What is an Austere Operation?

These type of operations are situations where no assistance is coming, teams and individuals must fend for themselves and find ways to move over moderate to long distances to access resources all while exposed to a hard to access environment or enemy force.

Our courses cover a myriad of skills over two days such as extended term medical treatment, rescue operations, and tactical navigation just to name a few. Skills in field medical treatment, overland casualty transport, and navigating covertly. Individuals and teams can expect to work in remote and urban areas while employing standard and improvised techniques as required by the situation. For this course, bring your “out of the box” thinking, as we like to challenge our participants.

AUSTERE:

adjective; severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding.

Our Courses

Our Austere Operations courses cover these areas:

  • Field Medical Transport
  • Team Element Skills
  • Tactical Land Navigation and Panning
  • Extended Medical Care
  • Expedited “Hot Zone” Rescue
  • Communications and Logistics

*All courses incorporate elements of our Tactical Medical and Technical Rescue curriculum into the coursework and practical operations.

Course Specifics

Pre-requisite is required for this course are one of the following trauma medical courses: TECC, TCCC, TECC-LEFR, or Stop the Bleed. Let us know if you need one of these courses as a stop the bleed can be scheduled prior to the course.

This course is strenuous and requires carrying equipment and lifting and moving heavy objects over varied terrain ranging from flat to steep hills.

Student gear list will be provided a minimum of four weeks before the course.