Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class STEVEN HOSKINS | Conn. (Sept. 27, 2018) Sailors assigned to the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine...... read more read more
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HARTFORD, Conn. -- Independent duty corpsmen (IDC) and Emergency Medical Assist Teams (EMAT) assigned to Commander, Submarine Squadron (COMSUBRON) 4 and COMSUBRON 12 submarines participated in medical training at Hartford Hospital, Sept. 25-26.
The goal of the training was to build upon skills the IDCs and EMATs have learned, and then test their knowledge using scenarios and circumstances that they may encounter in the fleet. The IDCs were given the opportunity to learn from instructors that specialize in advanced medical practices while
learning real-life medical scenarios and skill labs at Hartford Hospital’s Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation (CESI), a state-of-the art medical training facility.
“We are very honored to work with the group,” said Tom Nowicki, doctor and CESI instructor. “We have spent many years developing a customized curriculum to help train the IDCs.”
Tom explained that the IDCs come to the course with a high level of book knowledge in life saving intervention and patient care and that translating that into actual practice is a challenge, but, through partnership and research with the Navy’s submarine force, CESI has built a curriculum that meets the needs of a submarine IDC.
“I see this as making it real,” said Nowicki. “We take book knowledge and let them apply it in a safe setting. They can practice on a high-fidelity mannequin and then whenever they have to do this for a real person, they will be more comfortable and skilled at doing those same things.”
“The training was awesome,” said Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Zachery Camechis. “Every time I come, I learn something new and gain a new perspective from it. A lot of time we don’t see these things routinely, so breaking out from the wheel house of the normal sick call and having some of the trauma training and some of the intensive care training was super beneficial because it allowed us to perform and sharpen those skills.”
EMAT members are Sailors who work outside of their Navy rating to give aid to hospital corpsmen. This training marked the first time the EMAT has been integrated with the training at CESI. Normally, EMAT would receive training from IDCs and through other navy medial assist trainings, but this time they learned first-hand alongside their IDCs.
Culinary Specialist (Submarine) Seaman Junior Lara assigned to USS Minnesota (SSN 783) was among the first EMAT students to be integrated with the IDC training.
“It’s really imperative that EMAT know and is aware of what to do for any casualties,” said Lara. “This training was hands-on and it gave us the knowledge and understanding of what to do when we arrive to a casualty and the action we need to take to help our corpsman.”
The course ended with students being graded on a real-life medical scenario-based exam in specific skills areas.
“The training was executed extremely well and the IDCs preformed as expected,” said Naval Submarine Support Center New London’s (NSSC NLON) Underwater Medical Officer, Lt. Plunkett. “NSSC New London will continue to utilize the world class facility at Hartford Hospital to prepare and equip our IDCs to be the best possible clinician that they can be.
| Date Taken: | 09.27.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 10.03.2018 13:03 |
| Story ID: | 295294 |
| Location: | GROTON, CONNECTICUT, US |
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