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Tactical Combat Casualty Care in Operation Iraqi Freedom

                                  CPT Michael J. Tarpey, MC, USA
                                  Current assignment: Battalion Surgeon 1-15 IN (PROFIS)                                           Deployed to Middle East
                                  Permanent Assignment: Winder Clinic, Ft. Benning MEDDAC
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Introduction

     In the mid-1990s the U.S. Army Special Operations Command developed a new set of guidelines concerning the treatment of casualties on the battlefield.  These guidelines, called Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), have been updated since their initial proposal and have been widely practiced with excellent results throughout the Special Operations community (1).  However there has been very little spread of the use of t ...
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