Welcome to ETMA

The European Tactical Medical Association (ETMA) is a non-profit, multidisciplinary collaboration of clinicians, medics and operators dedicated to advancing the scientific basis of tactical and operational medicine to reduce the care gap at high-threat incidents across Europe.

Founded 2020 - Public Launch 2026 - European non-profit association

Why ETMA

ETMA was established to address a gap in how learning from high-threat and complex incidents is shared across borders.

While strong national organisations exist across Europe, opportunities for structured, evidence-based collaboration at a European level remain limited. ETMA provides a platform to connect expertise, share learning from real incidents, and support collective advancement without replacing or competing with existing bodies.

Relationship to other organisations

ETMA works alongside established national and international tactical medical organisations, acting as a European-level platform to connect country-specific expertise, share learning, and support collective advancement across borders.

ETMA at Tactical Trauma 2026
ETMA will be launching at Tactical Trauma 2026 in Sundsvall, Sweden. ETMA’s session at Tac Trauma 2026 will form part of the pre-conference programme, focusing on evidence, operational insight, and cross-border learning.

Event organised by Tac Trauma.

Who We Are

  • To reduce preventable morbidity, mortality and suffering at high-threat and complex incidents through evidence-based tactical and operational medicine.

  • To advance the scientific basis of tactical and high-threat medicine through multidisciplinary collaboration, shared learning, and realistic education, to enable the survivors of the future.

    • Critically evaluate and strengthen the evidence base supporting current operational practice in high-threat medicine

    • Drive excellence in high-quality, data-driven research to support evidence-based practice

    • Ensure learning and guidance are accessible to all practitioners responding to high-threat incidents

    • Translate operational experience and learning into realistic education and preparedness

    • Facilitate European-level collaboration and shared learning

    • Strengthen cross-border professional networks

    • Augment the global development of evidence-based practice through collaboration with strategic international partners

Strategic Partners

ETMA works alongside established national and international tactical and high-threat medical organisations, acting as a European-level platform to connect country-specific expertise, share learning, and support collective advancement across borders.

Global Partners: Organisations working in close strategic alignment with ETMA at an international level.

Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (USA)

The Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (C-TECC) was convened initially to speed the transition of military medical lessons learned from the battlefield to evidence-based and best-practice-based operational medical guidance for medical response and treatment of the injured during high-risk and atypical civilian operational scenarios. The Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) guidelines are best practice recommendations for casualty management during civilian tactical and rescue operations. 

Logo used with permission from C-TECC.

National & Regional Partners: National and regional organisations contributing expertise and collaboration across borders within the European network.

The British and Irish Tactical Medical Association (BRITMA) is the professional body for tactical and high-threat medicine across the United Kingdom and Ireland, established to advance standards, governance, and professional practice within the specialty.

BRITMA brings together clinicians, tactical medics, responders, and subject-matter experts working in high-risk environments, supporting evidence-based practice, shared learning, and collaboration. Through national and international partnerships, BRITMA promotes interoperability, best practice, and the continued development of tactical medical capability.

British & Irish Tactical Medical Association