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Tactical Combat Casualty Care Update Harold Montgomery 17 May 2018 Disclaimers “The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the author and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Departments of the Army, Air Force, Navy or the Department of Defense.” - No financial interests in items discussed - Off label uses: TXA, OTFC, Ketamine 1
Learning Objectives At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to: - Become familiar with battlefield trauma care advances pioneered by Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) - Discuss recent advances in TCCC - Discuss current capability gaps in TCCC Tactical Combat Casualty Care The Prehospital Arm of the Joint Trauma System • Medics, Corpsmen, PJs TCCC • Combat Lifesavers • All Service Member Self/Buddy Care 4 2
Intro to TCCC 5 Link to Intro to TCCC Video on Deployed Medicine Link to Intro to TCCC Video on YouTube TCCC: Beginnings 6 3
7 Tourniquets: The Primary Driver for TCCC “The striking feature was to see healthy young Americans with a single injury of the distal extremity arrive at the magnificently equipped field hospital, usually within hours, but dead on arrival. In fact there were 193 deaths due to wounds of the upper and lower extremities, …… of the 2600.” CAPT J.S. Maughon Mil Med 1970 * Extremity hemorrhage math in Vietnam: 193 of 2600 = 7.4% x 46,233 fatalities = 3,421 preventable US deaths from extremity hemorrhage 8 4
Tourniquets Reconsidered – The Primary Driver for TCCC • ATLS 1992: Tourniquets strongly discouraged • Fear of ischemic damage to limbs - BUT • Exsanguination from extremity hemorrhage was the #1 cause of preventable death in Vietnam - AND • Tourniquets can control extremity hemorrhage • Used routinely during orthopedic surgery and limbs are not lost there as a result • Also – even if you had to choose between death and losing a leg…. • Bottom line: The “No Tourniquet” rule was NOT evidence-based and was NOT logic based. 9 Pulling the Thread – Medical Issues Other Aspects of Care in 1992 that Needed Review • Tactical context in battlefield trauma care • Fluid resuscitation and IV access • Battlefield analgesia • Prevention of coagulopathy • Spinal precautions • Battlefield CPR • Treatment of tension pneumothorax • Battlefield antibiotics • Undertaken as a Naval Special Warfare Biomedical R+D project 10 5
Prehospital Trauma Care: Military vs Civilian • Hostile fire • Darkness • Environmental extremes • Different wounding epidemiology • Limited equipment • Multiple casualties • Need for tactical maneuver • Long delays to hospital care • Different provider training and experience • What do we do about this? 11 Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) : A Different Approach • Battlefield trauma care research effort – Special Operations and USUHS: 1993-1996 • Reviewed most recent trauma care literature • Combat environment and mission considered • Combat medic training and equipment considered • Project included input from combat medics, corpsmen, and pararescuemen (PJs) • Evidence-based – INCLUDING requiring evidence for current practice at that time • Goal – To prevent ALL preventable deaths 12 6
Tactical Combat Casualty Care in Special Operations Military Medicine Supplement August 1996 Evidence-based trauma care guidelines customized for use on the battlefield TCCC Lessons Learned 3. If What You’re Doing is Not Working - Do Something Else. 7
Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) • First used by Navy SEALs, 75th Ranger Regiment, and Air Force Pararescue in 1997 • PHTLS, ACS COT and NAEMT endorsement 1999 • Most of Special Operations and most conventional forces were NOT using TCCC at the start of the war in Afghanistan. 15 Tourniquets Early in the Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts • Increased use of tourniquets by both Special Operations and conventional units beginning in 2005 The Drivers: • Holcomb study: “Causes of SOF Deaths 2001- 2004” – highlighted need for TCCC • USAISR tourniquet study by Walters et al (2005) • TCCC Transition Initiative begun in 2005 Butler – ACS Bulletin - 2015 8
