After establishing fire superiority in order to avoid additional casualties and additional injuries to existing casualties, treatment priorities can be addressed. Per the TCCC Guidelines, these are:

  1. Extracting casualties from burning vehicles or buildings (if applicable).
  2. Stopping life-threatening hemorrhage using limb tourniquets (if tactically feasible).
  3. Moving casualties to cover whenever possible. 

Other care should be deferred to the Tactical Field Care phase.