Description
A specialized tactical medicine training organization based in San Antonio, Texas, is recruiting certified TCCC Instructors to teach combat casualty care to military personnel, first responders, and security professionals. San Antonio is home to Joint Base San Antonio and the Center for the Intrepid, making it one of the most important hubs for military medical training in the world.
What you teach:
> The MARCH algorithm in depth: Massive hemorrhage control using CAT Gen-7 tourniquets, junctional tourniquets, and wound packing with hemostatic gauze (QuikClot, Celox). Airway management including nasopharyngeal airways, supraglottic devices, and needle/surgical cricothyroidotomy. Respiration assessment for tension pneumothorax with needle decompression and chest seal application. Circulation evaluation for shock recognition and TXA administration. Head injury and hypothermia prevention in prolonged field care scenarios.
> High-stress simulation lanes where students must perform life-saving interventions while under simulated enemy fire, with noise, smoke, and time pressure replicating real combat conditions.
> Proper documentation of care using TCCC Casualty Cards and 9-line MEDEVAC request formats.
What you need:
> Active instructor certification through the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) TCCC program, or CoTCCC-recognized equivalent.
> Prior experience as a military medic (68W, 18D, HM, PJ) or civilian EMS provider with deployed or austere environment experience is strongly preferred.
> The ability to command a room of 20–30 students with authority, clarity, and calm confidence.
> Physical fitness sufficient to demonstrate casualty carries, drags, and litter movements over uneven terrain in full kit.
Compensation is $65,000 USD annually, with additional pay for weekend and deployment-style courses. Full-time, on-site at our San Antonio training campus which includes indoor simulation bays, outdoor field training areas, and a dedicated medical skills lab stocked with task trainers, simulated blood, and consumable medical supplies.