TECC Provider Course and
TECC-LEO Course
Ballston Exchange, Arlington, VA
About the course
The 2nd edition of NAEMT's Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) course (16-hours) teaches EMS practitioners and other prehospital providers how to respond to and care for patients in a civilian tactical environment. Students receive a certificate of completion, a wallet card recognizing them as a TECC provider, and 16 hours of CAPCE credit.
The course presents the three phases of tactical care and integrates parallel EMS nomenclature:
- Hot Zone / Direct Threat Care that is rendered while under attack or in adverse conditions.
- Warm Zone / Indirect Threat Care that is rendered while the threat has been suppressed but may return at any point.
- Cold Zone / Evacuation Care that is rendered while the casualty is being evacuated from the incident site.
Course includes new patient simulations and covers the following
- Hemorrhage control including immediate action drills for tourniquet application
- Complete coverage of the MARCH assessment
- Surgical airway control and needle decompression
- Strategies for treating wounded responders in threatening environments
- Caring for pediatric patients
- Techniques for dragging/carrying victims to safety
- Final, mass-casualty/active shooter event simulation