Recommendations TCCC Guidelines

Current Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Guidelines as of 15 DECEMBER 2021. The TCCC Guidelines are the standard of care for the modern battlefield. 

The guidelines cover: Care Under Fire (CUF), Tactical Field Care (TFC), Tactical Evacuation Care (TACEVAC). These recommendations are intended to be guidelines only and are not a substitute for clinical judgment. 

The Joint Trauma System (JTS) is focused on the standard of care for prehospital battlefield medicine. The JTS is a Department of Defense, Center of Excellence for Trauma providing clinical practice guidelines and performance improvement for all levels of military trauma care. The Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (CoTCCC) is a committee of representatives from across the Army. Navy, Air Force and Marines positioned under the JTS that establishes clinical practice guidelines for the delivery of tactical combat casualty care (TCCC) on the battlefield. 

HAVING TROUBLE DOWNLOADING THE UPDATED GUIDELINES?  If you attempt to download the new guidelines but the old ones still appear on your device, then use the following fix.  In the Deployed Medicine app on your device, go the "My Library" tab at the bottom.  Scroll until you find the TCCC Guidelines and swipe them to the left.  Select the option to Remove and then select Delete Everywhere.  Now go back to the updated Guidelines and select "Get Now".  You should now have the updated version downloaded.