Citation

Callaway DW. Wilderness Environ. Med. 2017; 28(2S): S140-S145.

Affiliation

Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC. Electronic address: david.callaway@carolinas.org.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.wem.2016.11.008

PMID

28392170

Abstract

Combat operations necessitate bold thought and afford the opportunity to rapidly evolve and improve trauma care. The development and maturation of Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) is an important example of a critical process improvement strategy that reduced mortality in high-threat combat-related trauma. The Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (C-TECC) adapted the lessons of TCCC to the civilian high-threat environment and provided important all-hazards response principles for austere, dynamic, and resource-limited environments. The Hartford Consensus mobilized the resources of the American College of Surgeons to drive public policy regarding a more singular focus: hemorrhage control. The combined efforts of C-TECC and Hartford Consensus have helped redefine the practice of trauma care in high-threat scenarios across the United States.

Copyright © 2017 Wilderness Medical Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Hartford Consensus; TCCC; TECC; Tactical Combat Casualty Care; Tactical Emergency Casualty Care; austere medicine; wilderness medicine