- Description
AwareReach delivers this tactical emergency responder training in Lebanon as a 96-hour certification for security, military, and law enforcement professionals covering haemorrhage control under fire, airway management in threat environments, blast trauma, and tactical casualty care through all phases of evacuation.
Tactical Emergency Responder Training in Lebanon — About This Course
First and foremost, the AR-TER (Tactical Emergency Responder) certification prepares candidates to deliver effective emergency medical care in high-threat, resource-limited, and dynamic operational environments. AwareReach designs this tactical emergency responder training in Lebanon for security personnel, military professionals, law enforcement officers, and close protection specialists.
Additionally, the programme is delivered across twelve days, integrating tactical awareness with advanced trauma care. Furthermore, the curriculum addresses the unique challenges of providing medical support when scene safety cannot be fully assured, following a care-under-fire through tactical evacuation progression.
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of AR-TER, candidates will be able to:
– Apply threat-aware patient assessment and triage in dynamic, unsecured environments
– Apply tourniquets, haemostatic agents, and wound packing under simulated fire and stress
– Manage airways and ventilation in confined, low-light, and operationally restricted conditions
– Recognise and treat penetrating trauma, blast injury, and tension pneumothorax
– Decompress a tension pneumothorax using needle decompression technique
– Manage hypothermia, burns, and environmental injuries in field conditions
– Apply the Care Under Fire, Tactical Field Care, and Tactical Evacuation framework
– Coordinate casualty movement, extraction, and handover under operational constraints
– Triage and manage mass-casualty incidents in threat-active environments
– Complete tactical patient documentation and communicate medical information under pressure
Course Structure (96 hours — 12 days)
– Module 1: Threat Environment Awareness and Self-Protection (8h)
– Module 2: Tactical Patient Assessment Under Fire (8h)
– Module 3: Haemorrhage Control — Tourniquets, Wound Packing, Junctional (8h)
– Module 4: Airway Management in Tactical Environments (8h)
– Module 5: Penetrating Trauma, Blast Injury, and Gunshot Wounds (8h)
– Module 6: Chest Wounds, Tension Pneumothorax, and Needle Decompression (8h)
– Module 7: Care Under Fire — Tactical Field Care — TACEVAC Framework (8h)
– Module 8: Mass Casualty in Threat-Active Environments (8h)
– Module 9: Hypothermia, Burns, and Environmental Field Injuries (6h)
– Module 10: Communication, Documentation, and Evacuation Coordination (6h)
– Module 11: Written Examination (2h)
– Module 12: Tactical Scenario Assessment (10h)
Assessment
Written Examination — 80 multiple-choice questions, closed book, 90 minutes. Consequently, candidates must achieve a minimum of 80% to pass.
Practical Assessment — Full-scenario tactical assessment across multiple environments. Evaluated on clinical competence, tactical awareness, communication, and casualty outcomes under simulated stress.
Prerequisite
AwareReach requires a valid AR-AFR (Advanced First Responder) certification for enrolment. Additionally, documented military or security medical qualification may be accepted, assessed by the Head of Centre. Minimum age 18.
Certification
Successful candidates receive the AR-TER — Tactical Emergency Responder Certificate of Competence, issued under the AwareReach Certification Authority. In addition, the certificate remains valid for 2 years from date of issue. Overall, this tactical emergency responder training in Lebanon follows international trauma care standards established by ILCOR.
Lead Instructor — Tactical Emergency Responder Training
Maroun El Hajj leads this tactical emergency responder training as Senior Trainer for the First Aid and Emergency Response pathway.