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An individual who has received special training or education in a health-related field and who performs services in or for the DoD in that field. A health-related field may include administration, direct provision of patient care, or ...
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Any operational, deployable unit, unit-type code or pre-positioned asset(s). This includes personnel and deployable medical systems equipment.
Field medical care applied beyond doctrinal planning time-lines in order to decrease patient mortality and morbidity. Prolonged field care uses limited resources and is sustained until the patient arrives at the next appropriate level of ...
Any military operation supporting DoD objectives, both inside and outside the continental United States, resulting in Service members and DoD-EC personnel placed on contingency, deployment, or contingency deployment orders, including but not ...
A Joint Trauma System-approved list of procedures that align with scope of practice or training completed during initial TCCC certification.
A DoD-approved location where Service members or DoD-EC personnel receive trauma training (hospital and pre-hospital) in support of the DoD’s mission set.
A process by which a Military Department, agency, or association grants recognition to an individual who has met certain predetermined qualifications specified by the Military Departments, agency, or association.
The ability to train together coherently, effectively, and efficiently to achieve medical training in support of tactical, operational, and strategic objectives.
Evidence-based best-practice pre-hospital trauma care guidelines customized for battlefield use which are reviewed and updated by the Committee on TCCC on an ongoing basis.
Either forecasted or just-in-time training, that reinforces the training provided during the TCCC certification course. It informs TCCC certified personnel of changes in TCCC guidelines, procedures, equipment, and policies and provides ...
A set of trauma management guidelines customized for use in the operational setting that maintains a sharp focus on the most common causes of preventable death resulting from combat.
The identification of key elements associated with protecting the health of Service members and applicable DoD civilian and contractor personnel throughout their period of service and across the full range of military activities and operations ...
A trauma system represents a coordinated effort along a continuum of integrated care, between out-of-hospital and in-hospital providers and specialists, in a defined geographic area that delivers the full range of medical care to injured ...
The ability of military forces to fight and meet the demands of assigned missions.
Any member of the Armed Forces, civilian employee of the Department of Defense, or personal services contract employee under Title 10, United States Code, Section 1091 authorized by the Department of Defense to perform health care functions.
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