Prolonged Field Care
The 5 day Prolonged Field Care program is meant for medical practitioners who must stay with patients for extended periods of time in a resource-poor and hazardous environments. The program will equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to provide long-term field medical assistance for critically wounded patients.
Course Details:
- Introduction to PFC
- Algorythms and protocols of PFC ( MARCHE PAWS - HITMAN - SHEEP - VOMIT)
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Wound ballistics, battlefield mechanism of injuries
- Echelon of Care / Beyond the Golden Hour
- Patient assessment & Taking Vital Signs
- Usage of electronic monitoring devices
- Management of massive bleedings (TQ, Junctional TQs, Hemostatics, Wound packing, Conversions)
- Airway & Ventilation management (Suction, NPA, SGA, CRIC, ETI, BVM, Ventilator)
- Management of thoracic injuries (Chest Seal, NICD, NCD, Finger Thoracostomy, Chest Tube)
- IV / IO management (Saline lock, Direct IV, EZ-IO , FAST-1)
- Battlefield pharmacology & Medication administration
- Emergency Field Blood Transfusion and management
- Shock management & Advance Hypotermia protection (Active - Passive)
- Management of GSW , Blast injuries, Burn and polytrauma associated with war
- Remote Nursing care for patients in resource-poor envinroments
- Prepareations for MEDEVAC
- PFC Documentation procedures
- Hyper-realistic simulation exercise
Course Requirements:
- EMT , AEMT , Nurse, Paramedic , PA Physician
- Or equivalent medical qualificaiton
- Combat Medic or Higher
Equipment:
- We provide full tactical/operational gear for our participants
- Tactical vest, helmet, kneepad, weapon sling, googles, safety gear
- Airsoft rifle, radios, headset, PTT
- Complete medical aid bag and IFAKS
- Usage of personal individual gear is permitted.
Recommended Equipment:
- Flashlight
- Multitool
- Chemlight
- Ductape
Lenght of Training:
4 weeks online learning (pre course study)
3 Days - 36 hours
Certification:
- Prolonged Field Care / CTM
– CTM-H - Hyper-Realistic Tactical Medical Training Exercise Certificate / CTM
- Stop The Bleed Certificate - American College of Surgeons
- CoTM patch
Contact for price.
Important Information
WARNING ! ! ! There will be heavy physical activity and extreme psychologial pressure on the course.
If you have any medical condition, we can only accept the application if there is an official medical certificate by a licensed physician that proves that the applicant is fit for the course.
FORBIDDEN to bring any cutting stabbing device, live firearms, OC sprays. (Multitool is allowed)
Dress Code:
- BDU Pants + shirt
- Tactical belt
- Combat boots or tactical shoes
- Combat shirt, T-shirt is permitted
Prohibited:
- Shorts
- Training pants
- Open shoes
- Tank tops