Originally Posted by
BruceLeroy
Quick question... Do all these Combat Casualty Care Courses getting taught by "XYZ" Tactical instructors have medical directors or are they covered with waivers/liability forms.
I know that the C3 course is the standard from the Army/military but does it require oversight by a doc?
First TCCC isn't generally meant for medics and in the civilian world the medical techniques covered go beyond the scope of practice of most paramedics/EMTs.
Second outside of tourniquet and combat gauze application, the advanced techniques require a certain amount of anatomical knowledge and the ability to maintain a perishable skill.
Third, TCCC is only peripherally about medicine, it's more about mindset and evacuation.
That said are you an EMT or Paramedic? If you are it wouldn't be their medical director that covers your liability, it would be your command doc. So while they have medical directors, the curriculum is such that if you aren't an EMT, there isn't much in the way of liability protection and you're better off with a standard civilian first-aid class.
Military medicine is a unique animal since the practitioners can't be sued for negligence, they get court-martialed.
There are plenty of good civilian classes out there, and the mark of a good one is a dedicated medical director that has approved their curriculum. Another one is probably (but not necessarily) the absence of the word "tactical" in the title.
Last edited by Gutshot John; 03-06-11 at 09:50.
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