Tactical Emergency Casualty Care for Law Enforcement

TECC for Law Enforcement is an 8-hour classroom course that brings the core content of the TECC provider curriculum to law enforcement officers and non-EMS first responders. The course is built on the recognition that law enforcement officers are frequently the first medical responders at the scene of a shooting, stabbing, or traumatic injury -- and that the actions taken in the first minutes determine who survives.

The course covers the most critical life-saving interventions that a non-medical first responder can perform, delivered at a level appropriate for officers without a clinical background.

Skills taught include:
- Tourniquet application -- self-application and buddy aid
- Wound packing with hemostatic gauze
- Chest seal application for penetrating chest wounds
- Airway positioning and management
- Recognition of life-threatening hemorrhage and tension pneumothorax
- Care under fire decision-making
- Patient handoff to EMS

The course uses the TECC three-phase framework -- direct threat, indirect threat, and evacuation -- as the operational structure for all decision-making.

Completion awards a certificate of completion and 8 hours of content credit. Course materials include an officer reference guide for ongoing use.

TECC-LEO is appropriate for law enforcement officers, correctional officers, security personnel, and other non-EMS first responders. No prior medical training required.