And you don't have to worry 'bout me, I'll be safe with the infantry...
Somehow this got deleted? So I'm reposting it.
I'M BACK!
From the Combat Lifesaver Course held at Camp Dodge. Basically it was an extension of combat medical skills for non-medical soldiers. it was only five days long but it was a whole lot of information to swallow.
Day 1:
reporting in
performing care under fire
performing tactical field care
performing combat casualty evacuation care
evaluating casualties
opening and managing a casualty's airway
treating chest trauma
decompressing a tension pneumothorax
controlling bleeding
and preventing death caused by exsanguination from extremity wounds.
Day 2:
initiating a saline lock
initiating an IV
initiating a field medical card
requesting medical evacuation
evacuating a casualty using a SKED or improvised litter
Day 3:
The most intense day of all. On day three there was no class, we instead went out to perform training scenarios such as; rescuing wounded from a building and clearing the building of resistance, rescuing wounded from a downed helicopter(blackhawk down style), rescuing wounded from the scene of a suicide bombing, and a few other combat scenarios.
Day 4:
Day four was rough too, we took written tests over everything we learned in the classroom. We also had to perform hands-on tests over what we learned as well, we performed on simulator dummies which could speak to you, breath, move a little, and squirt arterial blood all over, and we had to save them. Cool stuff.
Day 5:
Day five was short and sweet, we went over IV techniques a little bit and as our final test we had to give a partner an IV. I found out that giving an IV is fun, and my instructors said I'm one of the better ones at it too. When I had an IV given to me I decided to be the special one and get it in my wrist(they wouldn't let me get it in the temple). After that it was graduation and homeward I went. and slept like a baby.
I'M BACK!
From the Combat Lifesaver Course held at Camp Dodge. Basically it was an extension of combat medical skills for non-medical soldiers. it was only five days long but it was a whole lot of information to swallow.
Day 1:
reporting in
performing care under fire
performing tactical field care
performing combat casualty evacuation care
evaluating casualties
opening and managing a casualty's airway
treating chest trauma
decompressing a tension pneumothorax
controlling bleeding
and preventing death caused by exsanguination from extremity wounds.
Day 2:
initiating a saline lock
initiating an IV
initiating a field medical card
requesting medical evacuation
evacuating a casualty using a SKED or improvised litter
Day 3:
The most intense day of all. On day three there was no class, we instead went out to perform training scenarios such as; rescuing wounded from a building and clearing the building of resistance, rescuing wounded from a downed helicopter(blackhawk down style), rescuing wounded from the scene of a suicide bombing, and a few other combat scenarios.
Day 4:
Day four was rough too, we took written tests over everything we learned in the classroom. We also had to perform hands-on tests over what we learned as well, we performed on simulator dummies which could speak to you, breath, move a little, and squirt arterial blood all over, and we had to save them. Cool stuff.
Day 5:
Day five was short and sweet, we went over IV techniques a little bit and as our final test we had to give a partner an IV. I found out that giving an IV is fun, and my instructors said I'm one of the better ones at it too. When I had an IV given to me I decided to be the special one and get it in my wrist(they wouldn't let me get it in the temple). After that it was graduation and homeward I went. and slept like a baby.