Contingent Medic

The objective of this two-day, immersive course is to establish a baseline for a layperson (healthcare pros are welcome too;) who is designated as their team’s Medic during infrastructure failures. These failures may be due to violent civil unrest, sustained terrorist attacks, or any number of potential events requiring tactical self-reliance in rural or urban environments. This course will provide information and skills for family/community preparedness groups who have designated a team Medic to oversee their group’s health, medically related skills and equipment. This person may be responsible for the group’s decision to shelter in place with medically compromised teammates, and/or evacuating the sick or injured to a new location or appropriate facility. Students will learn through lecture, hands-on skills practice, and benefit from immersion teaching methods. Although each student will learn how to function as an independent aid provider, they will also learn how to function as a cohesive team. There may be a voluntary overnight bivouac between TD1 & TD2 which is part of the immersion training session; dependent on venue. There will be no live-fire during this course.
Training Day 1 will be conducted in the classroom.
Training Day 2 (including the bivouac) will be conducted in the field.
Some physical exertion may be required, however we will do our best to work within your capabilities.

Prerequisites:
1. Although not mandatory, it is highly recommended that students attend at least one of the following courses or similar courses prior to attending.
    - Stop The Bleed
    - a one-day or two-day course from LSM
2. This course is restricted to ages 18 years of age and up.

Subjects:
Students will be introduced to both medical and non-medical subjects related to providing initial care and some prolonged aid in potentially hostile environments.
- Establishing roles and responsibilities of the Contingent Medic
- Mission planning and developing medical contingencies
            Identify risk factors
Potential mechanisms of illness/injury
            Available resources
            Prolonged care/nursing fundamentals
            Casualty Collection Points
            CASEVAC planning
- Medical equipment selection
IFAK
Level I - IV medical kits
Rescue/recovery equipment
EVAC equipment
- Fundamentals of human anatomy & physiology
- Patient assessment techniques
Focused Medical Exams
Vital Signs
- Patient movement techniques for medium and long distances
- Wound management in the field
- Basic pharmacology
- Soft tissue and sports related injuries
- Basic land navigation (day & night)
- Intro to Small Unit Tactics
- Patient recovery/retrieval
- Communication options