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Overview of skill sets among the various levels of combat casualty care in the Canadian Forces
CFA TCCC TACMED Stop major hemorrhage with pressure, tourniquet and wound packing with hemostatic agent
Stop major hemorrhage with pressure, tourniquet and wound packing with hemostatic agent
Stop major hemorrhage with pressure, tourniquet and wound packing with hemostatic agent
Maintain an airway-recovery position
Maintain an airway-recovery position, jaw thrust and NPA
Maintain an airway-recovery position, jaw thrust, NPA, OPA, supraglottic airways, surgical cricothyrotomy
Seal open chest wounds with occlusive dressing
Identification and decompression of tension pneumothorax under direction of a medic
Seal open chest wounds with occlusive dressings
Identification and decompression of tension pneumothorax
Identify signs of hemorrhagic shock
Intraveous/intraosseous administration of hypertonic saline/dextran with permissive hypotension
Aid medic in application of pelvic binders and splinting fractures
Management of bowel evisceration, application of pelvic binders and splinting fractures
Hypothermia prevention
Hypothermia prevention
Assist medic as required, including calling in TACEVAC request
Assist medic as required, including calling in TACEVAC request
Use of narcotics for pain management in trauma
Antibiotic use postinjury
CFA = combat first aid; NPA = nasopharygeal airway; OPA = oropharyngeal airway; TACEVAC = tactical evacuation care; TACMED = tactical medicine; TCCC = tactical combat casualty care.