Effects of Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Training for Law Enforcement Officers

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
Heidie R Rothschild, Kathleen Mathieson

Abstract

This study evaluated how Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) training prepared law enforcement officers (LEOs) with the tools necessary to provide immediate, on-scene medical care to successfully stabilize victims of trauma. This was a retrospective, de-identified study using a seven-item Fairfax County (Virginia USA) TECC After-Action Questionnaire and Arlington County (Virginia USA) police reports. Forty-six encounters were collected from 2015 through 2016. Eighty-four percent (n=39) of the encounters were from TECC After-Action Questionnaires and 15% (n=7) were from police reports. The main injuries included 13% (n=6) arterial bleeds, 46% (n=21) mild/moderate bleeds, 37% (n=17) large wounds, 20% (n=9) penetrating chest wounds, and 13% (n=6) open abdominal wounds. One-hundred percent of officers reported success in stabilizing victim injuries. Seventy-four percent of officers (n=26) did not encounter problems caring for a patient while 26% (n=9) encountered a problem. Ninety-seven percent (n=37/38) answered Yes, the training was sufficient, and three percent (n=1) indicated it was OK. This is the most comprehensive study of TECC use among LEOs to date that supports the importance of TECC training for all LEOs in prehospit...Continue Reading

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Jul 10, 2021·The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery·Felix BorgersMarc Sabbe

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