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The course consist of tourniquet placement, nasopharyngeal airways (NPA), and performing needle chest decompression (NCD) to treat tension pneumothorax or a collapsed lung. Tourniquets are used to stop severe bleeding, while NPAs and NCDs are used to manage the airway or lung function.
“This is critical training to aid in preventing battlefield deaths that could otherwise be lost,” said Malcolm Carlyle, a technical instructor at the MSTC. “The first thing we focus on is massive hemorrhaging. We teach them airway management, chest trauma, how to fill out a 9 line medevac, buddy carries, and litter carries.”
The instructors teach up to date accurate information and provide scenarios to challenge the Soldiers knowledge so they can put it to use in practical situations.
“We’re not just showing them how to do it,” said Carlyle. “We’re explaining the importance and the significance of doing the interventions as well.”
The course is specific to modern day injuries sustained in combat or wartime situations. The training uses mannequins that have realistic injuries, such as amputations from Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts. The mannequins move and speak to add stressors to emulate a battlefield situation. They also have amputations that “bleed” profusely until the proper measures are in place to stop the bleeding.
“It’s one thing to know the information,” said Carlyle. “It’s another to be able to get into a classroom, pass that information along and put it in a format where they can then use that training. The hands-on component that we provide at the MSTC is probably one of the most critical parts of it.”
| Date Taken: | 09.13.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 09.16.2017 20:25 |
| Story ID: | 248556 |
| Location: | FORT BLISS, TEXAS, US |
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