AFTTP3-42.51 — Critical Care Air Transport Team (ccatt)

AFTTP3-42.51 governs tactics, techniques, and procedures for transporting critically ill or injured patients by air.

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  • Publication number: AFTTP3-42.51
  • Title: CRITICAL CARE AIR TRANSPORT TEAM (CCATT)
  • Date: 2023-04-17

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It covers CCATT doctrine, mission, scope of care, team roles, deployment, mission execution, and flight operations. It requires the collection or maintenance of Privacy Act information and compliance with records disposition requirements.

Applies to: This publication applies to all military and civilian personnel of the Regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard.

Topics covered

  • Critical care air transport teams
  • Resuscitative care
  • CCATT scope of care
  • Team member roles
  • Deployment operations
  • Flight operations
  • Narcotics handling

Questions and answers

What records requirements does AFTTP3-42.51 establish?

Ensure all records generated as a result of processes prescribed in this publication adhere to Air Force Instruction (AFI) 33-322, Records Management and Information Governance Program, and are disposed in accordance with the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule, located in the Air Force Records Information Management System.

What does critical care focus on?

Critical care medicine focuses on the provision of life or organ support in patients who are critically injured or ill and who require extensive monitoring, continuous care and treatment, as well as interventions to sustain life.

What does resuscitative care encompass?

Resuscitative care encompasses the aggressive management of life and limb-threatening injuries through interventions including emergency medical treatment, advanced trauma management and life-saving procedures to enable a patient to tolerate transport to the next level of care.

Is the doctrine in AFTTP3-42.51 directive?

The doctrine in this document is authoritative but not directive.

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