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CONTENTS: 1. U.S. ARMY MEDEVAC CRITICAL CARE FLIGHT PARAMEDIC STANDARD MEDICAL OPERATING GUIDELINES 2. Tactical Evacuation After Action Report & Patient Care Record 3. INSTRUCTIONS: DA Form 4700 OP4, Tactical Evacuation (TACEVAC) After Action Report (AAR) and Patient Care Record (PCR) [MEDICAL RECORD-SUPPLEMENTAL MEDICAL DATA] 4. DD Form 1380 TACTICAL COMBAT CASUALTY CARE (TCCC) CARD 5. JOINT TRAUMA SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT, CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK, AND OPTIMAL ELEMENTS 6. The United States Military Joint Trauma System Assessment: A Report Commissioned by the US Central Command Surgeon Sponsored by Air Force Central Command A Strategic Document to Provide a Platform for Tactical Development (2018) INTRODUCTION This current set of medical guidelines has gone through some significant improvements since the original release in 2014 and were developed through a collaboration of Emergency Medicine professionals, experienced Flight Medics, Aeromedical Physician Assistants, Critical Care Nurses, and Flight Surgeons. There has been close coordination in the development of these guidelines by the Joint Trauma System, Committee of En Route Combat Casualty Care and the Committee of Tactical Combat Casualty Care. Our shared goal is to ensure excellent en route care that is standard across all evacuation and emergency medical pre-hospital units. It is our vision that all of these enhancements and improvements will advance en route care across the services and the Department of Defense. The CCFP Program Office facilitates appropriate training and medical education to the CCFP providers. The CCFP program of instruction ensures the appropriate skills and knowledge required for CCFPs to apply these medical guidelines during aeromedical evacuation. Unit medical trainers and medical directors should evaluate CCFPs ability to follow and execute the medical instructions herein. These medical guidelines are intended to guide Critical Care Flight Paramedics (CCFP) and prehospital professionals in the response and management of emergencies and the care and treatment of patients in both garrison and theater of war environments. Unit medical providers are not expected to employ these guidelines blindly. Unit medical providers are expected to manipulate and adjust these guidelines to their unit’s mission and medical air crew training / experience. Medical directors or designated supervising physicians should endorse these guidelines as a baseline, appropriately adjust components as needed, and responsibly manage individual unit medical missions within the scope of practice of their Critical Care Flight Paramedics, Enroute Critical Care Nurses, and advanced practice aeromedical providers.