Classes/Services Offered
RTF Awareness
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2-4-hour course (structured to fit into individual fire department’s training time frames).
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This course is designed to be the introductory level for Active Shooter Response and gives the basic understanding of how to respond to active violence events as well as set up unified command and what steps will need to be initially taken.
RTF Operations
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4-6-hour course.
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Introduction to Cold Zone and Warm Zone Operations.
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Provide introduction and familiarization to equipment and triage principles.
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Tourniquets
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Chest Seals
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Wound Packing
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Pressure Dressings
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General Evacuation Techniques
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Second step for departments.
RTF Technician
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16-hour course.
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In depth instruction on Warm Zone Entries.
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Movements with Police Escorts
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Focus on triage and treatment of patients under direct and indirect threat care.
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Tourniquets
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Chest Seals
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Wound Packing
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Pressure Dressings
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Evacuation Techniques
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Introduction to Incident management to include staging, 5th man and Unified Command principles.
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Live tissue labs with a focus on puncture, penetrating and blast injuries for emergency medical interventions during incidents of active violence.
Stop the Bleed
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1-2-hour course.
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Teaches people without a medical background how to compress and stop major bleeds.
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Designed to introduce lifesaving interventions to lay persons during active violence incidents.
Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC)
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16-20 hour course.
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The TECC is designed to teach EMS practitioners and other prehospital providers how to respond to and care for patients in a civilian tactical environment. It is designed to decrease preventable deaths in a tactical situation. The course presents the three phases of tactical care:
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Direct Threat Care that is rendered while under attack or in adverse conditions.
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Indirect Threat Care that is rendered while the threat has been suppressed but may resurface at any point.
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Evacuation Care that is rendered while the casualty is being evacuated from the incident site.
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Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) Team Set-up/Consult
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4-8 hour course
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This course is designed to create networking and help new TEMS teams, SWAT medics, and TECC certified medics with their equipment set-up, training techniques, and training scenarios.
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This course aids in various individual medical gear set-up, medical bag set-up, and team equipment.
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Training techniques and scenarios are custom fit to the individual organizations needs and budgets.