Tactical Combat Casualty Care: In the line of fire

Seven years into the “Long War” against terrorism, with tens of thousands of battle casualties and over four thousand combat deaths, the Army has learned many hard lessons of combat and combat casualty care. We continue to learn new lessons as the enemy’s tactics and weapons evolve and our ability to counter them and to save the lives of Soldiers both before and after injury evolves as well. In many respects, the power to actively study its own performance and that of its enemy in near real time is the hallmark of a “learning organization” in the 21st century. A key piece of this learning has been the development and wide adoption of the concept of tactical combat casualty care this book will show and instruct you in these event when they are going to fall on the USA.