Deployed squadron refines disaster response during mass casualty drill [Image 3 of 4]

CAMP DWYER, AFGHANISTAN

01.27.2011

Photo by Sgt. Jesse Stence 

I Marine Expeditionary Force

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jeromy Ortega, a hospitalman and the independent duty corpsman with the Camp Dwyer Detachment of Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, helps coordinate the emergency response during the detachment’s mass casualty drill at Camp Dwyer, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 27. The detachment teamed up with civilian paramedics here and the Army’s 115th Combat Support Hospital to practice responding to an artillery strike. The training scenario involved approximately 20 casualties. Responders provided immediate care, set up a triage and transported injured personnel to the Camp Dwyer CSH for further treatment. Ortega is from San Antonio, Texas.

• Date Taken: 01.27.2011
• Date Posted: 01.28.2011 11:46
• Photo ID: 361447
• VIRIN: 110127-M-3615S-396
• Resolution: 3744x5616
• Size: 14.89 MB
• Location: CAMP DWYER, AF