Tourniquets Early in the Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts The Drivers: • USSOCOM TCCC message - March 2005 • USCENTCOM tourniquet and hemostatic agents (HemCon) message – 2005 After these two events, tourniquet use became more and more prevalent among US combat forces. Butler – ACS Bulletin - 2015 Tourniquets – Kragh et al Annals of Surgery 2009 • Ibn Sina Hospital, Baghdad, 2006 • Tourniquets are saving lives on the battlefield • 31 lives saved in 6 months period by the use of prehospital tourniquets • No loss of limbs from tourniquet ischemia • Author estimated 1000+ lives saved with TQs 18 9
TCCC: How Do We Know That It’s Working? • Near universal DoD acceptance after 17 years of war • Tarpey 2005: “Overwhelming Success” in 3rd ID • Kragh 2008: Estimated over 1000 lives saved with tourniquet use – in 2008 • Kotwal 2011: Lowest incidence of preventable deaths ever documented by a combat unit • Savage 2011: Highest casualty survival rate in Canadian Military’s history • Butler 2015: 67% reduction in deaths from extremity hemorrhage from 2006 to 2011 • Acceptance by NAEMT/American College of Surgeons /Hartford Consensus/WH Stop the Bleed • USCENTCOM TCCC requirement – November 2017 • DoD Instruction on TCCC 1322.24 – 16 March 2018 19 Individual First Aid Kits (IFAKs) At this point in time, the US Military has more experience with tourniquets and hemostatic dressings than any other organization in history. (14 years of war and 50,000 + casualties) Cost: $128 • In 2001 – very few American combatants had tourniquets - no one had hemostatic dressings • In 2018 - no American combatant goes onto the battlefield without an IFAK that contains both 10
Battlefield Trauma Care: Then and Now 21 Battlefield Trauma Care: 1992 • Based on trauma courses NOT developed for combat • Medics taught NOT to use tourniquets • No hemostatic agents • No junctional tourniquets • Large volume crystalloid fluid resuscitation for shock • Civil War-vintage technology for battlefield analgesia IM morphine) • SOF medics – IV cutdowns for difficult venous access • No tactical context for care rendered • 2 large bore IVs on all casualties with significant trauma • No focus on prevention of trauma-related coagulopathy • Heavy emphasis on endotracheal intubation 22 11
Battlefield Trauma Care: Now • Phased care in TCCC • Aggressive use of tourniquets in CUF • Combat Gauze as hemostatic agent • Aggressive needle thoracostomy • Sit up and lean forward airway positioning • Extraglottic airways – i-gel • Surgical airways for maxillofacial trauma • Hypotensive resuscitation with blood products • IVs only when needed/IO access if required • PO meds, OTFC, ketamine as “Triple Option” for battlefield analgesia • Hypothermia prevention; avoid NSAIDs • Battlefield antibiotics • Tranexamic acid – given ASAP when indicated • Junctional Tourniquets/XStat 23 TCCC in DoD Policy 24 12
ASDHA TCCC Letter 14 February 2014 Called for “…uniform TCCC training throughout the Department.” CENTCOM Directive 06 November 2017 Mandates TCCC-MP for all medical personnel (medics, physicians, PA, etc…) Mandates TCCC-AC for all non-medical personnel entering CENTCOM AOR. 26 13
DOD Instruction on Medical Readiness Training 16 March 2018 DOD Instruction on Medical Readiness Training Section 2.a.b Policy “TCCC is the DoD standard of care for first responders (medical and non-medical) …..All Service members receive role based TCCC training and certification in accordance with the skill level (i.e., All Service Members, Combat Lifesaver, Combat Medic/Corpsmen, and Combat Paramedic/Provider) outlined by the Joint Trauma System, the DoD’s Center of Excellence for trauma as designated in DoD Instruction (DoDI) 6040.47. 14
ASDHA TCCC Implementation 17 April 2018 Services to have standardized role-based TCCC training integrated no later than 30 April 2020. 29 ASDHA TCCC Implementation NLT 30 April 2020 • Integration of basic TCCC skills into initial-entry training (BCT/Boot camp) • Standardized TCCC Training & certification: – Service Members – Combat Lifesaver – Medics/Corpsman – Advanced Providers 30 15
