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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Sailors grunted and wiped sweat off their faces as they rose from a mud filled trench carrying a simulated casualty on a litter.
Corpsmen and religious program specialists with the Field Medical Training Battalion participated in a litter obstacle course that simulated the medical evacuation of a casualty through challenging obstacles aboard Camp Johnson, Sept. 17.
“This portion of the course teaches all the students here that they have to be able to push themselves through things that are hard in order to evacuate a casualty, because that is the main focus, saving lives,” said Master Sgt. Steven Carpenter, the senior military instructor at the Field Medical Training Battalion.
The students had to maintain positive control of their patient while they navigated muddy trenches, barbed wire, swamp lands and mud covered hillsides. The course tested their knowledge of medical care, as well as their ability to work as a team.
“You didn’t get to pick the team,” said Petty Officer 3rd Class Nelson Williams, a student with the Field Medical Training Battalion. “You made your team from the people you were standing beside.”
The students relied on teamwork to complete the course.
“We had to communicate with every single member of our team to navigate through the obstacles,” said Williams. “If one person on the team made a mistake, it could cause the entire team to fail.”
Teams who failed an obstacle were required to start again. However, in a real life scenario, failure could result in the death of an injured victim.
The students took away a sense of urgency, that no matter what obstacle they faced or will face, they have to move quickly and safely because someone else’s life is on the line, said Carpenter.
| Date Taken: | 09.16.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 09.25.2013 16:29 |
| Story ID: | 114260 |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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