Tactical Combat Casualty Care training prepares 316th Wing Airmen
A 316th Security Forces Group Airman waits for Tactical Combat Casualty Care training to begin at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Nov. 18, 2022. The training consisted of 316th SFG, 316th Operations Group and 316th Medical Group Airmen practicing emergency care and evacuation by helicopter to reduce preventable deaths. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Austin Pate)
Tactical Combat Casualty Care training prepares 316th Wing Airmen
An Airman waits for Tactical Combat Casualty Care training to begin at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Nov. 18, 2022. The TCCC training consisted of moving towards injured victims, then performing proper emergency care methods and evacuation by helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Austin Pate)
Tactical Combat Casualty Care training prepares 316th Wing Airmen
Airmen carry a victim towards a helicopter during Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Nov. 18, 2022. The TCCC Training consisted of moving towards injured victims, then performing proper emergency care methods and evacuation by helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Austin Pate)
Tactical Combat Casualty Care training prepares 316th Wing Airmen
A 1st Helicopter Squadron Airman looks out of a UH-1N Huey at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Nov. 18, 2022. The 1st Helicopter Squadron participated in Tactical Combat Casualty Care training with the 316th Security Forces Group and the 316th Medical Group to practice aerial evacuation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Austin Pate)
Tactical Combat Casualty Care training prepares 316th Wing Airmen
A 316th Security Forces Group Airman practices proper emergency care methods for a simulated victim during Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Nov. 18, 2022. The TCCC Training consisted of moving towards injured victims, then performing proper emergency care methods and evacuation by helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Austin Pate)
Tactical Combat Casualty Care training prepares 316th Wing Airmen
A 1st Helicopter Squadron Airman guides others towards him during Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Nov. 18, 2022. The TCCC training consisted of moving towards injured victims, then performing proper emergency care methods and evacuation by helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Austin Pate)
Tactical Combat Casualty Care training prepares 316th Wing Airmen
Two 316th Medical Group Airmen practice proper emergency care methods during Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Nov. 18, 2022. The TCCC training consisted of moving towards injured victims, then performing proper emergency care methods and evacuation by helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Austin Pate)
Tactical Combat Casualty Care training prepares 316th Wing Airmen
An Airman helps perform emergency care on a simulated victim during Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Nov. 18, 2022. The TCCC training consisted of moving towards injured victims, then performing proper emergency care methods and evacuation by helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Austin Pate)
Tactical Combat Casualty Care training prepares 316th Wing Airmen
A manikin representing a human victim rests against a truck during Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Nov. 18, 2022. The TCCC training consisted of moving towards injured victims, then performing proper emergency care methods and practicing evacuation by helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Austin Pate)
Tactical Combat Casualty Care training prepares 316th Wing Airmen
An Airman gathers bullets in preparation for Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Nov. 18, 2022. The TCCC training consisted of moving towards injured victims, then performing proper emergency care methods and evacuation by helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Austin Pate)
Tactical Combat Casualty Care training prepares 316th Wing Airmen
Joint Base Andrews Airmen participate in Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Nov. 18, 2022. The training consisted of 316th Security Forces Group, 316th Operations Group, and 316th Medical Group Airmen practicing emergency care and evacuation by helicopter to reduce preventable deaths. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Austin Pate)
Tactical Combat Casualty Care training prepares 316th Wing Airmen
A 316th Security Forces Airman fires a weapon during Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Nov. 18, 2022. The training consisted of 316th Security Forces Group, 316th Operations Group, and 316th Medical Group Airmen practicing emergency care and evacuation by helicopter to reduce preventable deaths. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Austin Pate)
Tactical Combat Casualty Care training prepares 316th Wing Airmen
Airmen load a simulated victim into a UH-1N Huey during Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Nov. 18, 2022. The TCCC Training consisted of moving towards injured victims, then performing proper emergency care methods and evacuation by helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Austin Pate)
By Airman 1st Class Austin Pate, / Published Nov. 21, 2022
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md.,
More than 50 Airmen from the 316th Wing worked together in Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Nov. 18, 2022.
The training exercise, coordinated by Capt. Owen Caron, 316th Medical Group emergency room trauma registered nurse, and Staff Sgt. Kaylee Miller, 316th Wing TCCC program manager, was a multi-organization readiness field exercise to prepare for response to a mass casualty incident, in an environment that simulates a setting as realistic as possible.
This training provided practice for the 316th Security Forces Group, 316th Operations Group and 316th Medical Group in an effort to reduce preventable deaths during stressful scenarios.
“Working together during missions like this is paramount not only to the success of the mission, but to the survival of the casualties as well,” said Caron. “It takes every person working in unison to get everyone home safe.”
The exercise started by moving towards injured victims in different locations. Once superior firepower was succeeded around the casualties, aid was rendered and tourniquets were placed before victims were moved to cover.
Once emergency medicine procedures finished, medical evacuations were called and the casualties were moved to the helicopter landing zone and transported to a higher echelon of care.
“The 316th Wing’s exercise was the highest level of Tactical Combat Casualty Care medical evacuation training and operations integration I know of in the Air Force,” said Lt. Gen. Robert I. Miller, Air Force Surgeon General.
