Iraqi Army medics open shop for "coughs and sniffles"

Courtesy Photo | At the Monsour Joint Security Station, Coalition Forces under the command of 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, have started a series of battlefield medical workshops. These workshops are used to bring Iraqi Security Force medics up to a higher level of training on common battlefield medical tactics. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. John Androski, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment)  

BAGHDAD, IRAQ

03.18.2007

Courtesy Story

2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs

By Cpl. John Androski
1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment

BAGHDAD - For close to six weeks now, a team of medics in Baghdad has been training soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 6th, Iraqi Army, on both basic and intermediate combat lifesaver skills.

This intensive course of study has been lead by 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division.

These ten soldiers, having completed their introductory combat medicine phase two weeks ago, are well into phase two of their training. This new phase aims to build on the basic concepts originally learned in their previous class by introducing more immediate trauma assessment procedures and medical techniques. The culmination of this phase was the creation of an Iraqi Army 'sick call.'

This milestone was established March 15, when Iraqi Army soldiers began assessing and treating all Iraqi security force soldiers independently without the supervision of any coalition forces medics.

• Date Taken: 03.18.2007
• Date Posted: 03.19.2007 14:07
• Story ID: 9502
• Location: BAGHDAD, IQ