TECCi
Who is this qualification for?
This is a new course that we have developed in response to the need to have more people trained in a mass casualty situation. How long will it take?
To complete this qualification learners should expect to undertake 40 hours of learning, typically over 5 days.
Topics covered
- Introduction and Principles of first aid
- Gunshot wounds and realities of their medical management
- How to rapidly evaluate injuries and how they affect your tactical treatment plan
- The concept of “care under fire” and how it differs from a non-tactical medical situation
- Choosing appropriate medical care for each treatment phase
- Assessment and management of penetrating, blunt, and blast injuries
- Assessment and management of massive haemorrhage
- The safe and efficient use of improvised and commercially available tourniquets
- Appropriate treatment of casualties with abdominal injuries or head injuries
- Casualty hypothermia prevention
- Techniques for moving casualties to a safer location
- Triage of multiple casualties and setting up a Casualty Collection Point
- Tactical casualty care concepts and their application
- Airway management, airway positioning and airways
- Appropriate treatment of casualties with ocular injuries
- Burns
- Fractures
Assessment method
This course has a mixture of scenario assessments, a written exam and a series of practical exams.