Course detail: Tactical Medical for First Responders

The Tactical Medical for First Responders program is designed to define a Medical Threat Assessment, to include a medical plan for a tactical operation. Students will learn how to apply techniques to control life threatening bleeding during Care under Fire in a (HOT ZONE). Additionally, they will perform techniques to treat life threatening and non-life threatening injuries during Tactical Field Care in a (WARM ZONE). During the program students will demonstrate lifting, moving and extricating victims from a tactical or hostile environment during Tactical Evacuation Care. 

Core Competencies:
  • Participants will develop the knowledge and skills necessary to decrease preventable loss of one's own life (self-aid) or the life of another (buddy-aid) while in an active threat environment. 
  • Participants will demonstrate lifting, moving and extricating victims during scenario based exercises. 
Course Objectives:
  • Identify, prioritize and treat life threatening injuries
  • Identify necessary items to include in first aid kits
  • Perform proper hemorrhage control
  • Demonstrate how to open an airway
  • Demonstrate how to treat chest wounds
Instructional Methods:
  • Lecture
  • Group Discussion
  • Practical Exercises and Scenarios
Who Should Attend:
  • All Law Enforcement Personnel
  • Emergency Management Services Personnel
  • Fire Services Personnel 

Course Requirements:
  • 100% Attendance
  • Participate in all exercises and scenarios
Fitness Requirements and Expectations: SOMEWHAT ACTIVE


Optional Purchase 
  • Tactical Medical Kit -this canvas kit includes - bag, gloves, hemostatic bandage, emergency trauma dressing, nasopharyngeal airway with lube, tourniquet, large trauma shears, chest seal dressing - twin pack, and emergency survival blanket.



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Notice of Availability of the KLETC Annual Security and Fire Safety Report:

The University of Kansas has determined that the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) main campus in Hutchinson and its regional sites in Dodge City, Hays, and Parsons are separate campuses. This determination was made in consultation with the Department of Education. The report is available online t: https://civilrights.ku.edu/clery.

The report contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); fire safety policies and procedures; programs to prevent sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; the procedures the institution will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred On-Campus; in On-Campus Student Housing Facilities; in Non-Campus buildings or property owned or controlled by the institution or a recognized student organization; and on Public Property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus. The report also contains fire statistics for any fires occurring in an On-Campus Student Housing Facility during the three most recent calendar years.

 A paper copy of the report will be provided upon request. If you would like to receive a paper copy, you can request that a copy be mailed to you by calling 785-864-6414 or emailing civilrights@ku.edu or arrange for pick-up at a KLETC location.

 Session Information: LE25181F

Schedule: Every day, starting on 03/31/25 and ending on 03/31/25
Times: 08:30am-04:30pm CDT

Add-ons

Every day, starting on 04/05/25 and ending on 04/05/25
12:00am-12:01am CDT
 

Bulletin

Please dress in layers, as the temperature in the room may be difficult to adjust. The session begins at 8:30 AM and is estimated to end at 4:30 PM. On-site registration will begin at 8:15 AM. Thank you again for your willingness to participate. We look forward to seeing you in Hays!

Instructors

Name Additional Resources
Justin Hoffman

Facility Detail

Hays KLETC Regional Site
2101 E 13th Street
Hays, KS 67601

Cancellation Policy

A refund less a $10.00 cancellation fee will be assessed for all cancellations made in writing prior to 10 days before the start of the event. After that time, no refunds will be made.