Tactical medicine course programme

Day 1

Introduction Module
Brief history of tactical medicine
Intervention sectors: cold, hot, tepid
Tactical medicine politics
Professional profile of the tactical medicine operator
Professional profile of the tactical medicine doctor
Negotiation principles and tactical medicine
Selecting the team
Planning a police support mission
Planning a v.i.p protection mission
Training cycles

Practical drills (division into groups)
Planning various missions in groups
Role playing negotiations with medical support

Day 2

Tactical module
Tactical movement in natural environments  (basic)
Tactical movement in urban environments  (basic)
Tactical movement in buildings (basic)
Movement in protecting  v.i.ps. (basic)
Discipline light/noise
Fundamentals in recognising booby traps
Introdution to ballistics and explosives
Exfiltration of the patient
Principles in making weapons secure
Medevac

Evaluation of the patient in a condition of sensory deprivation
Evaluation of the patient in a condition of sensory overload

Practical drills
Exercises in tactical movement
Exercises in recognition of booby traps
Exercises in evaluating a patient in sensory overload zones
Exercises in evaluating a patient in a condition of sensory deprivation
Exercises in exfiltration of the patient

 
Day 3

Medical module
Evaluation of a patient from a remote position
Evaluation of environmental medical risks
Evaluation of medical risks in antidrug raids
Techniques in evacuating patients

Medical protocol for wounds from fire-arms
Medical protocol for wounds from explosives
Medical protocol for “distraction device” injuries
Medical protocol for agents from “crowd control”
Medical protocol for “long-term treatments”
Medical protocol for “pre-arrest screening”
Preventative medicine
Fundamentals of veterinary first aid for the canine unit
Fundamentals of pressurization medicine for the deepwater diving unit

Practical drills
Global drilling on a tactical scenario


The participants of the tactical medicine course must have a medical certificate for non-agonistic activities and generally to state that they are in good health.

The participants must have type b.d.u. black trousers, military green t-shirt and military type boots.

The weapons on the training scene will be secured and pointed out by the instructor. For security reasons, no other weapons of any type will be allowed on the scene. Transgressors will be asked to leave the course.

At the end of the course a certificate and plastic-coated card will be issued.

The course is a pre-requisite for the following courses:

* Mission planning
* Advanced tactics    
* Remote medicine