'While the Rangers have some unique combat enablers, the truth is that in the prehospital setting, survival in the first 10 minutes does not require advanced technology,' Irizarry said. He is a senior advisor to the Squad Overmatch TC3 study. (Dr.) Daniel Irizarry, who has served as an 82nd Airborne Division brigade surgeon and a special operations battalion surgeon. The statistics underscore the importance of command emphasis and realistic combat casualty care training for all Soldiers, said Col.

For conventional forces, the rates for died of wounds and for killed in action were 5.8 percent and 16.4 percent respectively.

For Army Rangers, the rates for died of wounds and killed in action were 1.7 percent and 10.7 percent respectively.

Of the 1,096 casualty deaths from October 2001 to June 2011, 24 percent of the casualties who died in the prehospital setting potentially could have survived with the right assets and training.

87 percent of casualty deaths occurred before the casualty reached a medical treatment facility in the prehospital setting.

Yet other statistics from the recent wars point to areas for improvement: Eventually, medical advances, command emphasis, improved evacuation and better training pushed survival rates up to 97 percent. At the start, 90 percent of casualties survived their wounds. CAC-T fields training systems, delivers leader training and sustains training capabilities.ĭuring the wars, the Army's care for wounded Soldiers improved. We need to have tough, realistic training to improve readiness and most important of all - save Soldiers' lives,' said O'Neil. 'Now the Army is taking those lessons learned and making them part of training. O'Neil, deputy commanding general of the Combined Arms Center-Training, or CAC-T. Squad Overmatch-TC3 training draws on the Army's experiences from Iraq and Afghanistan, said Maj. One of the study's findings was that Soldiers lack access to realistic TC3 simulation that could improve the individual and collective skills Soldiers and squads need to manage the complex environment of simultaneous combat and casualty management. Those efforts stem from an ongoing Army study, Squad Overmatch-TC3, which is exploring ways to improve warrior skills, achieve squad overmatch and save lives through cutting-edge learning techniques and state-of-the-art simulation technologies.

25, 2016) - The Army is looking to save Soldiers' lives by making Tactical Combat Casualty Care, also known as TC3, training more realistic and accessible. Army) VIEW ORIGINALįORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. During training, a Soldier must properly tightened a tourniquet on the mann. Dan Irizarry (left) explains the realistic training capabilities of the Tactical Combat Casualty Care mannequin to Gen.

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