How Is TCCC Updated? The Committee on TCCC and the TCCC Working Group TCCC will always be a work in progress. 31 TCCC Lessons Learned 5. Maintain an Active Search for Good Ideas – Wherever They Can Be Found – and Process Them As Though Lives Depended on It Because, indeed – they do. 16
Changes to the TCCC Guidelines 33 TCCC Team 2018 • CoTCCC • Special Operations Medicine • Joint Trauma System • USAISR and other military medical research facilities • Service Surgeon General/TMO offices • Coalition partner nations • Combatant unit medical officers • DHA Medical Logistics Office • Combat Medical Schoolhouses • Other government agencies 34 17
Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (CoTCCC) • First funded by USSOCOM in 2001-2002 at the Naval Operational Medicine Institute (NOMI) • Later sponsored by Navy and Army Surgeons General and the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research • 42 members - all services • Trauma Surgeons, EM and Critical Care physicians; operational physicians and PAs; medical educators; combat medics, corpsmen, and PJs • 100% deployed experience in 2016 • Relocated to the Defense Health Board in 2007 at the direction of ASD/HA • Moved to the Joint Trauma System in 2013 35 TCCC Change Process 2018 • Need for change identified • Prioritization • Sponsor and author team designated • Draft change paper prepared • Change presented to TCCC Working Group • Change revised as needed • CoTCCC vote on change – 2/3 majority required • Change approved by JTS Director • Change published in the JSOM • TCCC Guidelines and curriculum updated 36 18
Recent Advances in TCCC 37 TCCC Changes: 2013 • TCCC Casualty Card (DD1380) – Kotwal • Vented chest seals – Butler/CAPT Don Bennett • Junctional tourniquets – Kotwal • Triple-Option Analgesia – Butler 19
TCCC Changes: 2014 • Alternate hemostatic dressings – Bennett • Fluid resuscitation – Butler • Updated tourniquet use guidelines – Shackelford TCCC Changes: 2015 • Zofran in for Phenergan – Onifer • CricKey for Surgical Airways – Mabry • Abdominal Aortic Junctional TQ – Not recommended • XStat – Sims/Bowling 20
TCCC Changes: 2016 • ITClamp – Not Recommended • Pelvic Binders – Shackelford • Comprehensive Review – Montgomery TCCC Changes: 2017 • Extraglottic Airways in TCCC –Otten – approved 25 August 2017 • Management of Suspected Tension Pneumothorax in TCCC – Butler - approved 19 Jan 2018 21
Extraglottic Airways in TCCC 43 Extraglottic Airways in TCCC 1) Adds extraglottic airways (EGAs) as an option for airway management in Tactical Field Care. 2) Recommends the i-gel as the preferred EGA because its gel- filled cuff makes it simpler to use than EGAs with air-filled cuffs and eliminates the need for cuff pressure monitoring. 3) Notes that should an EGA with an air-filled cuff be used, the pressure in the cuff must be monitored, especially during and after changes in altitude. 22
Extraglottic Airways in TCCC 4) Emphasizes that extraglottic airways will not be tolerated by a casualty unless he or she is deeply unconscious and notes that an NPA is a better option if there is doubt about whether the casualty will tolerate an EGA. 5) Adds the use of suction when available and appropriate (eg, when needed to remove blood and vomitus) as an adjunct to airway management. 6) Clarifies the wording regarding cervical spine stabilization to emphasize that it is not needed for casualties who have sustained only penetrating trauma (without blunt force trauma.) Extraglottic Airways in TCCC 7) Reinforces that surgical cricothyroidotomies should not be performed simply because a casualty is unconscious. 8) Provides a reminder that for casualties with facial trauma or facial burns with suspected inhalation injury, neither NPAs nor EGAs may be adequate for airway management, and a surgical cricothyroidotomy may be required. 23
Extraglottic Airways in TCCC 9) Adds that pulse oximetry monitoring is a useful adjunct to assess airway patency and that capnography should be also be used in the TACEVAC phase of care. 10) Reinforces that a casualty’s airway status may change over time and that he or she should be frequently re-assessed. Management of Suspected Tension Pneumothorax in TCCC TCCC Guideline Change 17-02 48 24
