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- the Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) manual for non-tactical trauma care;
- Chapter 16 of the PHTLS Manual for Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC)."
Commander, US Special Operations Command ltr 9 March 2005 (2)
Commander, USASOC, and Commander, AFSOC, will ensure that the POI for both
the SOCM course and refresher training reflects the information contained in the most
current version of the standards noted both presently and whenever the national standards
are updated in the future.
Gen Bryan D. Brown
Commander, US Special Operations Command TCCC Training and Equipment message
USSOCOM message 222016 March 05
All deploying SOF units will have TCCC training and equipment per PHTLS Manual
Chapter 16
Meets CENTCOM directive
Comgressional and DOD-level interest
Unit-based TCCC initiatives meet requirement
Non-TCCC trauma courses don't
On the Horizon TCCC 2006
Fentanyl lozenges
CASEVAC Rules of Thumb
Management of wounded hostile combatants
Mobic instead of Vioxx
Ertapenem as alternate IV/IM antibiotic
New hemostatic agent algorithm
Pulse oximetry guidelines
Blood transfusion guidelines
Hypothermia prevention
Tourniquet removal guidelines
