What are the three phases of Tactical Combat Casualty Care?

What are the three phases of Tactical Combat Casualty Care?

• A. Care Under Fire
• B. Tactical Field Care
• C. Tactical Evacuation Care
• D. Care Under Fire, Tactical Field Care, & Tactical Evacuation Care

Answer: (D)

Three phases guide Tactical Combat Casualty Care, matching actions to threat level and safety. In Care Under Fire the priority is to stop life‑threatening bleeding and get the casualty to safety, while you and the team remain under direct fire. Rapid, simple measures are used—like applying a tourniquet or hemostatic dressing and moving to cover—because time and exposure are critical. Once the area is secure, Tactical Field Care allows a more thorough assessment and treatment on the ground. With safety established, you can address airway, breathing, and circulation more comprehensively, control bleeding, treat shock, immobilize injuries, administer medications as available, and prepare the casualty for evacuation. This phase emphasizes a fuller evaluation and longer interventions than in the first phase. During evacuation, Tactical Evacuation Care focuses on ongoing life-saving measures while the casualty is being moved to higher-level care. Monitoring continues, airway and breathing support are maintained, bleeding control and shock management persist, pain relief and comfort are provided as possible, and preparations are made for definitive treatment at a medical facility. All three phases together form the complete framework, which is why the full set is the correct answer.

Three phases guide Tactical Combat Casualty Care, matching actions to threat level and safety. In Care Under Fire the priority is to stop life‑threatening bleeding and get the casualty to safety, while you and the team remain under direct fire. Rapid, simple measures are used—like applying a tourniquet or hemostatic dressing and moving to cover—because time and exposure are critical.

Once the area is secure, Tactical Field Care allows a more thorough assessment and treatment on the ground. With safety established, you can address airway, breathing, and circulation more comprehensively, control bleeding, treat shock, immobilize injuries, administer medications as available, and prepare the casualty for evacuation. This phase emphasizes a fuller evaluation and longer interventions than in the first phase.

During evacuation, Tactical Evacuation Care focuses on ongoing life-saving measures while the casualty is being moved to higher-level care. Monitoring continues, airway and breathing support are maintained, bleeding control and shock management persist, pain relief and comfort are provided as possible, and preparations are made for definitive treatment at a medical facility.

All three phases together form the complete framework, which is why the full set is the correct answer.