I’m off to a 2-day TECC course 31July with Diego Readiness of Maine. I’ve taken their 1-day TECC for “civilians” (for lack of a better word) at a F&G and their 4hr First on the Scene (FOTS) as well. Very competent, motivated instructors - former military with extensive experience in the field and great teaching skills.
No website but a FB presence. Google them and find course schedules. They have trunks full of all the gear you’ll run across to try out.
While this course is for EMTs/Paramedics, they are flexible based on venue and sponsoring agency or club on attendees. I’ll be the least qualified going into this course but come out with a lot of new learning - and a better idea of the gap between me and professionals.
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Translating military field experience in the Middle East to the US hasn’t been straightforward. While Stop the Bleed (I’m a card-carrying instructor) emphasizes TQ use, a few postmortem studies found that few mass shooting victims in recent high body count events could have been saved by TQs. In the States, we don’t wear body armor and get blown up by IEDs, so massive hemorrhage from limbs is less often a cause of death. We shoot each other with handguns from yards away. Very few survive headshots but survivable toro hits appear to be the opportunity. Our world is usually pre-hospital treatment before rapid transport, so buying minutes before transport is the key. If PD/FD/EMT response and transport is unlikely in a place/situation, all options to buy more time are important.
Case in point, the Hey Jackass Chicago tracker find 95% lethality from head shots, ~40% lethality from toro shots but <3% lethality from arm/leg shots. So carry a TQ but also chest seals and gauze. My lightest pocket kits have seals and gauze removed from vacuum-sealed packaging - I wear alcohol-rinsed gloves to unpack and repack sterile components in vacuum sealed bags. Nobody is going to die from an infection from using such gear, but if a kit is too bulky to always EDC, nobody will be saved with it sitting at home.
Strap the pipe, plug the junctions and seal the box.
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