The Tactical Trauma Assessment module has three cognitive and five performance learning objectives.
The cognitive learning objectives are:
- Identify common causes of altered mental status.
- The importance of disarming and securing communications equipment from casualties with altered mental status.
- The importance of communicating with the casualty.
The performance learning objectives are:
- Demonstrate techniques for assessing a casualty’s mental status.
- Communicating with a casualty during Tactical Field Care.
- Using proper body substance isolation.
- Using the MARCH PAWS sequence to assess a combat casualty.
- Demonstrating the appropriate actions and interventions for a casualty based on that assessment.