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    BK 13 - AFP-US Army team helps sharpen skills of Philippine first responders [Image 10 of 16]

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    Three men are providing emergency medical treatment to a patient outdoors beneath a tree. One gloved responder is inserting an IV line into the patient's arm while another holds an IV fluid bag. Medical supply wrappers are scattered on the ground, indicating an active field medical response.

    ZAMBALES, PHILIPPINES

    04.05.2013

    Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chris Fahey 

    Exercise Balikatan       

    Philippine health workers simulate placing an IV in the arm of a burn victim during a mass casualty exercise at the President Rama Magsaysay Memorial Hospital in the Iba Municipality. The drill was a culminating event following a four-day first responders course conducted by a combined team of Philippine and U.S. army soldiers. The training event was one of several similar subject matter expert exchanges, cooperative health engagements, and medical, dental and veterinary community relations projects being performed by Combined/Joint Civil Military Operations Task Force units in support of exercise Balikatan 2013.Balikatan is an annual Philippine-U.S. bilateral exercise. Humanitarian assistance and training activities enable the Philippine and American service members to build lasting relationships, train together and provide assistance in communities where the need is the greatest. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chris Fahey/RELEASED)

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    Date Taken: 04.05.2013
    Date Posted: 04.10.2013 06:42
    Photo ID: 903881
    VIRIN: 130405-N-VN372-250
    Resolution: 1500x2100
    Size: 771.72 KB
    Location: ZAMBALES, PH

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