The Advanced Resuscitative Care (ARC) CPG is the most advanced TCCC update yet. For those who have been paying attention, it marks a milestone in DoD medicine, by allowing advanced providers with a mastery of the basics to reach into the remaining cause of preventable death: Noncompressible Torso Hemorrhage, or NCTH.

 

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Best Tourniquet Holding and Strap Pulling Technique Wall PL, Buising CM, Donovan S,...

Ease of Use of Emergency Tourniquets on Simulated Limbs of Infants: Deliberate Practice  Kragh JF, Wright-Aldossari B, Aden JK, Dubick MA. 19(2). 4...

The MARCH algorithm is synonymous with Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC). It is a simple acronym for remembering the necessary steps in priority for saving lives in combat. M-massive hemorrhage, A-airway, R-respiratory, C-circulation, and H-hypothermia

This is an article written by Sean Keenan, MD, FAAEM, FAWM and Jamie Riesberg, MD.  It originally appeared in the June 2017 Volume 28, Issue 2...

K9 TCCC guidelines - pass these to your dog handlers.  However, in case the dog handler is injured, team medics need to know what to do for the in...

The hemostatic product range is, like tourniquets, always a source of debate among members of the community   Often times, information is propagated based on anecdotal evidence, favoritism, brand loyalty, or "I only use what the military uses".  Sometimes the studies and actual evidence get brushed aside and this tends to confuse the newer medic or citizen who is just learning about these products.

The most ideal approach when choosing an IFAK pouch, bag, sack, container, or any type of ruck or pack, is to first decide the contents, what you are going to put in it, what you intend to carry based on your needs and capabilities.  Only after you have done this should you start shopping for its container.

Presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Academic Surgical Congress, Houston, TX, February 2019. E Reed Smith, MD, Babak Sarani, MD, FACS, F...