Tactical Casualty Care Operator Course
Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS)
First Responder Operational (FRO)
Active Shooter Response
This course is offered in a minimum 2 day format.
The Soteria Defense Tactical Casualty Care Operator Course is a premier program that blends high intensity live fire / range time with tactics and medical training.
Medical statutory and regulatory compliance:
– California Assembly Bill 1598 Active Shooter Response / First Responder Required Training
– California Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA)
– Tactical First Aid /Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) First Responder Operational (FRO) level 3
– Sacramento County LEMSA Educator (8 Medical Continuing Education Hours)
– Committee -Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (C-TECC) Compliant
– NAEMT Compliant (we can provide an NAEMT “hard card” for an additional $85 per student)
*This course has been previously accepted for US Department of State required training for forward deployed personnel, and may meet US Military / DOS TCC Training requirements depending on your scope of care / course requirements. Contact us for more information.
*This course can be adjusted to feature the 1 day POST / EMSA Tactical Casualty Care (TCC) Pre-hospital Trauma Care course then a 2nd / 3rd days of live fire curriculum. However, this is not the typical deployment for this course as it is an operator focused program.
The Soteria Defense Tactical Casualty Care Operator Course meets today’s needs for high intensity realistic training for active shooter incidents and officer down scenarios. This course is an inclusive program focused on operational necessities and combined skill sets of individual firearms capabilities, high level incident response and tactics, and medical treatment to save lives. In our experience, very few programs encompass a realistic view of what happens when personnel are encountered with high intensity lethal scenarios and the resulting injuries likely in these incidents including gunshot wounds. Statistics and reality dictate that if you are tasked with responding to or safeguarding during a ballistic incident or active shooter, you need this training.
Tactical Casualty Care / Tactical First Aid provides the techniques and training to render immediate medical aid to victims of traumatic and violent injuries. This course is California EMSA and Sacramento LEMSA approved, and is NAEMT compliant. “Tactical Casualty Care” was originally a Special Operations research effort, now used throughout the U.S. military and by most allied countries and has helped U.S. combat forces achieve the highest casualty survival rate in history. National and international examples of high-level violent incidents include but are not limited to the The Boston Bombing, Florida Night Club shooting, San Bernardino, Bataclan Theater, Mumbai, Kenya (mall and university) and more. These incidents have emphasized the need to enable first responders with enhanced first aid training. The National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE) has recognized the advancement of casualty treatment by the military with national implementation of simple methods of treatment and equipment readily available for law enforcement, EMS, security professionals and even “bystander first responders.” This course is a must have for anyone in the law enforcement, first responder and security related industries, and any person who wants or needs to enhance their medical skillset.
* This course provides a 2 year certification.
2 Day Format: 8 Hours Tactical, 8 Hours Medical
3 Day Format: 12 hours Tactical, 12 Hours Medical
Requirements / Prerequisites:
- US Citizen
- Pistol Tactics (PTAC) 2 or similar course mandatory – or LEO / Mil
- Basic understanding of First Aid concepts
Learning Objectives:
- Safety and firearms safety
- Principles, history, development, and rationale
- Unified Response to a mass incident / active shooter
- Priorities of event response (win the fight, treat, evacuate, security, triage, transport)
- Identification and treatment of the leading causes of preventable death
- Extensive live fire / realistic range drills
- IFAK – Individual First Aid Kit, “must have items,” kit assessments,
- Introduction to Close Quarters Clearance / CQC
(“Close Quarters Battle” / CQB for military unit training) - Medical planning, scene size up, and triage
- FINAL TRAINING EXERCISE (FTX) and written test
Tactical Learning Objectives:
- Extensive live fire drills
- Tactical familiarization
- Tactical movement
- Room clearing basics (Dynamic Clearance) for 2 – 4 operators.
Equipment:
- Range appropriate clothing
- Body Armor recommended
- Handgun, magazines, holster, magazine carrier
- 400 rounds ammunition (600 for 3 day format)
- Eye & ear protection
- Notebook & pen
- Food / hydration (not readily accessible at the range)
- Bring your IFAK kit for in-class evaluation
We highly recommend North American Rescue INTERMEDIATE BLEEDER CONTROL KIT, as a start point:
