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By Spc. Jesse Chapel
Indiana National Guard Public Affairs
EDINBURGH, Ind. – Indiana National Guard soldiers from 38th Infantry Division attended a course for four days in August at Camp Atterbury’s medical simulation training center to engage in medical training exercises and certify as combat lifesavers.
The training exercises featured realistic and challenging scenarios to better the soldiers’ understanding and ability to administer medical aid when needed under any conditions.
“(The training) had a lot of value because there won’t always be a medic with you, and you have to know what to look for,” said Spc. Jocelyn Cruz, Indianapolis, and a chemical specialist with the division.
Throughout the course the soldiers expanded their knowledge first in a classroom and then through the indoor training exercises, designed to induce as much stress, and appear as realistic as possible with screams of chaos in the background and pained groans from the mannequins.
The training center provides the best opportunities to receive combat lifesaver training because of the realism that’s here in this building, said Capt. Samuel Lowe, an intelligence operations officer from Brownsburg, after one of the intense and true-to-life like exercises.
The fourth day of training consisted of a medical obstacle course, where the trainees executed medical aid and safely navigated any obstruction to bring the injured mannequin to safety.
The 38th ID soldiers unanimously agreed that Camp Atterbury’s medical simulation training center provided and enhanced the training, and that it added real-world value to the knowledge and experience they gained to ensure the protection of any injured person’s health.
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| Date Taken: | 08.11.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 08.12.2016 16:42 |
| Story ID: | 206986 |
| Location: | EDINBURGH, IN, US |
| Hometown: | GAS CITY, IN, US |
| Hometown: | INDIANAPOLIS, IN, US |
| Hometown: | WHITESTOWN, IN, US |
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