11/16/2012 - Master Sgt. Eric Donovan and Staff Sgt. Sara Windsor, 24th Special Operations Squadron medics, instruct Tactical Combat Casualty Care students how to perform needle decompression on a dummy Nov. 9, 2012 at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The course focused on combat scenarios that special operators are likely to face downrange. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melanie Holochwost)

11/16/2012 - A student inserts a catheter into a dummy’s chest during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care course Nov. 9, 2012 at Hurlburt Field, Fla. According to Master Sgt. Eric Donovan, 24th Special Operations Squadron medic, this procedure should be done when a person’s chest has been compromised due to a blunt trauma, gunshot wound, or a blast causing injury to the lung. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melanie Holochwost)

11/16/2012 - Master Sgt. Eric Donovan and Staff Sgt. Sara Windsor, 24th Special Operations Squadron medics, demonstrate how to splint a broken bone during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care course Nov. 9, 2012 at Hurlburt Field, Fla. TCCC is taught to give a person a chance to survive a combat injury until definitive medical care is given.

11/16/2012 - Col. Robert Armfield, 24th Special Operations Wing commander, practices needle decompression on a dummy during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care course Nov. 9, 2012 at Hurlburt Field, Fla. TCCC is taught to all special tactics personnel at least every two years and prior to deployments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melanie Holochwost)

11/16/2012 - A Tactical Combat Casualty Care student measures wear to cut the nasopharyngeal airway tube on a dummy during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care course Nov. 9, 2012 at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The length of the tube should be measured from the side of the nose to the ear of the person who needs it. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melanie Holochwost)

11/16/2012 - Lt. Col. Chetan Kharod, 24th Special Operations Squadron surgeon, speaks during the Tactical Combat Casualty Care course with little discomfort after he inserted a nasopharyngeal airway into his nose Nov. 9, 2012 at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The underlying intent of the course is to provide hands-on skills in tourniquet application, needle thoracotomy, airway management, pain control, and fracture management. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melanie Holochwost)