Ecosystem
Our ecosystem of specialist courses are designed, developed and delivered by experienced clinicians to provide the highest standard of emergency medical training for people who work in tactical, high-threat, austere and complex environments.
Using our 10 years training experience and proven methodologies, we offer customised training solutions dedicated to your specific industry and environment. Our team ensures the right training is developed and delivered to give participants the skills, knowledge and confidence to make a difference.
Our training programs are designed to be progressive and scalable for any high-risk organisation. Our tiered ecosystem and refresher or continued professional development programs allows participants to continue learning, remain compliant and scale medical capability as required.
Ecosystem modules
Level 1
- Arterial Tourniquets
- Junctional haemorrhage management techniques
- Penetrating torso trauma management techniques
Level 2
The TacMed Tactical First Aid course introduces participants to the skills and knowledge required to manage potentially survivable causes of death in Direct Threat Care in addition to completing Basic Life Support competencies.
The Tactical Emergency Casualty Care guidelines are one of many resources used in this course but are not used dogmatically. Instead they are adapted to suit the needs of the end user, as the guidelines are intended to do.
This course provides a great balance between trauma and medical care. It is suitable for participants of all backgrounds that are limited in time but still want to upgrade their first aid skills. No prior knowledge is required.
- Introduction to Tactical Emergency Casualty Care
- Introduction to Tactical Patient Assessment
- Arterial Tourniquets
- Junctional haemorrhage management techniques
- Penetrating torso trauma management techniques
- Trauma practical skills session
- Basic Life Support management including:
- Asthma
- Anaphylaxis
- Airway and Choking Management
- CPR
- HLTAID010 Provide basic emergency life support
- 1 day
Level 3
Do you work in a potentially high-threat environment such as Policing, Military, Security, Corrections or other high-risk jobs?
The TacMed First Responder course is a two-day tactical first aid program that has been developed to provide frontline first responders with the skills, knowledge and confidence to treat critically injured casualties in high-threat and complex environments.
With a blend of pre-course eLearning, face-to-face instruction, micro-skills and reality-based training you’ll walk away from our program feeling confident and prepared for when seconds count. You’ll also walk away with a nationally accredited HLTAID011 Provide first aid certificate + TacMed First Responder Course certificate of attendance
- Tactical Emergency Casualty Care history, guidelines and processes
- Situational Awareness for First Responders providing emergency casualty care
- Anatomy and Physiology for penetrating and blast injuries
- Comprehensive Tactical Patient Assessment skills
- Arterial Tourniquets
- Junctional haemorrhage management techniques
- Penetrating torso trauma management techniques
- Trauma practical skills session
- Reality Based Training Scenarios
- Basic Life Support management including:
- Asthma
- Anaphylaxis
- Airway and Choking Management
- CPR
- Fracture Management
- Envenomation Management
- HLTAID011 Provide first aid
- 2 days
Level 4
The TacMed Advanced Tactical First Responder combines high risk trauma care and
advanced resuscitation skills that can be applied in complex environments.
Is a three-day course that provides participants with advanced resuscitation skills to manage multiple casualties in the Direct and Indirect Threat Care phases of Tactical Emergency Casualty Care for both First Care Providers and Law Enforcement Officers. This course includes the national accreditation requirements for HLTAID011 Provide first aid and HLTAID015 Provide advanced resuscitation and oxygen therapy.
