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December 2022 C-TECC Meeting

Please mark your calendars for the December 2022 C-TECC Meeting which will occur on Monday, December 5 and Tuesday, December 6 at the George Washington University Virginia Science and Technology Campus in Ashburn, Virginia. The meeting will kick-off mid-morning on December 5 and conclude in the mid-afternoon of December 6 so attendees only need to spend one night in town.

The December meeting is considered a working meeting consisting of a complete review of the guidelines, to include inclusion/exclusion of certain procedures and language updates. An agenda for the meeting is in the works and will be distributed once finalized.

RSVP Here

C-TECC is also exploring the possibility of holding a shorter meeting in conjunction with the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) 2023 Annual Meeting the week of January 23, 2023 in Tampa, Florida, if space allows. This will be a summary meeting with the opportunity for members to vote on changes to the guidelines. Additional information on this potential meeting is forthcoming.

More information available here.
The Committee of Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (C-TECC) is rolling out a new Recognized Educational Partner process this year. This process launches in July and will allow the Committee to review current and future partner entities to ensure organizations are still active and upholding the standards of our guidance and training to those principles. Starting today, organizations who wish to remain or become educational partners may submit for consideration. The new process requires organizations to submit a new agreement, training reports, and a royalty fee on an annual basis. 

If your organization is interested in becoming a Recognized Educational Partner or if your organization is currently a partner and wishes to maintain that status, please click here for How to Apply.
The May 2022 C-TECC Meeting will be held in conjunction with SOMSA 2022 during the week of May 2-6, 2022 at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. The C-TECC meeting will be held on Monday 5/2/22 beginning at 0900 in Ballroom A.

If you are interested in participating virtually, please register here:
Virtual Registration

More information available here.
C-TECC has translated the guidelines into Ukranian, including the TECC, ALS/BLS, Pediatric, and CBRN Guidelines. Please access these translated versions on the "Guidance" webpage of the website or below:

TECC Guidelines (Ukrainian)
ALS/BLS Guidelines (Ukrainian)
Pediatric Guidelines (Ukrainian)
CBRN Guidelines (Ukrainian)
The C-TECC Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Dr. Claire Park has been appointed to the C-TECC Guidelines Committee as a voting member. Dr. Park is a consultant in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine for London HEMS and Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine at Kings College Hospital in London. She also is an army consultant with over 20 years of deployed military experience. We look forward to her continuing contributions to the committee!

Dr. Claire Park

For more information on Dr. Park, please view her bio here.
The January 2022 C-TECC Meeting is Tuesday, January 11 from 9am to 5pm (PST) in San Diego, CA in conjunction with the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) Annual Meeting. For those unable to attend in-person, a virtual option is available.  

Please register* below for virtual access:
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sv/VyneRiE/jan22rsvp

*The virtual meeting details will be distributed on Monday, January 10 and again an hour prior the start of the meeting on Tuesday, January 11. 
Please find below information on a new C-TECC resource co-authored by Board of Advisors member, Dr. Claire Park:

Provision of pre-hospital medical care for terrorist attacks

The delivery of medical care to the severely injured during major incidents and mass casualty events has been a recurring challenge for decades across the world. From events in resource-poor developing countries, through richly funded military conflicts, to the most equipped of developed nations, the provision of rapid medical care to the severely injured during major incidents and mass casualty events has been a priority for healthcare providers. This is often under the most difficult of circumstances. Whilst mass casualty events are a persistent global challenge, it is clear in developed countries that patients and their families demand and expect a high standard of care from their rescuers, that this care should be delivered rapidly, and this should be of the highest quality possible. Whilst there is respect afforded to those who ‘run towards danger’ during a high-threat situation, first responders are subjected to a high degree of scrutiny for their actions, even when the circumstances they are presented with are considered to be extraordinary. Likewise, even for those who are catastrophically injured beyond salvage, society expects the response to be dignified, calculated, and thorough.

To access the full resource, please visit: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2021.10.023
Today is Giving Tuesday 2021 and we kindly ask you to consider donating to the Committee of Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (C-TECC) this year. Donations to the Committee will fund projects in the areas of pre-hospital trauma care to better equip our first responders and civilian active bystanders to treat the injured and prevent loss of life.

Donations

GIVING TUESDAY 2021


If you're unable to donate today, please consider selecting C-TECC as your charity of choice through the AmazonSmile program, which donates money every time you make a purchase on Amazon at no additional cost to you.

C-TECC has identified several areas of patient care that still need significant research conducted before definitive guidelines can be drafted and provided to public safety and community partners for implementation in the response to violent incidents. Some of these areas of research include: pediatric tourniquet use, top-antibiotic.com for pediatrics, wounding patterns from active shooter, methods of evacuation and effect on survival, effect of obesity on TECC equipment and guidelines, physiologic monitoring of casualties in mass casualty, and more.

C-TECC is a non-profit committee of pre-hospital and emergency medicine experts convened to speed the transition of military medical lessons learned from the battlefield to civilian crisis response in order to reduce preventable causes of death in both our first responders and civilian population.

Thank you in advance for your consideration as well as your support throughout the years!
Please mark your calendars for the January 2022 C-TECC Meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 11 from 9am to 5pm in San Diego, CA in conjunction with the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) Annual Meeting at the Manchester Grand Hyatt.  Additional details will be provided as they become available.

More information, including speaker/topic suggestions, available here.
C-TECC is launching a virtual speaker series, which will highlight pertinent topics in the high threat medical response arena. These quarterly sessions will begin on September 9th.
As we approach the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, join FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs and retired Arlington County Fire Chief Jim Schwartz as they recount their experiences leading the unified command effort at the attack on the Pentagon in 2001. They will discuss the lessons learned from that experience and how those lessons can be applied to the threats of today. They will also provide a look forward on how public safety agencies can improve their preparedness efforts for the future.

  • Date & Time: Thursday, September 9 at 4pm (EDT)
  • Speakers: FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs and Retired Arlington County Fire Chief Jim Schwartz
  • Price: Free (donations accepted)
  • Length: 1-hour
  • Platform: Virtual (Zoom)

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