Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC or TC3) are the United States military guidelines for trauma life support in preshospital combat medicine, designed to reduce preventable deaths while maintaining operation success. TCCC was designed in the 1990s for the special operations command medical community. Originally a joint and Special Operations Medical Research & Development initiative, CoTCCC developed combat-appropriate and evidence-based trauma care based on injury patterns of previous conflicts. The three objectives of TCCC are to provide lifesaving care to the injured combatant, to limit the risk of further casualties, and to help the unit achieve mission success.
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Present day
Pagod akong umupo sa sofa ng doctor's lounge nang mahagip ng mata ko ang isang pumpon ng bulaklak na nasa center table. Out of curiosity, I took the bouquet and dug through the different types of flowers in it. It was a mix of camellia, carnation and gladiolus.
I am not a fan of botany or whatever but I do know what those flowers mean because my mom loves flowering plants. Whoever bought this bouquet really wanted to impress a girl as he made a bouquet out of flowers that spell L-O-V-E with every single petal.
Wala namang nakalagay na card. Para kanino naman kaya 'to?
Binalik ko sa mesa ang bulaklak at baka masabihan pa akong pakialamera eh hindi naman para sa akin ito. Sabi nga nila, curiosity killed the cat.
Nagbihis na lang ako at umuwi sa sarili kong unit dahil kinuha naman ni mama si Dylan. My son loves staying in our family house because of the wide backyard and the pool. The little one is so used to not having me around that he doesn't really miss me that much even if we aren't together for a month. Ganoon siyang lumaki dahil iniwan ko siya nang isang taon nang sumali ako sa military para maging combat medic ng US troops sa Syria.
My son was a daddy's boy. He took it too hard when Raven died and until now, he's still traumatized. He keeps saying he misses his dad but at least he's not insisting on going to him anymore. God knows how much I miss Raven as well but it's been a year.
Nakauwi na ako't lahat at bumalik na rin sa ospital pero nasa mesa pa rin ang bulaklak kaya naman hindi na ako nakapagpigil pa't nagtanong na ako sa housekeeping na naglilinis ng doctor's lounge.
"Ate Lourdes, kanino ba to? Kahapon pa to dito. Kung di mo to itatapon ilalagay ko dun sa vase sa office." Tanong ko sa aleng palaging nagwawalis at nagma-mop sa tambayan namin.
"Di ko alam doc. Kunin mo na lang. Ang gandang idisplay."
I just shrugged my shoulders and removed the paper wrapping of the bouquet. Nilagay ko ito sa bakanteng vase na nasa gilid at inayos ito matapos lagyan ng tubig.
I placed it on the table and I continued working on some documents, scrambling through stacks of paper and my laptop's files. Nasira ang concentration ko nang may kumatok sa pinto na utility staff daw at nagtanong kung pwedeng pumasok. Nakita ko naman mula sa security screen na naka-uniporme siya.
"Delivery for Dr. Anrie Kaneda." The man announced. Napataas ang isang kilay ko at napalingon sa pintuan.
Wala naman akong pinadeliver ah?
"Ah... I didn't order anything. Are you sure it's for me?" I asked the utility guy.
"Kayo nga po maam. Sabi po kasi sakin nasa kwartong to tapos red daw ang buhok, nakasuot ng salamin at nakasuot ng black na dress." Napatingin naman ako sa damit ko at tumingin sa kaliwa at kanan ko pero ako nga lang naman talaga ang nandito ngayon. Inangat ko ang tingin ko sa kanya nang nagtataka.
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