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AAR: Condition Red One Day Human Cadaver Lab
Instructor: Chris van Houten
April 30, 2021
Boston, MA
8:30 am – 5 pm (one day)
Hey guys, I've slowed down a bit writing these because of the time it takes to crank one out. But on this occasion I felt compelled to jot my thoughts and impressions down given my inexperience regarding the subject matter. This class has made a profound impression on me and my training.
You may have been encouraged by your training mentors to be as well-rounded as possible as responsibly armed citizens. Get in shape, learn pistol, carbine, precision rifle, shotgun, combatives, blade, and medical etc.
Each one of these subjects is worth a deep dive, and I feel that of these, medical is probably the most difficult to do hands-on, unlike say, pistol, carbine, and combatives. That can make the learning more abstract if done in a classroom-only setting.
Also – this isn't the kind of training that I consider fun. A few days on the range? Fun. Grappling with buddies on a mat? Fun.
Medical? Blah. Honestly, I didn't want to take this class.
But I strongly felt like I needed to attend. And with today's ammo prices, the round count was ... just right.
I'm a clueless civilian so keep in mind that is the perspective I'm writing from. I have attended multi-day TCCC (Tactical Combat Casualty Care) classroom sessions with local trainers and instructors like Will Willis. Many of the live fire instructors I have hosted and trained with have given medical briefs.
I also recently attended a one-day TECC (Tactical Emergency Casualty Care) class with Chris van Houten, which is how I learned about this cadaver lab.
I haven't yet attended a live tissue lab – so I'm unable to draw a comparison for you.
I'll try to hit on some of the highlights. For a one-day lab, we covered a lot of material.
So the setting for training was a bit unusual – an anatomy lab in the bowels of a university medical school in a large northeastern city. It's my understanding that Chris and this institution have been collaborating to train US military personnel in TCCC for some time now. I believe this was the first open enrollment opportunity.
The laboratory is connected to a “clean” classroom stocked with a mini-kitchen. Our lab tech Mike brought us bagels and coffee.
There were nine students including 3 LEO's, several volunteer EMS personnel as well as front line medical personnel.
Instructor: Chris van Houten
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Boston, MA
8:30 am – 5 pm (one day)
Hey guys, I've slowed down a bit writing these because of the time it takes to crank one out. But on this occasion I felt compelled to jot my thoughts and impressions down given my inexperience regarding the subject matter. This class has made a profound impression on me and my training.
You may have been encouraged by your training mentors to be as well-rounded as possible as responsibly armed citizens. Get in shape, learn pistol, carbine, precision rifle, shotgun, combatives, blade, and medical etc.
Each one of these subjects is worth a deep dive, and I feel that of these, medical is probably the most difficult to do hands-on, unlike say, pistol, carbine, and combatives. That can make the learning more abstract if done in a classroom-only setting.
Also – this isn't the kind of training that I consider fun. A few days on the range? Fun. Grappling with buddies on a mat? Fun.
Medical? Blah. Honestly, I didn't want to take this class.
But I strongly felt like I needed to attend. And with today's ammo prices, the round count was ... just right.
I'm a clueless civilian so keep in mind that is the perspective I'm writing from. I have attended multi-day TCCC (Tactical Combat Casualty Care) classroom sessions with local trainers and instructors like Will Willis. Many of the live fire instructors I have hosted and trained with have given medical briefs.
I also recently attended a one-day TECC (Tactical Emergency Casualty Care) class with Chris van Houten, which is how I learned about this cadaver lab.
I haven't yet attended a live tissue lab – so I'm unable to draw a comparison for you.
I'll try to hit on some of the highlights. For a one-day lab, we covered a lot of material.
So the setting for training was a bit unusual – an anatomy lab in the bowels of a university medical school in a large northeastern city. It's my understanding that Chris and this institution have been collaborating to train US military personnel in TCCC for some time now. I believe this was the first open enrollment opportunity.
The laboratory is connected to a “clean” classroom stocked with a mini-kitchen. Our lab tech Mike brought us bagels and coffee.
There were nine students including 3 LEO's, several volunteer EMS personnel as well as front line medical personnel.
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