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Trauma- Focused Individual Training. Revised and Updated January 2005. Trauma Focused Individual Training “T-FIT”. What is T-FIT?. Focused medical training for non-medical personnel designed to provide critical medical intervention at the site of injury. Who Developed the Course?.
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Trauma- Focused Individual Training Revised and Updated January 2005
What is T-FIT? • Focused medical training for non-medical personnel designed to provide critical medical intervention at the site of injury.
Who Developed the Course? • COL Cliff Cloonan, Assistant Professor Military & Emergency Medicine Department Developed the course based on his operational experience as SOCOM Surgeon .
Command Emphasis • 1st Brigade (Warrior) Brigade Commander COL William Garrett (2003) directed implementation and fielding of program within Warrior Brigade.
100:50:25:2 “Rule” • 100% of unit strength CLS trained • 50% of unit strength T-FIT trained • 25 (approx) Combat Medics assigned • 2 Advanced Trauma Management (ATM) Providers Based on Battalion/Squadron sized element
Course History • The first formal class was taught to soldiers assigned to 1-32 Infantry Battalion, 1st Warrior Brigade, 10th Mountain Division in February 2003
Initial Course Developers • Major Chadwick- 1st Brigade Surgeon • CPT Pataky- Battalion Physician Assistant • Medics of 1-32 Infantry
Baptism Under Fire • The courses further development began in Operation Iraqi Freedom for Task Force Chosin. Training was developed based on requirements as identified during combat operations beginning October 2002
MAJ Jack Hurley- 82nd Airborne Division CPT Michael Franco- 82nd Airborne Division 1LT Edwin Guiterrez- 10th MTN DIV 1LT Thomas Moody 10th MTN DIV SFC Douglas Mack- 10th MTN DIV SSG Conway Halladay- 10th MTN DIV SGT Joshua Pierrpont-10th MTN DIV Course Improved Development
1LT Edwin Gutierrez 1LT Thomas Moody Program of Instruction Writers
DEDICATION • This course is dedicated to all soldiers of Task Force Chosin and most importantly to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Prerequisites • Successfully complete the Combat Life-Savers course. • Passing CLS written examination of 90% or better on written exam. • Top 25%-50% of CLS course.
Course Requirement • Pass all individual practical skills testing • Pass all group practical skills • Score 80% or better on written examination
Maintain an open airway Perform mouth-to mask ventilation Insert an oral pharyngeal airway Insert a nasal pharyngeal airway Apply dressing for sucking chest wound Perform trauma patient assessment Perform I.V. administration Apply tourniquet Request MEDEVAC Perform patient triage Individual Practical skills
Team Practical skills • Manage trauma patient • Manage mass casualty
Lectures • Introduction to T-FIT • Combat Casualty care/Tactical Care Under Fire • Triage/Mass Casualty Management • Patient Assessment Trauma Patient • Airway management
Lectures (Continued) • Head Trauma • Chest/Abdominal Trauma • Extremity Trauma • Burns • Altitude Sickness • MEDEVAC Procedures
Recommended Course length • 2- 15 hour/ Day • 3- 12.5 hour/Day • 4- 10 hour/Day • 5- 8 hour/Day
IV fluid (NS)-100 IV Tubing- 100 Needle Catheter-200 Alcohol pads-200 Tourniquets-20 Gloves- 100 Band Aid- 100 Sharp Container- 5 Chux- 100 CLS bags- 25 Asherman Chest seal-25 Ratchet Tourniquet-5 Quik Clot- 2(demonstration only) Airway Mannequin- 1 Recommend Supplies Based on class size of 25 soldiers
Tape 1 inch- 15 Field Dressing- 25 Cravats- 25 Israeli Dressing- 25 Kerlix- 50 FAST-1(demonstration only) Litters- 4 ACE Wrap 3 inch- 5 Oral Pharyngeal - 10 Nasal Pharyngeal- 10 Laptop-1 Proxima-1 Recommend Supplies Based on class size of 25 soldiers
Certificate of Training presented by 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum New York To PV2 John David 111-111-1111 For Successful completion of 40 hours of Trauma Focus Individual Training ________________________________ Thomas U. Moody, MPAS, RPA-C 1LT, SP Physician Assistant ________________________________ Mark Meadows LTC, IN Commanding 09 Nov. 2003 – 13 Nov. 2003
T-FIT Packing List Adhesive tape, surgical porous woven 1in.x10yrds 1 Airway, pharyngeal large adult 1 Airway, pharyngeal small adult 1 Bandage adhesive 3/4inx3in chest flesh (band-aid) 18 Bandage muslin compressed (cravat) 37x37x52 triangular 4 Case medical instrument and supply (CLS bag) 1 Catheter needle unit d121 V 18ga 4 Bandage, pressure, Israeli 2 Dressing, first aid, field camouflaged 4x6.25x7.25 lg abs 6 Gloves patient exam-large (latex) 2 Intravenous inj set 7compmacrodrip10drops/ml 2 Catheter 14ga 2.5in 2 Asherman chest dressing 2 Pad povidone-iodine impre ster2x1 375”brown (iodine pads) 12 Povidone-iodineointUSP10% 1/8oz. (3.54 gram) (iodine ointment) 8 Ringers lactate injection USP 500ml plastic bag 2 Scissors, bandage 1.5” cut large 7.25” 7 Alcohol preps 25 Field dressing, first aid 7x2x8 2 Sam splint 1 Nasopharyngeal airway 4 2x2” gauze sponges 12 Tourniquet Ratchet 1