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ATP 4-02.11 REFERENCE

Army Techniques Publication for Casualty Response, Tactical Combat Casualty Care, and First Aid — 23 March 2026. 15 deep-dive guides covering hemorrhage control, airway, chest injuries, shock, fractures, burns, environmental injuries, CBRN, and more.

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These pages extract and organize doctrine directly from ATP 4-02.11, Casualty Response, Tactical Combat Casualty Care, and First Aid (23 March 2026). Each page covers one topic chapter with exact procedures, numbers, and standards from the publication. This supplements the ESB Medical Lane task cards with deeper doctrinal context.

15 Reference Pages
ATP 4-02.11 • 23 March 2026
Ch. 3
TCCC Phases Overview

Care Under Fire, Tactical Field Care, and TACEVAC — the three phases, tier structure, and MARCH-PAWS sequence.
Ch. 4
Massive Hemorrhage Control

Blood sweep, tourniquet application, junctional wounds, hemostatic dressings, and reassessment in TFC.
Ch. 5
Airway Management in Tactical Settings

NPA insertion, positioning, recovery position, BVM use, choking, and airway obstruction management.
Ch. 6
Chest Injuries & Needle Decompression

Open pneumothorax, tension pneumothorax, occlusive dressings, and NCD at 2nd ICS midclavicular line.
Ch. 7
Shock Recognition & Management

Indicators of shock, blood volume loss table, hypovolemic shock treatment, and anti-shock positioning.
Ch. 8
Hypothermia Prevention & Management

Mild/moderate/severe hypothermia, the lethal triad, field warming techniques, and prevention measures.
Ch. 9
Secondary Injury Assessment (PAWS-MIST)

Wound management, pain management (CWMP), MARCH-PAWS secondary survey, and pre-evacuation steps.
Ch. 10
Eye Trauma: Types, Treatment & Evacuation

Lacerations, foreign bodies, extrusions, chemical burns, rigid eye shields, and evacuation criteria.
Ch. 11
Head Injury & Traumatic Brain Injury Assessment

TBI classification (mild/moderate/severe), open head wounds, MACE assessment, and evacuation priorities.
Ch. 12
Burns: Classification, Cooling & Field Treatment

Rule of Nines, 1st/2nd/3rd degree burns, cooling protocols, field dressing, and when to initiate IV fluids.
Ch. 13
Fractures & Splinting Techniques

Open vs. closed fractures, semi-rigid splint, sling/swathe, anatomical splinting, CSM checks, and specific sites.
Ch. 14
Abdominal & Thoracic Wounds

Abdominal evisceration, thoracic wound dressing, bandaging techniques, and preparation for evacuation.
Ch. 15
Casualty Monitoring, DD Form 1380 & Evacuation

Pulse assessment, DD Form 1380 (TCCC card), MIST report, vital signs monitoring, and pre-evacuation procedures.
Ch. 17
Environmental Injuries: Heat, Cold & Altitude

Heat exhaustion, heat stroke, cold injuries, frostbite, trench foot, altitude sickness, and field treatments.
Ch. 19
CBRN First Aid & Tactical Considerations

Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear medical response, nerve agent antidotes, and decontamination procedures.
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