The Rescue Task Force Concept & Tactical Trauma Care Manual

This is the manual for the live Rescue Task Force & Tactical Trauma Care course for first Responders. Indirect and Direct Threat care has been updated October 2021 to reflect the most current guidelines. In it you will learn:-Operational principals of a Rescue Task Force and the importance of establishing Unified Command.-Rescue Task Force is a coordinated response by first responders that is controlled and coordinated by law enforcement.-Identify the operational areas where the Rescue Task Force will operate.-How Rescue Task Force members will team up with their law enforcement security element.-How to tactically move as a Rescue Task Force.-How and where to establish a Causality Collection Point.-How to evacuate casualties from an Indirect - lifts & drags.-Threat environment to an Ambulance Exchange Point. Gunshot & stab wounds.-Entrance and exit wounds.-Blast Wounds.-Impaled Objects.-Sucking chest wounds. - Types of bleeding.1. Capillary.2. Venous.3. Arterial.- RTA: Rapid Trauma Assessment, BATH Assessment.- Basic methods to stop bleeding.- ?- Tactical Trauma: Steps to take when treating a traumatic wounds.1. How and when to use trauma tourniquet.2. Documenting the use of a tourniquets - CAT, Soft T, RAT, Swat T.3. What is hemostatic gauze.4. How and when to use hemostatic gauze.5. How and when to use combat pressure dressing bandage.6. Tactical evacuation of the injured - lifts, carries, drags, equipment.7. Providing full patient report to other providers. Go to traintorespond.vipmembervault.com for free video training that accomphanies this manual.