Stop the Killing.

Enable Living.

The Queensland Police Service Active Armed Offender and Tactical First Aid Projects

Senior Constable Dustin Osborne

• In 2016, the QPS implements Active Armed Offender Training to

Operational Skill and Tactics Training.

Active Armed Offender Project

• Over 1400 dynamic interactive scenarios were conducted with Simunition.

• Approximately 260 IED’s were detonation/activated.

• A total of 26 instructor courses were run consecutively.

• Over 540 AAO Instructors from all regions were qualified.

• Participants were exposed to a 1 hours “Man Down” lesson.

• Participant surveys provided significant data requesting further specific

first aid training.

AAO lessons learned

• Ethical requirement to provide aid to the those effected.

• Need to break the stall.

Move from

USE of FORCE to USE of CARE

= Medicalisation of Police

Birth of Tactical First Aid Training Timeline 2017

February - Directive was received to commence TFAT.

February - Curriculum research and development phase was commenced

- Clinical Governance – Trauma Services Unit RBWH

March - Research and development phase for TFAK equipment.

April - Formulation of 2 tiers of training - Instructor Training Course and User

Course

April to June - 400 Officers to be Training to instructor level by 30 June 2017.

July 2017 – June 2018 - All Operational Queensland Police Officers to be

trained in TFA.

Casualty Assessment:

• Level of consciousness - AVPU

• Trauma sustained – MARCH

Medical Interventions:

• Haemorrhage Control techniques.

• Tourniquet application, Wound packing, Pressure Bandaging.

• Thoracic Trauma

• Chest Seal Application

• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

Casualty Handover:

• Succinct handovers to advanced care providers – IMIST

Core Skills of TFAT

SOFTT Wide

IFAK Equipment

OLAES 4” Bandage

Hyfin Vent Compact

Chest seals

Officer training is to focus on Casualty and also include Self Aid

utilising wound avatar. Scenario training will be used to assess the

Officers ability to successfully apply the techniques under stress in

simulated hostile environments.

Training

Combining Curriculums

• External Stakeholder collaboration

• Moved away from single learning mechanism training

• Scenarios to encompass care phase

• Training to Loose

Combining Curriculums

Approximately 24 reported usages since 1 July 2017

• Mental Health Interventions – 50%

• Violent altercations – 35%

• Motor vehicle trauma – 10%

• Other – 5%

Reportable data

Achievements

Increased officer confidence and preparedness.

• Preparedness for Critical Incidents and Mass Trauma

Feeling of preparedness - 39% - 96%

• Confidence in Responding to Critical Incidents

Feeling of Confidence - 61.5% - 85%

Project Benefits

• Rapid intervention - proactive patrolling over reactive response

• Basic skills properly applied trump advance skills poorly applied.

• Lesson trauma impact

• Expedites casualty recovery times

• Decreases financial burden

• Enables casualty to re-engage.

• Operator sustainability.

• Improve mental health and wellbeing of officers by providing

training and equipment.

The end point

We must fulfil our ethical and

moral obligations to our

communities.