- Advanced Resuscitation skills including:
- Insertion of airway adjuncts
- Use of a bag-valve-mask
- Administer oxygen
- Use and maintenance of resuscitation equipment
- Advanced Resuscitation skills including:
- Dynamic Threat Incidents and Mass Casualty response
- Tactical Emergency Casualty Care history, guidelines and processes
- Situational Awareness for First Responders providing emergency casualty care
- Anatomy and Physiology for penetrating and blast injuries
- Advanced Tactical Patient Assessment skills
- Preparing casualties for prolonged and extended care
- Arterial Tourniquets
- Junctional haemorrhage management techniques
- Penetrating torso trauma management techniques
- Trauma practical skills session
- Reality Based Training Scenarios incorporating advanced resuscitation
- Basic Life Support management including:
- Asthma
- Anaphylaxis
- Airway and Choking Management
- CPR
- Fracture Management
- Envenomation Management
- Seizure and Epilepsy
- HLTAID011 Provide first aid
- HLTAID015 Provide advanced resuscitation and oxygen therapy
- 3 days
Level 5
The TacMed Tactical Emergency Trauma Course is a five-day course that builds on the components of the level four course and introduces participants to First Responder Extended Care involving casualty movement devices, improvised trauma skills and advanced fracture management. These skill sets will be matched against the Direct Threat Care, Indirect Threat Care and Evacuation care of the Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Guidelines. This course includes the national accreditation requirements for
- First Responder Extended Care
- Improvised trauma care techniques
- Advanced fracture management techniques and devices
- Introduction to Tactical Combat Casualty Care
- Casualty movement devices
- Advanced Resuscitation skills including:
- Insertion of airway adjuncts
- Use of a bag-valve-mask
- Administer oxygen
- Use and maintenance of resuscitation equipment
- Dynamic Threat Incidents and Mass Casualty response
- Tactical Emergency Casualty Care history, guidelines and processes
- Situational Awareness for First Responders providing emergency casualty care
- Anatomy and Physiology for penetrating and blast injuries
- Advanced Tactical Patient Assessment skills
- Preparing casualties for prolonged and extended care
- Arterial Tourniquets
- Junctional haemorrhage management techniques
- Penetrating torso trauma management techniques
- Trauma practical skills session
- Reality Based Training Scenarios incorporating advanced resuscitation
- Basic Life Support management including:
- Asthma
- Anaphylaxis
- Airway and Choking Management
- CPR
- Fracture Management
- Envenomation Management
- Seizure and Epilepsy
- HLTAID011 Provide first aid
- HLTAID013 Provide first aid in remote or isolated site
- HLTAID014 Provide advanced first aid
- HLTAID015 Provide advanced resuscitation and oxygen therapy
Remote Casualty Care Course
The TacMed Remote Casualty Care course can be described as educational, adventurous, challenging and fun! If you picture a course that combines Remote Area First Aid, Military Prolonged Field Care and Wilderness Vertical Rescue all mixed into 3 days worth of learning, then that’s what our Remote Casualty Care Course is. This course includes the national accreditation requirements for HLTAID011 Provide first aid, HLTAID013 Provide first aid in remote or isolated site. This course involves an introduction to roping and vertical rescue techniques.
We’ll introduce you to the concepts of remote casualty care and wilderness rescue through a combination of theory, skill stations and immersive scenarios by day and night. With the experience of our highly qualified cadre, we’ll challenge you (yes, our aim is to put you out of your comfort zone) both clinically and mentally. There will be some physically challenging components but you don’t need to be an ironman to join us.
- First Responder Extended Care techniques
- Improvised trauma care techniques
- Advanced fracture management techniques and devices
- Anatomy and Physiology for remote area injury profiles including head, neck and spinal injuries
- Rapid Patient Assessment skills
- Arterial Tourniquets
- Junctional haemorrhage management techniques
- Trauma practical skills session
- Reality Based Training Scenarios
- Basic Life Support in the remote setting including:
- Asthma
- Anaphylaxis
- Airway and Choking Management
- CPR
- Fracture Management
- Envenomation Management
- Prevention and treatment of hypothermia in the remote environment
- Remote patient assessment concepts and techniques
- Casualty treatment techniques for the remote wilderness environment
- Medical planning for remote/wilderness environments
- Casualty evacuation from the remote environment
- HLTAID011 Provide first aid
- HLTAID013 Provide first aid in remote or isolated site
- 3 days
