82nd Combat Aviation Brigade harnesses cost effective innovative medical training [Image 12 of 13]

FORT BRAGG, NC, UNITED STATES

10.31.2019

Photo by Staff Sgt. Sharon Matthias 

82nd Combat Aviation Brigade

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dieago Chaquea assigned to Charlie Co., 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, holds a rope for rescue assistance during water rescue training Oct. 31, 2019, on Fort Bragg, N.C. The training was part of a Tactical Medical Practitioner Course, which included, patient assessment, rigging skeds for hoisting environment, prolong field care in austere environments, rappelling, mechanical balance, improvised rope rescue, drown proofing, water confidence, chest tubing, surgical stitching, ultrasound, cricothyroid procedures, inventory management, and night field-based mass casualty exercise. Soldiers are the most valuable resource, therefore they must train to master fundamentals and basic skills through challenging and realistic life-threatening training to be an unmatched lethal and ready Force. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Sharon Matthias)

• Date Taken: 10.31.2019
• Date Posted: 11.04.2019 13:25
• Photo ID: 5883961
• VIRIN: 191031-A-DD042-1021
• Resolution: 1365x2048
• Size: 1.03 MB
• Location: FORT BRAGG, NC, US