Wilderness EMS & TCCC

For an emergency, call 911 or the responsible dispatch center. The incident's medical lead coordinates clinical care, evacuation resources and receiving facilities.

1. Describe the needGive the location, access constraints, patient count, known hazards and communications contact.
2. Confirm the providerAsk dispatch to confirm the responding team's clinical scope, equipment and evacuation capability.
3. Plan the handoffAgree on staging, transport, receiving facility and documentation with medical and rescue personnel.

Wilderness medicine addresses care where access and evacuation may be delayed. TECC addresses civilian tactical care; TCCC is developed by the Defense Health Agency Joint Trauma System for military battlefield care. NAEMT provides courses in both tactical programs.

These programs do not form one universal civilian SAR treatment protocol. Clinical decisions follow the provider's scope, medical direction and applicable agency protocols.

Record assessments, interventions and changes in the patient care record required by the responding service. The military DD Form 1380 is not a universal civilian SAR patient record.

ICS 206 records incident medical aid stations, transportation, hospitals and special emergency procedures. It is an incident medical plan, not a clinical treatment guideline or a substitute for individual patient records. Coordinate rescue aviation through the incident's Air Operations arrangements.