EMERGENCY TRAUMA CARE COURSES (ETCC)
All courses promote the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on Trauma Stop the Bleed initiative and the Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) guidelines to teach and train the immediate responder, first responder and medical professional on how to perform a rapid trauma survey and treat life-threatening injuries.
ETCC- Basic
This Trauma Care course is designed for the public. The ETCC-Basic Course offers basic life-saving trauma interventions, as per the American College of Surgeons Stop the Bleed Course. This course teaches bleeding control techniques using direct pressure, indirect pressure with the use of tourniquets, and digital pressure and wound packing. The goal of this course is to turn the bystander into an immediate responder who has the skills and the confidence to stop life-threatening bleeding prior to the arrival of professional first responders.
Price: $110/participant
ETCC- Intermediate
This Trauma Care course is designed for first responders and for the immediate responder looking to increase their scope of knowledge. The ETCC- Intermediate Course offers the American College of Surgeon’s Stop the Bleed Course in addition to an introduction to airway management using positioning, basic airway maneuvers and airway adjuncts. This course will also teach the assessment and treatment for respiratory emergencies related to penetrating trauma, re-assessment of life saving interventions, and hypothermia management as per the Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC).
Price: $150/participant
ETCC- Advanced
This Trauma Care Course, in accordance with the Principles of Guidelines Instruction set by the Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (C-TECC) / Committee for Tactical Combat Casualty Care (CoTCCC), is for the medical professional. The ETCC- Advanced will review the trauma care priorities of the civilian and/or military battlefield high threat environment. These medical treatments will include life-threatening bleeding control techniques, TXA administration and fluid resuscitation guidelines. It will discuss basic and advanced airway management, the recognition and treatments for chest trauma including simple pneumothorax, open pneumothorax, tension pneumothorax and massive hemothorax. this course will teach the importance of hypothermia related to trauma and head injury management and will discuss the different organizational protocols for pain management.
Price: $275/participant
Please call or email Crisis Point to schedule Emergency Trauma Care Courses.
All course prices are subject to GST.