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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion conducted a Tactical Combat Casualty Care course aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 2, 2015.
The course is designed to teach Navy Corpsmen the skills necessary to care and treat casualties in a tactical environment.
There are several stages of training the corpsmen are put through, but before any of that begins, they run through rigorous physical training to more accurately portray the sort of fatigue they could experience during actual combat situations.
“This was the practical application phase of the course,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class James S. Gafford, a TCCC instructor with 2nd Medical Battalion. “We put all their training up to this point into one mass-casualty scenario where they must essentially save their patients life.”
As soon as they entered the dark building there was a loud, concussive explosion followed by a full assault on their senses including flashing lights, screaming by the instructors and a soundtrack that portrays the noises of an active battle field which they must overcome to locate and tend to their patient.
“When they enter the building they are in charge of saving their patient’s life by applying life-threatening interventions such as applying tourniquets and pressure bandages,” Gafford said.
The corpsmen applied the appropriate procedures in the ‘kill house’ before moving the simulated patient out of the building to a safer location.
After applying all of the treatment necessary to save their patients life, they were loaded onto field gurneys and brought out of the safe area for extraction.
“During the course, the students were being graded by an acronym called MARCHH,” Gafford said. “MARCHH stands for massive bleeding, airway, respirations, circulation, head wounds and hypothermia. Each one of those steps is essential and must be completed in order to pass the class.”
Upon completion of the training, the Corpsmen are de-briefed and critiqued on their performance.
“This is an awesome course and today’s training went smoothly,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Kwyanetta Pritchett, a surgical technician with 2nd Medical Battalion. “It has been years since I have done this course, so it was a really good refresher for me to keep my skills up and let me know what I need to improve on.”
| Date Taken: | 04.07.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 04.07.2015 14:28 |
| Story ID: | 159311 |
| Location: | CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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