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U.S. Army instructors from the Brigade Combat Team Trauma Training (BCT-3) course instructed and graduated 105 combat medics from the New Jersey Army National Guard on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Sept. 24-28.
“The BCT-3 instructors are based out of Fort Sam Houston’s Charlie Company, 187th Medical Battalion, and train thousands of medics, physicians, and nurses a year, at home station, as well as on the road,” said Staff Sgt. Jiunn Wu, a Medical Platoon Sergeant with the New Jersey National Guard. “They represent some of the best instruction the Army has to offer.”
Sgt. 1st Class Megan Brown, NCOIC of BCT-3, was impressed with the New Jersey Guardsmen who participated in the training.
“With the Guard, a lot of folks work in medicine, they’re doctors, nurses, and EMT’s, and they do really well in our course,” said Brown.
Combat medics who attended the course had to perform all three phases of tactical combat casualty care: care under fire, tactical field care and CASEVAC.
Each phase was met with challenging conditions, including blaring combat sound effects, smoke, and bloodied Rescue Randy dummies that simulated a variety of wartime injuries.
Some Soldiers thought the conditions made the training extremely realistic.
“The training was very helpful for real world situations,” said Spc. Rene Godfrey, a combat medic with the 102nd Cavalry Regiment. “I enjoyed every minute of the hands on training, and most importantly the comradery built between the medics in attendance.”
Pfc. Tanner Coles, also from the 102nd, said that every new medic should attend BCT-3.
“BCT-3 was easily the most invaluable medical training course I’ve ever taken,” said Coles. “The instructors did a great job providing clear and concise directions on all treatments and procedures that we learned.”
The BCT-3 instructors realize they have a real impact on the battlefield.
“It makes us feel awesome,” said Brown. “Even though we’re not deployed, we’re still saving lives by what we teach.”
| Date Taken: | 09.28.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 10.03.2018 14:47 |
| Story ID: | 295307 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY, US |
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