TACTICAL DIVISION COURSES
The Advanced Tactical Provider (ATP) course is an intensive 48-hour program designed to prepare medical professionals for integration into tactical law enforcement and special operations environments. Drawing from current Committee for Tactical Combat Casualty Care (Co-TCCC) guidelines, SWAT medicine best practices, special operations medical doctrine, and modern law enforcement tactical operations, this course develops the knowledge, skills, and decision-making required of the advanced tactical medic. Students will learn to operate within high-threat environments while providing casualty care, supporting mission objectives, conducting operational medical planning, managing prolonged casualty scenarios, and integrating with tactical teams during warrant service, hostage rescue, barricaded suspect incidents, active violence events, rural operations, and other high-risk missions.
The Rescue Task Force (RTF) Operations course prepares EMS and public safety personnel to operate within the warm zone during active violence and hostile events. Utilizing current principles from the Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (C-TECC), this course focuses on integrating medical response with law enforcement operations to rapidly access, treat, and evacuate casualties before traditional scene security is fully established. Students will learn Rescue Task Force doctrine, operational integration with law enforcement, warm-zone movement, casualty assessment and treatment utilizing the MARCH framework, casualty collection point operations, triage, evacuation procedures, and unified command principles. The course emphasizes rapid life-saving interventions designed to address preventable causes of death during active threat incidents.
The Tactical K9 Casualty Care course provides handlers and tactical personnel with the knowledge and practical skills necessary to assess, treat, and evacuate injured working dogs in high-threat and austere environments. Built upon the principles of Canine Tactical Combat Casualty Care (C-TCCC), this course emphasizes the prevention of preventable K9 deaths through rapid recognition and treatment of life-threatening injuries. Students will learn to provide casualty care during ongoing tactical operations, address common causes of morbidity and mortality in working dogs, perform hemorrhage control, manage airway and breathing emergencies, recognize shock, conduct casualty evacuation, and integrate veterinary care into operational planning.
The Tactical Pediatric Casualty Care (TPCC) course prepares responders to assess, stabilize, and manage injured pediatric patients during tactical, disaster, and prehospital emergencies. Utilizing principles from Pediatric Tactical Combat Casualty Care (Pediatric C-TCCC) and evidence-based pediatric trauma care, this course focuses on the unique anatomical, physiological, and psychological considerations of treating infants, children, and adolescents. Students will learn to apply the MARCH framework to pediatric casualties, recognize life-threatening injuries, manage hemorrhage, airway and respiratory emergencies, identify shock, perform triage during mass casualty incidents, and address the emotional and psychological challenges associated with pediatric trauma.