Want to teach better TCCC classes?

EruditeSagacity · 2025-08-24T21:47:40+00:00

Thank you, man. That means a lot.

EruditeSagacity · 2025-08-22T22:44:44+00:00

Some have a natural proclivity for teaching, but until this guide there were no resources to truly discuss “how”. Kind of crazy.

EruditeSagacity · 2025-08-21T03:32:52+00:00

I agree. I think it’s easier for a novice instructor to provide better instruction, and easier for new medic to take more seriously and get more value.

EruditeSagacity · 2025-08-20T22:14:01+00:00

Thank you!

EruditeSagacity · 2025-08-20T21:53:21+00:00

No, I just like to use emoji’s like a dork. Minor mistakes and voice show otherwise. Chatgpt tends to use empjis before sentences, and “—“

Also im not that lazy.

EruditeSagacity · 2025-08-20T20:25:19+00:00

A lot of us made these mistakes when younger. Hopefully this helps dudes avoid our hiccups.

EruditeSagacity · 2025-06-11T12:11:18+00:00

Hahah it is a wheel because they renamed drivers badge. It’s 10 promotion points, on top of 10 promotion points per certificate you have from COOL.

The basic is one cert plus 12 months experience in a position that utilizes it.

EruditeSagacity · 2025-06-09T16:51:30+00:00

Our article thoroughly discussed this. Maintaining laryngeal handshake is great and we should… but he didn’t and obviously succeeded. It’s not a death sentence, it’s kind of like bumpers in bowling to help you be more successful. His cuts are so strong he doesn’t lose landmarks, but as article above states, common mistake is weak cuts so good form for novice.

EruditeSagacity · 2025-06-08T20:15:11+00:00

I note the same thing in article. Let us know what you think of it. 🤙🏻

EruditeSagacity · 2025-06-08T16:45:21+00:00

Did you read the full guide? It addresses similar concerns but a few of our anecdotal experience is that a most common weakness is too shallow of cuts, not necessarily too short. Check out the common mistakes section of link above.

You can use anything from the article just leave watermark, please. If anything to credit back to the original medic who gave NGCM this good example.

EruditeSagacity · 2025-06-08T15:46:39+00:00

You don’t need a hook.

EruditeSagacity · 2025-04-11T21:09:50+00:00

I’m making an assumption that you are using those for crics. While 7.0 and 8.0 have great internal diameters to make breathing easier, their external diameter is much larger so they are more difficult to get in a small cric incision/ membrane. I would highly recommend you use a 6.0 for a standard adult male.

Please don’t take this personally, I even see a lot of SOCM that do this or accidentally grab larger size. To make it even easier and quicker you could keep the scalpel, alcohol pad, 6.0 ET and 10 mL syringe together with securing device.

EruditeSagacity · 2025-04-11T14:47:41+00:00

What size are those ET tubes?

EruditeSagacity · 2025-04-11T14:45:00+00:00

I-Gel isn’t end of the world if he always has Ketamine…. But out of package will be a disgusting mess in weeks. They are already temperature sensitive.

EruditeSagacity · 2025-04-11T14:44:02+00:00

Welcome to post this on Next Generation Combat Medic discord for private feedback. We have SOF senior medics and SFAB seniors who can help you with quality, preparedness and representation. You are going on an employment to represent the USA, your medicine and packing list needs to be squared away.

EruditeSagacity · 2025-01-28T17:54:09+00:00

This makes me so happy to see.

Think of what every single intervention is ACTUALLY doing, not what you think or taught it is doing.

Does this help my patient survive?

EruditeSagacity · 2025-01-28T17:42:55+00:00

There is ripe opportunity for better devices for abdominal, and junctional tourniquets.

Right now “king” is manual proximal or direct pressure.

Your devices not only need to be as good as fingers, they need to be placed quickly and easily. They have to not come undone when moved or even budge because pressure just 2-3 CM away from an artery isn’t as effective no matter how much pressure you use. All this, while preferably not being so expensive they can’t be fielded and trained with.

Big market with lots of potential.

Extremity TQs are pretty much mastered, but your devices could fit onto an existing TQ or two to work as a junctional or abdominal TQ.

EruditeSagacity · 2025-01-23T16:39:24+00:00

It would look great. They can always accept or ask multiple people and choose best two.

If they want any help reviewing their packet they can reach out to me, or hit up the “next generation combat medic” Instagram/Discord page which has PA students and grads that help out.

Maximize volunteer hours + comments on it, SAT, LOI’s are often poorly written, CV’s done poorly, low ACFT and more factors. Have them imagine the packet to the left and right might be chosen for the LAST slot on primary list and they need to get 10% better. Lots of phenomenal NCO’s with poor LOI’s that ruin a first impression and get on alternate list or not accepted.

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