BEAUFORT, S.C. - "Marines look out for one another on and off the battlefield," said Sgt. Maj. Micheal Barrett, the 17th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps.
This saying proved to be effective even at the lowest levels, when an incident aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort left a Marine alone and in need of help.
After working with his Marines early in the morning, Sgt. Matthew Nordin, an aircraft rescue fire fighter with Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron aboard MCAS Beaufort, returned to the barracks and saw a Marine hunched over on a picnic table, July 6. Nordin noticed the Marine was in need of medical attention. That’s when he utilized his training as an emergency medical technician to help the Marine.
"I noticed the signs and did everything I could to make sure the Marine was safe and received the help he needed as soon as possible," said Nordin. "I carried the Marine up to his room and got help from the barracks duty noncommissioned officer until we could get further aid from [emergency personnel]."
Help arrived shortly after, at which point Nordin passed over his role as the primary responder for the Marine for an assisting role, remembering his medical knowledge and an established rapport with the base emergency medical team.
“[Nordin] took control of the situation,” said Staff Sgt. Corinne Lorge, training chief for Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, who was posted as the Air Station staff duty officer the day of the incident. “He didn’t even know the Marine he was helping and that alone showed me and everyone else there what it means to look out for your fellow Marines.”
"I didn't stop providing care to the Marine until the back doors of that ambulance shut and they drove off to the Naval Hospital," said Nordin.
The crew of emergency medical technicians loaded the Marine into the ambulance with the help of Nordin, and then rushed the Marine to Naval Hospital Beaufort’s emergency room, where the Marine received medical treatments that assisted in nursing him back to health.
Later that day the Marine was discharged from the hospital fully recovered. Due to his injection in the situation, Nordin was thanked by senior leadership aboard the Air Station and was presented with a squadron coin.
"I did what any Marine would do,” said Nordin. “It was something I would have done yesterday, today or tomorrow."
Nordin always looks out for the well-being of his fellow Marines, and his dedication to his fellow brothers and sisters is not out of character for him.
“Nordin’s dedication to the safety of his fellow Marines carries over well beyond his job, that is why he had no problem going out of his way to make sure this Marine was safe” said Sgt. Fernando Camacho, an assistant section leader for ARFF. “That is why when we found out about what happened it didn’t shock any of us that he would do this.”
"Just as Marines look out for each other in combat, we protect each other at home as well,” said Barrett. “We are there for one another in each other’s time of need, because if we don't have each other than we as a Corps have nothing."
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07.19.2013 |
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07.19.2013 09:36 |
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