Courses
CPR/Bleeding Control
Our four-hour training package has been developed to provide practical training in the skill sets required to treat and manage potentially survivable causes of death, as well as covering the approach to an unconscious casualty and cario-pulmonary resuscitiaion.
Topics Covered
- Arterial Tourniquets
- Junctional haemorrhage management techniques
- CPR and Defibrillation
Certification
HLTAID009 Provide CPR
Duration
4 hours
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Tactical First Aid
The TacMed Tactical First Aid course introduces participants to the skills and knowledge required to manage potentially survivable causes of death in Direct Threat Care in addition to completing Basic Life Support competencies.
The Tactical Emergency Casualty Care guidelines are one of many resources used in this course but are not used dogmatically. Instead they are adapted to suit the needs of the end user, as the guidelines are intended to do.
This course provides a great balance between trauma and medical care. It is suitable for participants of all backgrounds that are limited in time but still want to upgrade their first aid skills. No prior knowledge is required.
Topics Covered
- Introduction to Tactical Emergency Casualty Care
- Introduction to Tactical Patient Assessment
- Arterial Tourniquets
- Junctional haemorrhage management techniques
- Penetrating torso trauma management techniques
- Trauma practical skills session
- Basic Life Support management including:
- Asthma
- Anaphylaxis
- Airway and Choking Management
- CPR
- Fracture Management
- Envenomation Management
Certification
HLTAID009 Provide CPR
HLTAID011 Provide First Aid
Duration
1 day
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Tactical First Aid Extended
Do you work in a potentially high-threat environment such as Policing, Military, Security, Corrections or other high-risk jobs? This 2 day course covers the requirements of a nationally accredited first aid course and then expands on the provision of lifesaving interventions in high threat settings with immersive scenarios.
The TacMed Tactical First Responder course is a two-day tactical first aid program that has been developed to provide frontline first responders with the skills, knowledge and confidence to treat critically injured casualties in high-threat and complex environments.
With a blend of pre-course eLearning, face-to-face instruction, micro-skills and reality-based training you’ll walk away from our program feeling confident and prepared for when seconds count. You’ll also walk away with a nationally accredited HLTAID011 Provide first aid certificate + TacMed First Responder Course certificate of attendance
Topics Covered
- Tactical Emergency Casualty Care history, guidelines and processes
- Situational Awareness for First Responders providing emergency casualty care
- Anatomy and Physiology for penetrating and blast injuries
- Comprehensive Tactical Patient Assessment skills
- Arterial Tourniquets
- Junctional haemorrhage management techniques
- Penetrating torso trauma management techniques
- Trauma practical skills session
- Reality Based Training Scenarios
- Basic Life Support management including:
- Asthma
- Anaphylaxis
- Airway and Choking Management
- CPR
- Fracture Management
- Envenomation Management
Certification
HLTAID009 Provide CPR
HLTAID011 Provide First Aid
Duration
2 days
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Advanced Tactical First Responder
The TacMed Advanced Tactical First Responder combines high risk trauma care and
advanced resuscitation skills that can be applied in complex environments.
Is a three-day course that provides participants with advanced resuscitation skills to manage multiple casualties in the Direct and Indirect Threat Care phases of Tactical Emergency Casualty Care for both First Care Providers and Law Enforcement Officers. This course includes the national accreditation requirements for HLTAID011 Provide First Aid and HLTAID014/15 Provide advanced first aid and resuscitation
Topics Covered
- Advanced Resuscitation skills including:
- Insertion of airway adjuncts
- Use of a bag-valve-mask
- Administer oxygen
- Use and maintenance of resuscitation equipment
- Advanced Resuscitation skills including:
- Dynamic Threat Incidents and Mass Casualty response
- Tactical Emergency Casualty Care history, guidelines and processes
- Situational Awareness for First Responders providing emergency casualty care
- Anatomy and Physiology for penetrating and blast injuries
- Advanced Tactical Patient Assessment skills
- Preparing casualties for prolonged and extended care
- Arterial Tourniquets
- Junctional haemorrhage management techniques
- Penetrating torso trauma management techniques
- Trauma practical skills session
- Reality Based Training Scenarios incorporating advanced resuscitation
- Basic Life Support management including:
- Asthma
- Anaphylaxis
- Airway and Choking Management
- CPR
- Fracture Management
- Envenomation Management
- Seizure and Epilepsy
Certification
HLTAID009 Provide CPR
HLTAID011 Provide First Aid
HLTAID014 Advanced First Aid
HLTAID015 Advanced Resuscitation
Duration
3 days
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Remote Casualty Care
The TacMed Remote Casualty Care course can be described as educational, adventurous, challenging and fun! If you picture a course that combines Remote Area First Aid, Military Prolonged Field Care and Wilderness Rescue all mixed into 3 days worth of learning, then that’s what our Remote Casualty Care Course is. This course includes the national accreditation requirements for HLTAID011 Provide First Aid, HLTAID013 Provide First Aid in Remote or Isolated Sites.
