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The K9 Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) course focuses on providing life-saving medical care to (working) dogs in tactical and emergency situations. This course, based on current TECC guidelines, teaches handlers and first responders how to stabilize dogs using the adapted MARCH protocol.

Topics covered:

– Introduction to TECC & K9 anatomy
– Objectives of K9 Tactical Medicine
– Phases of K9 TECC
– Wound ballistics & traumatology
– Emergency evacuation using various techniques
– MMMARCHH
– Safely applying a muzzle
– Stopping life-threatening bleeding
– Airway management
– Treating tension pneumothorax
– Hypothermia / Head injuries

Other non-traumatic conditions are also addressed, such as:

– K9 resuscitation
– Heatstroke
– Choking
– Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus (GDV)
– Toxic ingestion
– etc.