Tactical Combat Casualty Care — All Service Members
Foundational casualty care for every service member.
Entry-level TCCC course familiarizing all military personnel — medical or non-medical — with the concepts and basic lifesaving skills needed to render aid to a trauma casualty.
Course Overview
TCCC-ASM is the Tier 1 course in the four-tier TCCC ladder, designed to give every service member a working foundation in tactical trauma care. The course pairs a short didactic introduction with hands-on skill stations covering rapid casualty assessment, massive bleeding control, basic airway and breathing, burns, fractures, eye and head injury recognition, and casualty documentation. All skills are taught at a basic-proficiency level and have been proven safe and effective for performance by personnel with no prior medical training. Students leave qualified at the TCCC basic-proficiency level, prepared to deliver immediate aid in both combat and non-combat settings. Materials follow the CoTCCC Guidelines and are delivered through the DHA Deployed Medicine platform.
Who It's For
All service members (active duty, reserve, federal). Not offered to civilian/non-federal audiences.
Prerequisites
- No prior medical training required — primarily intended for non-medical personnel
- Restricted to military service members and federal personnel (active duty, reserve, federal)
- Not offered to civilian or non-federal audiences
Quick Facts
Duration
6 hours+
Format
In-Person
Certification
NAEMT-issued certification AND direct CoTCCC pathway (pending). TCCC-ASM (All Service Member) basic-proficiency qualification per CoTCCC Guidelines.
Starting From
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Upcoming Offerings
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Day-by-day schedule and topics covered
- Introduction to TCCC (CoTCCC Guidelines, phases of care, role of the nonmedical service member)
- First Aid Kit Familiarization (JFAK contents, maintenance, resupply)
- Rapid Casualty Assessment (MARCH sequence, casualty movement, drags and carries)
- Massive Bleeding Control (windlass and ratchet tourniquets, hemostatic dressings, pressure bandages, improvised tourniquet risks, shock recognition, hypothermia prevention)
- Airway & Breathing (airway obstruction signs, recovery position, head-tilt/chin-lift, jaw-thrust, life-threatening chest injury recognition)
- Burns (severity classification, dry dressing, heat loss prevention, electrical burn safety)
- Fractures (suspected fracture signs, SAM splint application)
- Eye Trauma (initial care, rigid eye shield application)
- Head Injury Recognition (DODI 6490.11, MACE 2 reporting, IED checklist)
- Medical Documentation and Communication (DD Form 1380 TCCC card, point-of-injury communication)
What You'll Learn
Describe the practice of TCCC in accordance with the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (CoTCCC) Guidelines.
Identify the contents and proper use of an individual Joint First Aid Kit (JFAK).
Perform a rapid casualty assessment using the MARCH sequence on a trauma casualty in a combat or noncombat scenario.
Apply a two-handed tourniquet to control life-threatening bleeding within 1 minute (secured within 3 minutes) per CoTCCC Guidelines.
Apply a hemostatic dressing and pressure bandage where a tourniquet cannot be effectively used.
Demonstrate basic airway management — recovery position, head-tilt/chin-lift, and jaw-thrust — for a casualty with a compromised airway or respiratory distress.
Identify the severity of a burn, apply a dry dressing, and prevent heat loss in a burn casualty.
Identify suspected fractures and apply a splint using a SAM splint or other splinting materials.
Provide basic care for an eye injury and apply a rigid eye shield per CoTCCC Guidelines.
Identify a head injury in accordance with DODI 6490.11 and report critical observations using MACE 2.
Document casualty information on the DD Form 1380 TCCC Card and communicate care to medical personnel per DHA-PI 6040.01.
Your Instructors
Our instructors come from diverse operational backgrounds — military and SOF medics, tactical medics supporting state and local specialty teams, federal agent medics, rescue specialists, and emergency medicine physicians. They don't just teach the material — they live it.
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