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The first few minutes of care in a medical emergency can be the difference between life and death. The Washington National Guard’s Counter Drug Program gave local first responders and guardsmen new tools on how to assess this crucial time.
The Counter Drug Program put on a tactical medicine course, attended by law, fire and emergency department personnel and guardsmen from the 1st Squadron, 303rd Cavalry Regiment that are preparing to deploy later this year.
The tactical medicine course is designed to provide law enforcement officers, agents and other first responders with an understanding how to respond to and care for patients in a civilian tactical environment. The focus is on the primary interventions provided for the leading causes of preventable death. Utilizing a mix of classroom presentation and hands-on skills practice, attendees will be exposed to a unique training environment which will enable them to provide basic life-sustaining treatments in a hostile environment.
“This course has been a great refresher for me,” said Patrol Officer Elijah Allman, a former Army medic who now works for the Tacoma Police Department. “I think the most beneficial part of this course has been the point of injury training, especially for law enforcement, since often we are the first responders on the scene.”
Leveraging overseas and domestic military experiences, instructors illustrate and convey lessons learned in hostile situations.
“The local law, fire and emergency departments have adopted a program called Tactical Emergency Casualty Care, and it is very similar to what we teach in Tactical Combat Casualty Care courses,” said Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Keating, an instructor with the Western Regional Counterdrug Training Center. “We’ve adapted the TCCC course to meet the needs of our first responder students.”
The program sets its course dates on a website and uses its established relationships with high intensity drug trafficking areas and their training coordinators to fill the seat. The course also receives many students who were referred by a previous student that enjoyed the course.
“I’m glad my counter parts from other agencies sent me the email for this course,” said Allman. “I’ll be spreading that awareness through my department as well. Every law enforcement officer should go through this form of training.”
For more information on courses offered through the Western Regional Counterdrug Training Center, please check out their website: https://wrctc.com/default.aspx?MenuItemID=111&MenuSubID=2&MenuGroup=Public+Home&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
| Date Taken: | 09.25.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 09.25.2019 12:00 |
| Story ID: | 343648 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA, US |
| Hometown: | CAMP MURRAY, WA, US |
| Hometown: | JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA, US |
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