We’ll introduce you to the concepts of remote casualty care and wilderness rescue through a combination of theory, skill stations and immersive scenarios by day and night. With the experience of our highly qualified cadre, we’ll challenge you (yes, our aim is to put you out of your comfort zone) both clinically and mentally. There will be some physically challenging components but you don’t need to be an ironman to join us.
Topics Covered
- First Responder Extended Care techniques
- Improvised trauma care techniques
- Advanced fracture management techniques and devices
- Anatomy and Physiology for remote area injury profiles including head, neck and spinal injuries
- Rapid Patient Assessment skills
- Arterial Tourniquets
- Junctional haemorrhage management techniques
- Trauma practical skills session
- Reality Based Training Scenarios
- Basic Life Support in the remote setting including:
- Asthma
- Anaphylaxis
- Airway and Choking Management
- CPR
- Fracture Management
- Envenomation Management
- Prevention and treatment of hypothermia in the remote environment
- Remote patient assessment concepts and techniques
- Casualty treatment techniques for the remote wilderness environment
- Medical planning for remote/wilderness environments
- Casualty evacuation from the remote environment
Certification
HLTAID009 Provide CPR
HLTAID011 Provide First Aid
HLTAID013 Provide First Aid in Remote or Isolated Sites
Duration
3 days
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Advanced Remote Casualty Care
Coming soon...
Duration
2-3 days
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Medic Level One (MLO)
The TacMed Australia MLO is has been designed to fill the need of the high-risk operational model. The course has been developed to bring a team member from a first aid level to become competent and confident as a team Medic. Through the program the team members will learn how to compressively manage a casualty in the tactical environment to ensure that operational effectiveness is maintained on a task, the task is completed and the casualty(s) have the best possible outcome from their treatment.
Team Members will become galvanised by this package to understand when to be tactically focussed and medically minded and then when to become medically focussed and tactically minded and have the ability to provide the best and most appropriate standard of care that is appropriate for the tactical situation that they are engaged in.
Not only will students come out of the package as Level 1 Medics with comprehensive tactical medical skills and knowledge they will also be accredited with the HLT21020 Certificate II in Medical Services First Response from the Australian Training Framework that will make them occupational first aiders. This is the highest level of first aid training and accreditation and will allow the level one medics to provide an operational medical capability to their team independently or in support of any other healthcare officials.
Topics Covered
- Tactical Emergency Casualty Care history, guidelines and application in a Tactical Environment
- Remote, Austere and Threat Medical Mission Planning
- Anatomy & Pathophysiology for the level one tactical medic
- Patient Primary & Secondary Surveys (incl MARCHE Rapid Trauma Assessments)
- Vital Sign Observation assessment and monitoring techniques for the basic life support medic (Pulse, Respiratory, Temp, Sp02 and Blood Pressure)
- Remote Rescue and Movement planning and implementation
- Remote Medical Equipment Selection for mission medical support
- Internal Penetrating, Ballistic and Blast Trauma Pathophysiology
- Burn treatment in the remote environment
- Crush injury management in the remote environment
- Advanced Major Haemorrhage Control (Tourniquets, Tourniquet Conversion, Wound Packing, Haemostatics and Junctional TQ's)
- Mass Casualty Management and Triage
- Advanced Resuscitation of the remote casualty
- Advanced Fracture Management
- Working as a member of a team in pre-hospital resuscitation in the remote environment
- Introduction to Prolonged Field Care concepts and principles
- Telemedicine concepts and principles
The TacMed Australia - Medic Level One (MLO) is tailored for organisations that have workers operating in tactical, remote and austere areas. It was originally developed to equip QLD Police SERT Tactical Police Team and has proven efficacy in multiple life-threatening situations.
This course is a Nationally Accredited Qualification and builds capability in-team by replicating the role of first responders able to provide the best initial care to patients.
Units of Competency
Overall the course covers 9 Units, 5 core subjects and 4 electives, these include:
- Provide first aid HLTAID011
- Provide first aid in remote or isolate site HLTAID013
- Provide advanced first aid HLTAID014
- Provide advanced resuscitation and oxygen therapy HLTAID015
- Managing first aid services and resources HLTAID016
- Working with diverse people CHCDIV001
- Follow safe work practices for direct client care HLTWHS002
- Manage personal stressors in work environment HLTWHS006
- Complying with infection prevention and control policies and procedures HLTINF001
Further to the above core subjects, the below elective can also be added if you require the ability to provide pain management.
- provide pain management PUAEME005- If added to the training program an Extra training day and pre-course will be required.
This training is a full qualification and not a unit of competency such as Remote Area First Aid.
Certification
HLT21020 Certificate II in Medical Services First Response
Duration
5 days
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Medic Level Two (MLT)
The mission of the MLT is to develop the organic medical capacity required to save lives in high threat and tactical situations through a collaborative learning package. The MLT is underpinned by the HLT41120 Certificate IV Healthcare which is a Nationally Accredited Qualification building capability in-team by developing a medic capability to provide the best initial care to patients and provide leadership in casualty situations.
