hypothermia Prevention (same as Tactical Field Care)
8. Penetrating Eye Trauma (same as Tactical Field Care)
9. Monitoring (same as Tactical Field Care)
10. Analgesia (same as Tactical Field Care)
11. Antibiotics (same as Tactical Field Care)
12. Inspect and dress known wounds (same as Tactical Field Care)
13. Check for additional wounds (same as Tactical Field Care)
14. Burns (same as Tactical Field Care)
15. Splint fractures and re-check pulses (same as Tactical Field Care)
16. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in TACEVAC
a. Casualties with torso trauma or polytrauma who have no pulse or respirations during TACEVAC should have bilateral
needle decompression performed to ensure they do not have a tension pneumothorax. The procedure is the same as de-
scribed in Section (4a) above.
b. CPR may be attempted during this phase of care if the casualty does not have obviously fatal wounds and will be arriving
at a facility with a surgical capability within a short period of time. CPR should not be done at the expense of compro-
mising the mission or denying lifesaving care to other casualties.
17. Communication
a. Communicate with the casualty if possible. Encourage, reassure, and explain care.
b. Communicate with medical providers at the next level of care as feasible and relay mechanism of injury, injuries sus-
tained, signs/symptoms, and treatments rendered. Provide additional information as appropriate.
18. Documentation of Care (same as Tactical Field Care)
PMID: 30364091; DOI: 10.55460/QT3B-XK5B

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