The USNSC will conduct a one-day (8-hour) Advanced TacMed Seminar on Monday, 17 October, 2011 at the US Shooting Academy.

The objective of the seminar is to provide cutting edge training on skills critical to medical personnel who operate in and support law enforcement tactical teams.

The following are descriptions and training sessions and a listing of instructor bios. Tactical Medics interested in attending may register for the course by following instructions on the Registration Page.

Session Abstracts

Session One

Hemostatics/Hemorrhage Control - 2 hours
Utilizing Combat Medical Systems' state of the art patient simulators, students will be exposed to simulated life threatening hemorrhages and wound characteristics which may be encountered in the tactical environment. Emphasizing hands-on training, students will gain experience in wound packing, hemorrhage control techniques, and the use of hemostatic agents. Students will be provided with all required medical supplies for the course. Tactical uniforms will be worn throughout this session but no body armor or protective equipment is needed for this seminar.

Session Two

Tactical Triage/Officer Rescue/Extraction - 2 hours
Utilizing multiple officer rescue platforms, students will be exposed to various types of rescue devices and techniques. Training will be a hands-on and physically demanding. Students will gain experience in triage concepts in the tactical environment, officer rescue platforms, and movement in the hostile environment. Armored vest (w/o plate) and tactical uniform will be worn throughout this session. This is NOT a live-fire event, no weapons are needed/permitted.

Session Three

Defensive Firearms for the TEMS Provider - 4 hours
These will be live-fire training drills designed to focus on basic firearm safety, operation, and concepts as well as core principles of tactical shooting. The first half of the training will be concepts and principles of tactical shooting. Students will be exposed to both sidearm and long arms operations. The second half of the training will focus on defensive shooting tactics and shooting platforms that may be encountered as a TEMS provider. This training will be dynamic and include shooting from cover, position shooting, and shooting under stress. Students will supply their own ammunition and may use assigned/personal pistols and carbines IF THE STUDENT IS A COMMISSIONED PEACE OFFICER AND CARRIES THOSE WEAPON IN THE LINE OF DUTY. The USNSC will have a limited number of weapons available for use on a first come first reserved basis for medics who are not assigned weapons. Armored vest (w/o plate) and tactical uniform will be worn with ear and eye protection, and ballistic helmet.

TacMed Seminar Instructors

Alf Zeilinger NREMT-P is a Clinical Coordinator for the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA), in the Tulsa Region of Oklahoma. His responsibilities include continuing education training for First Responders and instructing in the Paramedic program. Alf also manages and oversees all aspects of tactical medical operations for the EMSA Tactical medical units attached to 3 different law enforcement agencies. Alf has more than 15 years experience as a Paramedic in high volume urban EMS Operations while serving as an Alternate Field Supervisor, Field Training Officer and preceptor of Paramedic students. Alf has attended and taught advanced training in tactical medicine, law enforcement and hazardous materials. He has numerous instructor credentials including EMS Instructor, ACLS, BLS, AMLS, PEPP, PALS, and PHTLS. He serves as a Deputy and the Tactical Medic Team Leader on the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office SWAT team. A military veteran, he has deployed to numerous countries and served in Operation Desert Shield/Storm.

Brian Lankford NREMT-P is a reserve officer for the City of New Deal, Texas Police Department and assigned to the Lubbock Texas Police Departments' SWAT Team as an Operator/Tactical Paramedic. Brian is also a Paramedic Supervisor/Sr. Field Training Officer with UMC Lubbock EMS and a Flight Paramedic. Officer Lankford has been an Emergency Paramedic for 17 years and in Law Enforcement for 9 years. He is one of the original instructor cadres for the Texas Tactical Police Officer's Association TEMS training program and has helped develop and instruct the TTPOA's Self-Aid/Buddy-Aid (SABA) course and ALERRT Active Shooter Program.

Officer Vance Laymon NREMT-P is a Deputy/Tactical Medic with the Lubbock County Sheriffs Dept. Deputy Laymon has been a Paramedic for over 20yrs. and has worked as a commissioned Peace officer/Tactical medic with the Lubbock Police Dept. for 18yrs. Vance also works with the Lubbock Sheriffs Dept. SWAT and Narcotics Divisions, as well as numerous local, State and Federal Agencies on high-risk operations. Deputy Layman has served in such high profile tactical medical support operations as the standoff at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, TX and the standoff at the Republic of Texas siege in the Fort Davis area where he was a primary support TEMS provider and charged with the care of all law enforcement officers on scene as well as potential civilian casualties. Deputy Laymon also works as a Flight Medic.

Huey McDaniel, MD, FACS is a board certified general surgeon and fellowship trained/board certified vascular surgeon. Dr. McDaniel has served as an Air Force Flight Surgeon since 2004 and deployed on multiple missions including tours in Iraq as a field Combat Surgeon, Critical Care Air Transport Team Physician and as a flight surgeon with the 53 WRS "Hurricane Hunters". Huey began his TEMS career as a Washoe County Sheriff's Office tactical physician and has served as Assistant Medical Director for Tactical EMS in Reno, NV and Medical Director for the Jackson/Hinds SWAT team where he still serves as a tactical physician/operator. Dr. McDaniel is an expert in terminal ballistics, flight medicine and vascular surgery and has lectured across the country on these topics as well as authoring 30 publications in peer review journals.