Subscribe
FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARRIOR, KIRKUK, Iraq — Chaplains from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division of Fort Bliss, Texas, meet in the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Battalion Chapel to learn or to refresh their skills in the latest first aid techniques, Feb 22.
Staff Sgt. Damien Bradley a medic from 6th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, whose hometown is Jamaica- Queen, N.Y., taught first aid techniques to 11 members of the 1/1 AD Ready First Chaplain's Department.
"I think the most important part of our job is training," said Bradley.
The Soldiers are the ones out there on the battlefield who will be the first responders, he said.
Bradley demonstrated correct techniques to take care of wounds on extremities, the chest, stomachs, backs, groins, necks and under arm sockets.
These are places where Soldiers are receiving wounds, Bradley warns his class.
After demonstrating, Bradley paired the first aid class and had them practice bandaging imaginary wounds on each other and applying tourniquets.
Capt. Ronald Hinton, chaplain, of 501st Brigade Support Battalion, whose hometown is Paterson, N.J., said he appreciated "the refresher on the [combat life saver] CLS because with medical they're always finding better ways to do things."
Spc. Jerrod Turner of 6th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, whose hometown is Franklin, Va., stated that the class had "good technical aids, good visual aids, and good class participation."
The 1/1 AD Ready First chaplain, Maj. Mark Diddle, who also attended the class said the class was good because it "gives them [Unit Ministry Team] additional means to assist Soldiers in a battlefield environment."
Staff Sgt. Tameka Dixon of Greenville, N.C., Chaplain Diddle's assistant, set up the class "because as UMT, most of us don't have that [first aid training]."
She added that she doesn't want the UMT to focus on Soldier's spiritual and emotional well being without also focusing on their physical well being.
| Date Taken: | 02.22.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 03.03.2010 02:49 |
| Story ID: | 46073 |
| Location: | KIRKUK, IQ |
| Web Views: | 149 |
| Downloads: | 114 |
This work, Chaplains learn first aid, by SSG Christina Turnipseed, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright.
