Schedule April 26-30, 2004   TACTICAL MEDIC COURSE

TOPIC - MONDAY

Registration - Medical Information

Welcome - Administrative Introduction

Pre Test  –  Group Exercise

Role of the Tactical Medic

Medical Intelligence / Threat Assessment

Team Health / Extended Operations

Tactical / SWAT Operations

Tactical Movement

Three Stages of Patient Care in the Tactical Environment - Overview

Care under Fire

Tactical Field Care

Evacuation Care

Tactical Patient Assessment

Medical Intelligence Assignment / Scenario

SWAT Demonstration   

This Five day, 52 hour Tactical EMS Course is an intense classroom and field-training program designed for the medic that provides emergency medical care and support to police tactical / SWAT teams.

TOPIC - TUESDAY

Hostage Survival

Telemedicine / Negotiator 1stt Aid

Chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction

Clandestine Drug Labs – Booby Traps

Booby Traps – Build your own lab

HAZMAT – Rapid Decontamination

CS Exposure – Gas Masks

Decontamination Lab

Medical Kit / Bags – Show & Tell

Oxygen Therapy in the Tactical Environment

Body Armour/Safety Gear – Removing the gear

FTX NIGHT EXCERISE

                        FTX I       Sensory Depravation Lab – Assessment

                        FTX II      Tactical Movement – Stealth Night Ops

                        FTX III      Emergency Extraction

                        FTX IV     Sensory Overload Lab – Assessment

TOPIC - WEDNESDAY

Bleeding Control – New Bandages

Controlled Environment Hemostasis - Sutures

Basic Suture Lab

Tactical Waterborne Activities

Water/Diving Injuries

FTX Water Operations / Aquatic Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOPIC - FRIDAY

FINAL SKILL ROTATIONS

1. Telemedicine

2. Airway

3. Bleeding Control  / Suture

4. Medevac

Final Exam (all)

FTX TEAM SCENARIOS

1. Ambush

2. Drug Lab (Raid)

3. Bombing (suicide)

4. Medic Up (Officer Down) / Medevac

GRADUATION    (all)

TOPIC - THURSDAY

Federal Tactical Medics

Terrorism / Suicide Bomber

Sleep / Wake Management

Chest Wounds

Disaster/ Triage / START/ JUMP START

Weapon Effects (Ballistics)

Presidential Assassinations

Survival – mountain/desert/wilderness

Care under fire – Course Synopsis