OEM to Offer Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) Active Bystander Training, March 14

What would you do in the event of a hostile event in a public supermarket, shopping center or here at NOVA? Would you know what to do to save a life? Do you have the skills required?

The Office of Emergency Management and Safety would like to offer faculty and staff the opportunity to be prepared. Consider enrolling in the Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) – Active Bystander course.

This course will instruct you on how to react to a hostile situation as a bystander (who is not actually involved), and how to become actively involved and use the four $s: Recognize, Respond, Rescue and Report to save the lives of those directly impacted. You will also learn approaches to keeping yourself safe while helping others. You will learn basic skills in how to stop bleeding as well as in airway management, breathing, treating hypothermia and shock.

This dynamic, hands-on class will cover basic strategies and skills required to recognize violent incidents, respond safely, provide rescue assistance and help in stabilizing the injured and communicate the situation effectively to authorities. These skills can be used in countless situations involving traumatic injury, including car accidents, household injuries or active shooter incidents.

This class will be offered several times during the calendar year with the first opportunity being Tuesday, March 14, at 8 a.m., at the Manassas Campus OEMS Training Center in Howsmon Hall, Room 223. Advanced registration is required, and supervisor approval is needed to attend. Please register, or direct questions to oem@nvcc.edu.

Submitted by:
Tom Mayhew, Director of Emergency Management, TMayhew@nvcc.edu