Three relevant articles of interest:
http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/commun/ml-fe/article-eng.asp?id=5883
http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/ws/Archives/5Mar09/5Mar09.pdf (See page 7)
http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/commun/ml-fe/article-eng.asp?id=3502
TCCC is designed to teach CF personnel deploying to Afghanistan how to treat casualties until medical support arrives – perfect for NBP members because they often operate without a medic in tow.
The two-week course starts with the practical. Students learn to use a tourniquet, pack a wound, insert a nasal breathing tube, insert a needle into the chest cavity to relieve air or fluid pressure, and how to do all this and more under fire.
The second week sends students into the field to work through scenarios such as a LAV striking an IED, suicide bombers at checkpoints, patrols through villages and injuries to civilians, with role-players as locals and enemies, and realistic simulated wounds. Students also practised transmitting the necessary information in calls for medical evacuations.