Management of Suspected Tension Pneumothorax in TCCC TCCC Guideline Change 17-02 1. Continues the aggressive approach to suspecting and treating tension pneumothorax based on mechanism of injury and respiratory distress that TCCC has advocated for in the past, as opposed to waiting until shock develops as a result of the tension pneumothorax before treating. The new wording does, however, emphasize that shock and cardiac arrest may ensue if the tension pneumothorax is not treated promptly. 49 Management of Suspected Tension Pneumothorax in TCCC TCCC Guideline Change 17-02 2. Adds additional emphasis to the importance of the current TCCC recommendation to perform needle decompression (NDC) on both sides of the chest on a combat casualty with torso trauma who suffers a traumatic cardiac arrest before reaching a medical treatment facility. 3. Adds a 10 gauge, 3.25 inch needle/catheter unit as an alternative to the previously recommended 14 gauge, 3.25 inch needle/catheter unit as recommended devices for needle decompression. 50 25
Management of Suspected Tension Pneumothorax in TCCC TCCC Guideline Change 17-02 4. Designates the location at which NDC should be performed as either the lateral site (5th intercostal space {ICS} at the anterior axillary line {AAL}) or the anterior site (2nd ICS at the midclavicular line {MCL}). 5. Adds two key elements to the description of the NDC procedure: insert the needle/catheter unit at a perpendicular angle to the chest wall all the way to the hub, then hold the needle/catheter unit in place for 5-10 seconds before removing the needle in order to allow for full decompression of the pleural space to occur. 51 Management of Suspected Tension Pneumothorax in TCCC TCCC Guideline Change 17-02 6. Defines what constitutes a successful NDC, using specific metrics such as: an observed hiss of air escaping from the chest during the NDC procedure; a decrease in respiratory distress; an increase in hemoglobin oxygen saturation; and/or an improvement in signs of shock that may be present. 52 26
Management of Suspected Tension Pneumothorax in TCCC TCCC Guideline Change 17-02 7. Recommends that only two needle decompressions be attempted before continuing on to the “Circulation” portion of the TCCC Guidelines. After two NDCs have been performed, the combat medical provider should proceed to the fourth element in the “MARCH” algorithm and evaluate/treat the casualty for shock as outlined in the Circulation. Since the manifestations of hemorrhagic shock and shock from tension pneumothorax may be similar, the TCCC Guidelines now recommend proceeding to treatment for hemorrhagic shock (when present) after two NDCs have been performed. 53 Management of Suspected Tension Pneumothorax in TCCC TCCC Guideline Change 17-02 8. Adds a paragraph to the end of the Circulation section of the TCCC Guidelines that calls for consideration of untreated tension pneumothorax as a potential cause for shock that has not responded to fluid resuscitation. This is an important aspect of treating shock in combat casualties that was not presently addressed in the TCCC Guidelines. 54 27
Management of Suspected Tension Pneumothorax in TCCC TCCC Guideline Change 17-02 9. Adds finger thoracostomy (simple thoracostomy) and chest tubes as additional treatment options to treat suspected tension pneumothorax when further treatment is deemed necessary after two unsuccessful NDC attempts – if the combat medical provider has the skills, experience, and authorizations to perform these advanced interventions and the casualty is in shock. These two more invasive procedures are recommended only when the casualty is in refractory shock, not as the initial treatment. 55 TCCC Proposed Changes: Underway in 2018 • Advanced Resuscitative Care – Butler • Relook at Tourniquets in TCCC – Montgomery 28
Traditional TCCC Casualty Flow Individual Medic/Corpsman Medical Capability w/IFAK w/ AidBag On Evac Platform w/ More Equip 57 Operational Casualty Flow 29