The MLT is an intensive nationally accredited course that has been contextualised for the environment of the Tactical Medic.
This nationally accredited medical responder qualification gives the frontline MLT student strong practical skills in the initial assessment and management of critically injured or ill patients. While baseline TECC programs give students a foundational ability to apply interventions to casualties, the MLT gives a deeper theoretical understanding and a higher level of practical skills in the context of managing patients prior to the advanced medical intervention being applied. MLT students are also trained as medical team leaders that can manage other persons on the scene to assist in the treatment and evacuation of patients in a coordinated and efficient way.
The critical time period of treatment before a critical care paramedic or doctor takes over treatment is crucial in stabilising a patient and increasing survivability in the Hot and Warm zones of military operations. Students who complete this challenging course will provide their teams with increased tactical medical capability. As skilled tactical medical first responders, participants will be able to adapt to any tactical medical emergency and provide point of injury stabilisation and evacuation to their team members, members of the public, and/or offenders in challenging and dynamic environments.
This course is delivered using a wide range of learning modalities including eLearning, classroom training, skills stations and reality-based simulations. High fidelity scenario training underpins this course, with escalating stress immersion incorporated to ensure the medics ability to perform medical interventions in high threat settings.
Topics Covered
- Tactical awareness (SA, SR and PACE)
- Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) guidelines and concepts
- Tactical primary assessments (MARCHE PAWS)
- Tactical Medical Planning and Mission Preparation
- Medical response to a dynamic incident with casualties
- Penetrating trauma (head, neck, limbs and abdomen)
- Legislation and ethical practice
- Understanding and interpreting medical protocols
- Coordination and communication in tactical emergency environments
- OSH regulations, requirements and policies specific to medical response in the industrial clinic, mine site and ambulance environment
- A range of trauma and medical ailments specific to operational environments
- Medical techniques and procedures including:
- Differential diagnosis
- The early and predictive intervention of deteriorating patients
- Care and extrication of a critical patient
- Spinal care and extrication techniques
- Consultation and handover with medical personnel
- Relevant legislation, industry requirements and ARC Guidelines
- Comprehensive anatomy and physiology for the MLT
- Privacy and confidentiality requirements
- Awareness of stress management techniques and available support
- Need to be culturally aware, sensitive and respectful
- Dealing with difficult patients and medical situations in the tactical environment
Practical Skills taught include:
- Tactical primary assessments
- 1 and 2 person drags/carries
- Use of improvised and commercial extraction stretchers
- Arterial tourniquets
- Trauma wound packing
- Chest seals
- Rapid burns dressings
- Trauma bandaging
- Basic initial triage
- Officer self-aid
- Manual inline stabilisation
- Slishman traction device
- OPA
- NPA
- Breathing rate (RR)
- Pulse Oximetry
- Oxygen Therapy
- Bag Valve Mask (BVM)
- Pulse
- Capillary refill
- Blood pressure
- Temperature
- Blood glucose monitoring
- Automatic external defibrillator
- Pelvic fracture management
- Traction splints
- Advanced interventions:
- Advanced airway management including laryngeal mask airway (LMA)
- Intramuscular injections
- Intravenous fluid resuscitation
- Pharmacology including a comprehensive understanding of the drug therapies available
- Needle Decompression
Units of Competency
9 Core Units:
- CHCDIV001 - Work with diverse people
- HLTAAP002 - Confirm physical health status
- HLTINF001 - Comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures
- HLTOUT001 - Implement safe access and egress
- HLTOUT004 - Assess and deliver basic clinical care
- HLTOUT008 - Manage a scene
- HLTOUT010 - Communicate in complex situations to support health care
- HLTWHS002 - Follow safe work practices for direct client care
- HLTWHS006 - Manage personal stressors in the work environment
- HLTWHS006 - Manage personal stressors in the work environment
Electives (Included)
- BSBMED301 - Interpret and apply medical terminology appropriately
- HLTOUT006 - Transport emergency patients
- HLTOUT007 - Transport non-emergency patients under operational conditions
- HLTW005 - Conduct manual tasks safely
- HLTAID013 - remote first aid
- HLTAID014 - Provide advance first aid
- HLTAID015 - Provide advanced resuscitation and o2 therapy
- PUAEME005 - Provide pain management
- Completion of online theory modules and assessment prior to classroom sessions - 35-40 hrs approx
- Completion of a 10-day face-to-face instruction course and practical assessments
Clinical Gap to fill for Medic Authority
After the completion of the MLT, there will be a gap that has been left by design for the medical authority to fill during the Medics final training and clinical hours module for scope of practice and authority to carry assessment.
- Completion of 80 Clinical hours signed off by a clinical manager - Hours to be designated by a medical authority
Certification
HLT41120 Certificate IV Healthcare
Duration
10 days
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