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Army medics adapt, evolve as service needs change
February 27, 2024 — Army medics must be certified as basic Emergency Medic Technicians or EMT-Bs and will likely be moving to higher levels of certification soon according to program faculty... MORE

AFMS recognizes Biomedical Sciences Corps Week
January 23, 2023 — This week, Jan. 23-27, is designated by the Air Force as Biomedical Sciences Corps Appreciation Week, a week to honor the history and recognize the men and women who comprise the BSC and all that they bring to the fight... MORE

Image of an Airmen handling prescription medicine.

Tactical Combat Casualty Care training improves survivability
August 31, 2022 — Tactical Combat Casualty Care, which implements the best medical practices in battlefield trauma care, is now replacing Self-Aid Buddy Care techniques for providing basic care to wounded airmen before they get to a medical facility... MORE

One service member examines the hand of another service member.

960th Cyberspace Wing conducts tactical combat casualty care training
June 14, 2022 — The 960th Cyberspace Wing held a tactical combat casualty care training class at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex June 4... MORE

Senior Airman Cesar Zayas, 960th Cyberspace Operations Group client support technician, and Tech. Sgt. Jesse Richter, 960th Operations Support Flight current operations NCOIC, prepare to roll Staff Sgt. Kendall Armand, 960th COG client support technician, to the recovery position during a tactical combat casualty care training class June 4, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, Texas.

Basic Military Training establishes Tactical Combat Casualty Care course for all Airmen
February 28, 2020 — The U.S. Air Force will fully integrate Tactical Combat Casualty Care into Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 2... MORE

Stop the Bleed: A battlefield innovation on civilian soil
July 26, 2019 — A public health campaign called Stop the Bleed builds on lifesaving lessons from military battlefields. The goal is to train Americans of all ages how to successfully respond to bleeding emergencies in traumas from accidents and intentional violence... MORE

Uniformed Services University's Dr. Craig Goolsby (center) observes as high school students at a conference in Orlando, Florida, practice using a tourniquet after watching a web-based tutorial. Goolsby is researching effective teaching methods as part of a grant to develop a trauma first-aid course for students that incorporates elements of Stop the Bleed.

New training prepares Airmen to save lives
April 23, 2019 — Airmen are “arming up” their life-saving skills with Tactical Combat Casualty Care, also known as TCCC. TCCC is a standardized course created to equip every Airman, Soldier, Sailor and Marine with the basic skills to save lives in combat operations. Replacing the Air Force’s Self Aid and Buddy Care Program, TCCC teaches Airmen to treat injuries until medical care arrives... MORE

Staff Sgt. Taylor Lopez Boodooram, Active Duty Clinic Office manager, demonstrates tourniquet placement on a manikin’s arm during a National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians Tactical Combat Casualty Care course in the 366th Medical Group Simulation Lab Room at Mountain Air Force Base, Idaho, in February 2019. TCCC is a standardized course offered across the military to equip warfighters with basic skills to save lives in combat operations.