# ABBREVIATIONS & DEFINITIONS

AVPU - alert, verbal, pain, unresponsive

CRIC - cricothyroidotomy

IFAK - individual first aid kit

JFAK - joint first aid kit

MTF - medical treatment facility

O2 - oxygen

POI - point of injury

TCCC - Tactical Combat Casualty Care

TQ - tourniquet

area of responsibility. The geographical area associated with a combatant command within which a geographic combatant commander has authority to plan and conduct operations.

clinical provider. Any individual permitted by law and Service regulations to provide care, treatment, and services, without direction or supervision, within the scope of the individual’s license and consistent with individually granted clinical privileges. This term is equivalent to healthcare provider.

first responder. Medical or non-medical personnel who provide initial and/or immediate self-aid, buddy aid, POI care, and/or tactical field care and stabilization for evacuation to the next health service support capability in the roles of care, and treats Service members for common minor illnesses.

roles of care. A characteristic of health service support is the distribution of medical resources and capabilities. Role 1 is the first medical care military personnel receive, also referred to as unit-level medical care; Role 2 provides advanced trauma management and emergency medical treatment, including continuation of resuscitation started in Role 1; Role 3 is care provided in an MTF that is staffed and equipped to provide care to all categories of patients, to include resuscitation, initial wound surgery, and post-operative treatment; and Role 4 medical care is found in U.S. base hospitals and robust overseas facilities.

TCCC. A set of trauma management guidelines customized for use in the operational setting that maintains a focus on the most common causes of preventable deaths resulting from combat.