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Non-Permissive Medical

This course equips officers and tactical personnel with the skills to provide lifesaving medical care under fire, during active threats, or in austere, resource-limited environments. Emphasis is placed on casualty stabilization, movement under threat, and treatment while maintaining  operational tempo.

Instructor:

Matt Johnson - U.S. Navy SEAL veteran who served with SEAL Teams 7 and 10, including augments with DEVGRU. He completed multiple combat deployments to Afghanistan and Somalia, executing over 100 special operations missions and directly enabling the capture or elimination of 14 high-value targets.

 

Course Details:

Day 1: Training Objectives (8 Hours)

  • Introduction to Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC)
  • MARCH algorithm: massive hemorrhage, airway, respiration, circulation, hypothermia
  • Hemorrhage control: tourniquets, wound packing, pressure bandages
  • Casualty assessment and communication under threat

Day 2: Training Objectives (8 Hours)

  • Airway management (basic and adjuncts) in dynamic environments
  • Chest trauma: treatment of sucking chest wounds and tension pneumothorax
  • Improvised medical techniques using limited gear
  • Evacuation considerations and casualty movement under fire

Day 3: Training Objectives (8 Hours)

  • Scenario-based training: care under fire, tactical field care, extraction
  • Solo and team medical drills during active engagements
  • Environmental and equipment contingencies (low light, comms failure, secondary threats)
  • Final evaluation and operational medical debrief

Required Equipment

  • Bring tourniquet and medical bag

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