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By the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad
BAGHDAD – Even after 10 months into their deployment, Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldiers continue to improve their skills through vital training events, such as the emergency services training conducted Oct. 22, 2008 at Camp Taji.
Medics from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, attended training on emergency rescue equipment provided by Wackenhut Services, Inc. Fire Department.
Ken Setty, an instructor for Wackenhut, taught four combat medics from Company C, 64th Brigade Support Battalion, on the proper procedures for using equipment such as hydraulic spreaders, cutters and rams, used by fire fighters to extricate injured persons from damaged vehicles.
"The opportunity to train on equipment like this is rare. I would do it again if I could," said Spc. Charles Thompson, a Bronx, N.Y., native, who serves in the evacuation platoon.
During the class, the Soldiers were instructed on proper operation of the equipment and specific safety considerations when attempting to gain access to an injured patient, in addition to considerations such as non-deployed airbags, leaking fuel, jagged edges from ripped and cut metal, and the general danger from the use of hydraulic equipment.
The most exciting portion of the training however, was the opportunity for the Soldiers to tear through a damaged vehicle by ripping off a door, breaking a window with an axe or sawing through steel to get to a simulated patient.
"I was able to actually pick up a tool and just tear a car door off. Not only was it a great learning experience, but it was also a great stress reliever and a good workout," said Spc. Andrea Ernst, from Houston.
The special rescue training was a cooperative effort between the Soldiers of the 64th BSB, and the Kellogg, Brown and Root recovery section to enhance the lifesaving skills of the battalion's medics, said Staff Sgt. Timothy Matz, who hails from Crestview, Fla.
"The use of this equipment is a skill that our civilian counterparts are trained in," Matz said. "It's a great opportunity to learn the skills that could help our medics further their knowledge of extricating patients from a wrecked vehicle,"
| Date Taken: | 10.29.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 10.29.2008 04:13 |
| Story ID: | 25671 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
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