Effectiveness of Applying Tactical Combat Casualty Care Guidelines on Paramedic's Knowledge's . An Interventional Study

Objective(s): to find out the effect of applying Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) guidelines on Paramedic's knowledge and to found relationship between paramedic's knowledge and their socio demographic characteristic. Methodology: A pre-experimental design is carried in Baghdad Operations Command, at January 14th, to April 2nd, 2022. Non-probability "purposive" sample of (40) paramedics are selected from all units in Baghdad Operations Commands. The questionnaire consisted of two parts: the demographic characteristics of paramedics, and second part include four domain, which are (32) items related to the knowledge of paramedics towards TCCC. The researcher used the statistical program version 20 to analyze the data, stability of questionnaire measured through pre and posttest, validity was determined The content of the tool through its presentation to experts, and data was analyzed through use of descriptive and deductive statistical analysis. Results: study results indicated that the knowledge of paramedics related to TCCC protocol of the four axes was poor level in the pre-test and their knowledge was improved in first and second post-test. The study revealed that there was relationship for the effectiveness of the program with the level of education for the paramedic participating in the study at P 0.05 level Conclusion: The study concluded that there were improvements in paramedics' knowledge toward the TCCC standards. Recommendations: The study recommended the inclusion of the current program within the syllabus of training courses for members of the military medical services.