What is a TCCC kit?

What is a TCCC kit?

The TCCC IFAK Skills Kit – All Combatant is engineered for student use during trauma lanes or scenarios. Each IFAK contains the necessary equipment for initial TCCC care in an easy to attach modular carrying bag is compact that is designed to be worn on the assault vest or body armor via MOLLE-style attachment points.

What should I carry in my IFAK?

What goes in an IFAK?

  • SOFTT-W Tourniquet. SOFTT-W Generation 4 Tourniquet.
  • QuikClot Combat Gauze. QuikClot® Combat Gauze® LE (Z-Folded)
  • Israeli Emergency Bandage. Israeli Emergency Bandage.
  • Talon Rescue Tactical Shears. Talon Rescue Tactical Trauma Shears, 7.25″ – Black.
  • Nitrile Gloves.
  • Hypothermia Wrap.

What’s in an Army medic bag?

Equipment might include:

  • PPE (gloves, mask, eye protection)
  • Small pocket mask, NPA, OPA.
  • Trauma scissors.
  • 1 or 2 tourniquets (SWAT-T, CAT)
  • Chest decompression kit.
  • 2-3 trauma dressings (Israeli type)
  • 4-6 hemostatic dressings.
  • 2-3 open chest seal (Bolin, Hyfin, Asherman)

What is TCCC Tecc?

The TECC guidelines are different than the military version of Tactical Combat Casualty Care. The TCCC is used to teach soldiers basic life-saving measures. With these guidelines, the military has done an amazing job of having between 3 to 5 percent of deaths from preventable causes. TECC is specific for civilian EMS.

How long can you keep a tourniquet on TCCC?

Every effort should be made to convert tourniquets in less than 2 hours if bleeding can be controlled with other means.

Do soldiers carry first aid kits?

Every soldier now carries the improved first aid kit (IFAK). The 1-pound kit contains six items packed in a modified ammunition pouch.

What is in a USMC IFAK?

Kit Contents:

  • 2 x C-A-T® Tourniquet – Black.
  • 1 x NAR Compressed Gauze, 4.5 in.
  • 1 x Dry Sterile Burn Dressing, Triangular – Super XL.
  • 5 x Sterile Non-stick Pad Latex Free Adhesive Bandage – 2″ x 4″
  • 1 x Pair Black Talon Gloves, Large.
  • 10 x Adhesive Bandage – .75″ x 3″
  • 1 x Water Purification Tablets (Pack of 10)

Where does the 2nd tourniquet go?

If the first tourniquet fails to control the bleeding, apply a second tourniquet just above (proximal to) the first. Don’t put a tourniquet directly over the knee or elbow. Don’t put a tourniquet directly over a holster or a cargo pocket that contains bulky items.

What is the maximum time to leave a tourniquet in place?

Muscle damage is nearly complete by 6 hours, with likely required amputation. Numerous studies have been performed to determine the maximum duration of tourniquet use before complications. The general conclusion is that a tourniquet can be left in place for 2 h with little risk of permanent ischaemic injury.

What tourniquets are TCCC approved?

New TCCC guidelines provide officers more tourniquet choices

  • TMT Tourniquet Combat Medical.
  • CAT Tourniquet Gen 7 by North American Rescue.
  • TX2 and TX3 RevMedX.
  • XT Tourniquet SAM Medical.
  • SOF Tourniquet Gen 4 Tactical Medical Solutions.

What do you put in a trauma bag?

Your bag should contain:

  1. An assortment of dressings to cover various sized wounds.
  2. An assortment of bandages (gauze and Kling), along with specialized bandages for controlling hemorrhage (Israeli or H-bandage)
  3. Tourniquets.
  4. Hemostat dressings.
  5. Chest seal bandages.

Are combat medics materiel prepared to use Combat Aid bags?

Combat medics primarily use aid bags to transport medical materiels forward on the battlefield. We seek to assess combat medic materiel preparedness to employ TCCC-recommended interventions by inventorying active duty, combat medic aid bags. Methods: We sought combat medics organic to combat arms units stationed at Joint Base Lewis McChord.

What do you do with a TCCC card?

Documentation Document clinical assessments, treatments rendered, and changes in the casualty’s status on a TCCC Casualty Card (DD Form 1380) and forward this information with the casualty to the next level of care. Prepare for Evacuation Complete and secure TCCC Card (DD1380) to casualty. Secure all loose ends of bandages and wraps.

What should be included in a TCCC casualty card?

Document clinical assessments, treatments rendered, and changes in the casualty’s status on a TCCC Casualty Card (DD Form 1380) and forward this information with the casualty to the next level of care. Prepare for Evacuation Complete and secure TCCC Card (DD1380) to casualty. Secure all loose ends of bandages and wraps.

What is a TCCC drug in the military?

Class:NSAID; COX2 Inhibitor, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic TCCC Indications: For mild to moderate pain management for a casualty that is still able to fight as a component of the Combat Wound Medication Pack (CWMP)

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