Advanced Field/Resuscitation Care Phase • Beyond a single medic with an aidbag, but still in prehospital/Role 1 environment • Inclusion of advanced procedures at CCP / BAS / Shock Trauma Plt / FOB Aid Station / SOF Medic setting by advanced providers or forward medical teams • **NOT to be confused with PFC or Role 2** • Training Requirement and Expanded Capability for Role 1 Providers/Advanced Medics. • Multiple Hands Advanced Field/Resuscitation Care Phase • Fresh Whole Blood/Blood Products • REBOA • Definitive Junctional Management • Advanced Airway Management/Suctioning • UltraSound • Burn Fluid Resuscitation • Advanced Monitoring • Improved Hypothermia Prevention 60 30
Tourniquet Review • Validate / Re-validate currently recommended tourniquets • Review additional tourniquets – Potentially recommend additional TQs – Identify why some TQs are not recommended • Define CoTCCC-Recommended TQ Specifications • Refine the CoTCCC process for reviewing previously recommended items. 61 TCCC Engagement 62 31
All TCCC change papers are published in the JSOM - Searchable in PUBMED - Permanent part of the published medical literature TCCC Guidelines: The What TCCC Curriculum: The How MPHTLS Textbook: The Why TCCC Change Papers The Detailed Why “Military units that have trained all of their members in Tactical Combat Casualty Care have documented the lowest incidence of preventable deaths among their casualties in the history of modern warfare.” 32
TCCC Journal Watch TCCC Article Abstracts: Monthly focused PUBMED search of prehospital trauma literature Available on Deployed Medicine, JTS Website and through the TCCC Distro TCCC in Social Media @CommitteeonTCCC tc3committee @CoTCCC @JointTraumaSyst @JointTraumaSystem Channel Name: CoTCCC https://www.linkedin.com/company/jointtraumasystem Committee-on- TCCC Join the LinkedIn Discussion Groups: TCCC (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12036508) 66 33
Social Media Collaboration Network JTS Official Website http://jts.amedd.army.mil/ 68 34
CoTCCC on JTS Site http://jts.amedd.army.mil/ 69 Deployed Medicine 70 35
Medic Survey 2016 What Medics Want: • MOBILE Access • NO CAC Requirement • Quick Knowledge Access • Teaching Tools Deployed Medicine • DM is a Defense Health Agency-sponsored project to – trial new innovative learning models. – improving readiness and performance of deployed military medical personnel. – deliver personalized, dynamic learning using the most current and accessible technology. – enabling a self-directed and continuous study of medical best practices and lessons learned. 72 36
Website: www.deployedmedicine.com Previous www.cotccc.com is migrating to Deployed Medicine 73 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/deployed-medicine/id1203051672?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.allogy.deployedmedicine 74 37
TCCC & JTS on DM 75 Synchronized Content Mobile App Website 76 38
TCCC Collections 77 Guidelines 78 39
Videos 79 Podcasts Available on Deployed Medicine Also Available as Podcast Subscriptions Subscribe on iTunes: Search for “Combat Casualty Care” Subscribe on Android at: http://subscribeonandroid.com/tccc.blubrry.net/feed/podca st/ RSS Feed for the Combat Casualty Care Podcast: http://tccc.blubrry.net/feed/podcast/ 80 40
Pocket Guides 81 Pocket Guide 82 41
References 83 Instructor Materials 84 42
85 TCCC Curriculum: DM and NAEMT Websites • Also direct mailings to DoD combat medical schoolhouses • Also Special Operations Medical Association and JSOM websites 86 43
Performance Improvement Quality Assurance Lessons Learned 87 Casualty AAR System & DoDTR • Gather Lessons Learned directly from medics involved • Collect Prehospital Data to improve training & equipment • NOT punitive or investigative, but is PI TCCC POI AAR TACEVAC AAR 44
Casualty AAR System & DoDTR Available for download on the JTS Site: http://jts.amedd.army.mil Send to: usarmy.jbsa.medcom-aisr.list.jts-prehospital@mail.mil NIPR: SOF-Casualty-AAR@socom.mil or SIPR: SOF-Casualty-AAR@socom.smil.mil 89 Quality Assurance in TCCC Training: The JTS TCCC Curriculum 90 45
