Equipping to TCCC

Tactical Combat Casualty Care exists because most preventable battlefield deaths come from a short list of causes — extremity hemorrhage, tension pneumothorax, and airway obstruction — that a trained operator can treat with the right gear in reach. A military loadout is built in echelons: what every individual carries, what the unit's medic carries, and what stays at the casualty collection point.

The echelons of care

Doctrine that drives the kit

• Hemorrhage first — a CoTCCC-recommended tourniquet on every individual, applied high and tight on the proximal third of the limb.
• Standardize the IFAK — identical contents and placement so any teammate can render buddy-aid from another's kit.
• Plan for delay — when evacuation is hours out, prolonged-care and warming gear keep a stabilized casualty alive.

Frequently Asked Questions

Related collections

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