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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Dissection of human cadavers has a long history. And at one point was strictly forbidden in the Roman Empire, leaving doctors and medical personnel to learn various procedures and conduct experiments on apes. However, many years ago that changed and allowed doctors and other medical staff to learn more critical lifesaving procedures.
The University of Louisville and the medical staff from the Duke Brigade have partnered up giving the Duke soldiers a chance to come into their morgue and learn various medical procedures that could potentially save soldiers’ lives on and off the battle field. Maj. Charles Asher, the Brigade doctor, said the things they did were not like anything some of the newer soldiers have ever done before.
“While they are at the schoolhouse they are taught with power-points and mannequins. This lab provides training for almost all the senses of the body (touch, smell, see, and hear). Getting hands on training on a real human body is the best way to train these types of life saving procedures.”
Each battalion from the Brigade sent six medics to the training and battalion physician assistants from 1-6 Field Artillery, 6-4 Cavalry, 201st Brigade support Battalion, and the 1-26 Infantry Regiment.
The Brigade originally partnered with University of Louisville in 2010 with Dr. Asher’s initiative. He says the support from the university is tremendous.
“They have been nothing but helpful, supportive, and glad to help us with our training.”
Confident and now more knowledgeable in their career field Asher says the trip to the university was a great success on many levels, both for the medical staff and the non-medical staff.
“I think it greatly increases the confidence of our young soldiers and is of the greatest benefit for those that will be placed in locations far forward from any hardened medical facility. I think it also positively influences the moral of the nonmedical troops as well because they know that they will be well taken care of should anything happen to them.”
Most of the procedures the soldiers learned were geared toward teaching the medics lifesaving skills that they may need to know how to do in a combat environment. They learned a wide range of procedures including basic suturing, beginning and advanced airway management, intraosseous needle placement, and needle decompression/chest tube placement. They also were taught basic anatomy of the problems they see most frequently. For example, chronic knee pain is a frequent sick call complaint. The medics got to see what the inside of a knee looks like, which helps them understand the anatomy and physiology behind a soldier's injured knee.
U of L Co-Coordinator of Bequeathal Program, and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Troy Nukes says, “As a former veteran, being able to work with these soldiers brings a sense of pride out of me. It just makes my heart burst and I’m very thankful to be a part of this training with them and to have them here”
| Date Taken: | 09.04.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 09.17.2012 09:00 |
| Story ID: | 94815 |
| Location: | FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY, US |
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