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VOLK FIELD, Wis. – Members of Indiana’s disaster response force package conducted hands-on, life-saving medical training. July 17. at Fort McCoy, Wis., during the fourth annual Patriot exercise held by National Guard Bureau.
Members of the 19th CERFP, or Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package, learned Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support techniques at the Wisconsin base, which is approximately 150 miles northwest of Milwaukee.
ACLS is a set of clinical interventions for the urgent treatment of cardiac arrest, stroke and other life threatening medical emergencies, as well as the knowledge and skills to deploy those interventions, said Gregg Roberts the training and clinic coordinator for the Fort McCoy medical facility.
This training is vital for the medics of the 19th CERFP, said Tech. Sgt.
Andrew Love, a medic with the force package. He said doctors or physician assistants might not always be available to assist, especially when there is a high influx of patients.
“We don’t have the amount of docs or PA’s to go around to every patient when there is a large amount of people to be evaluated, we have to be trained and react when a patient crashes,” said Love.
Once a patient’s heart can beat on its own and they are stable, medics can move them into post care, said Love.
The training is a one-day course that involves training on compressions, airways, recording and administering life-saving drugs to bring the heart back to its normal rhythmic pattern, said Love.
To receive the ACLS certification, the medics are required to pass a hands-on and written evaluation.
Roberts and Love said the medics that pass the evaluation for ACLS will receive a certification from the American Heart Association that is good for two years. The certification is a requirement for many medical professionals including doctors, nurses and paramedics working in emergency situations.
| Date Taken: | 07.17.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 07.20.2012 15:17 |
| Story ID: | 91907 |
| Location: | VOLK FIELD, WISCONSIN, US |
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