TCCC Training in the DoD: 2018 - Incompletely trained - Incorrectly trained - Incompletely executed - Need a STANDARD 91 Saving Lives on the Battlefield I (2012) and II (2013) • Surveys of prehospital care in Afghanistan • Combined Joint Trauma System/USCENTCOM team • Directed interviews with hundreds of physicians, PAs, and combat medical personnel in combat units • COL Russ Kotwal (I) • COL Samual Sauer (II) 46
Findings from the Two CENTCOM/JTS Prehospital Care Assessments • TCCC is not being implemented evenly across the battle space • These variations are not just SOF versus conventional forces difference • Why is this happening? • “We teach physicians ATLS (maybe) and then assign them to operational units and expect that they can effectively supervise medics who have been taught battlefield trauma care based on TCCC concepts.” Non-Standard TCCC Courses • Many “TCCC” courses (unit-based, service- based, and vendor-based) – aren’t! • Incorrect messaging – Instructor drift – “Never take off a tourniquet in the field” – “Let the tourniquet down every 15 minutes” • Incorrect messaging has been DIRECTLY associated with adverse outcomes • Inappropriate training 94 47
RECENT Preventable Adverse Outcomes • One Special Operations member suffered a leg amputation from prolonged tourniquet use – only amputation from tourniquet use in US forces. Unit members had been told never to take off a tourniquet in the field at their “TCCC” course. Tourniquet was left on for over 8 hours. • A casualty suffered pulmonary edema at a foreign medical facility from getting 9 liters of NS during resuscitation from hemorrhagic shock • 2 deaths from unrecognized tension pneumothorax • Respiratory arrest from using midazolam after fentanyl lozenges TCCC Training – The Need for a Standard • In the absence of a standard high- quality TCCC course with a professionally developed curriculum, "TCCC Training" in the DoD can wind up being an hour of Powerpoint slides or 11 days of inappropriate training - or anything in between. 96 48
Variable TCCC Instructors • TCCC Instructor # 1 – Up to date on current TCCC Guidelines, Practices, and Curricula • TCCC Instructor # 2 – Teaching what they learned “when” they learned it but not up-to-date. • TCCC Instructor # 3 – Selectively teaching the parts they agree with or are comfortable with or understand. • TCCC Instructor # 4 – Teaching their own “interpretation” of TCCC. 97 Joint Trauma System White Paper to Service SGs • Outlined the problem • Documented the bad outcomes from non-standardized TCCC training • Recommended that we use the JTS-developed TCCC 98 curriculum as taught through NAEMT. 49
Training Standard NAEMT ACLS/BLS – American Heart Assn ATLS – ACS Committee on Trauma TCCC – JTS CoTCCC ACS COT and NAEMT * NAEMT training sites can be established at military bases anywhere in the world or with commercial TCCC training vendors NAEMT Courses Advantages • They use the JTS/CoTCCC curricula. • They QA their instructors. • Have a system for establishing training sites • Certification card at the end of the course. • NAEMT database of all who complete the course. • Less expensive than commercial training vendors. • Cost: $10 per student (medics, physicians, PAs - who need to be certified) • Potentially free for non-medical combatants (but no NAEMT certification cards) • The course with the “Shock Labs” - cost $2000 per 100 student plus 10 days travel (another $2000) 50
Translating TCCC to the Civilian Sector 101 102 51
White House: “Bystander – Stop the Bleed” • White House meeting on this topic 6 October 2015 • Emphasis was on BYSTANDERS being able to use tourniquets and hemostatic dressings 103 104 52
43 States and 15 Nations over a 10-day period. 30,000+ Trained Coming back soon: MARCH 2019 105 Thank You! @CommitteeonTCCC Harold Montgomery CoTCCC Committee- @CoTCCC Operational Medicine Liaison on-TCCC Joint Trauma System / CoTCCC Harold.r.montgomery2.ctr@mail.mil tc3committee HRMontgomery75@gmail.com SOMA Related www.deployedmedicine.com http://jts.amedd.army.mil/ 106 53
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