Low-Resource Tactical Combat Casualty Care Training for Peshmerga Units in Remote Areas of Kurdistan
Taylor, D.; Murphy, J.; Stolley, Z.
Journal of special operations medicine a peer reviewed journal for SOF medical professionals 19(1): 81-87
2019
ISSN/ISBN: 1553-9768 PMID: 30859533 Document Number: 697829
The Peshmerga are the official military of the autonomous region of Kurdistan, Iraq. There remains a high level of variability across Peshmerga units in medical equipment and training. Presumably, Peshmerga soldiers are dying from preventable causes of death due to combat-related injuries, just as US troops did before the introduction of Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) training and supplies. This report outlines the efforts of a small US-based collective to provide TCCC training at the TCCC for all combatants skill level to Peshmerga forces and develop members of the Peshmerga as trainers.