Joint Medical training hones lifesaving skills

Photo By Sgt. Joseph Black | Members of the U.S. Army Reserve 86th Combat Support Hospital provide care to a simulated patient during a combat support training exercise, August 17, 2019. CSTX 19-04 is a U.S. Army Reserve trainign exercise that brings Multinational and U.S. Forces from across the globe to Fort McCoy, Wis., which provides realistic training aimed at honing soldier skills. CSTX aims to ensure that the U.S. Army Reserve is capable, combat-ready, and lethal Federal Reserve force. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Waters)  

FT. MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

08.17.2019

Story by Staff Sgt. Robert Waters 

304th Public Affairs Detachment

FORT McCoy, Wis. – U.S. Soldiers, Sailors and Marines participated in a combat-support training exercise, CSTX 19-04, at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 7-21.
The joint-medical training included the 4th Medical Battalion from New York and the 865th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) from California.
There are four NATO categories of medical care, or Roles, with each Role having a higher level of care and treatment. A Role 4 facility has the highest level of medical care.
The first stop for simulated battlefield injuries in the exercise was the U.S. Marine Corps Forward Resuscitative Surgical System (FRSS). The FRSS is a small, Role 2, mobile, trauma-surgical unit designed to rapidly treat critical-care patients.
The patient goes through a three-step triage process for evaluation and treatment before being transported to a Role 3 care facility.
“We do all the major damage control and fly them out,” said U.S. Navy Cmdr. Ron Bole, Senior Nurse Executive with the San Diego based unit.
The In-Route care team, consisting of flight nurses and corpsman specially trained in critical care, ensures the same level of care upon transportation to the Role 3 facility, said Bole.
The In-Route care team then transports the patient to an HH-60M MEDEVAC helicopter, and is then airlifted to a the closest Role 3 facility for next higher level of medical care.
CSTX 19-04 is a U.S. Army Reserve training exercise that brings Multinational and U.S. Forces from across the globe to Fort McCoy to provide realistic training aimed at honing soldier skills. CSTX aims to ensure the U.S. Army Reserve is the most capable, combat ready, and lethal Federal Reserve Force the United States has ever seen.

• Date Taken: 08.17.2019
• Date Posted: 08.18.2019 22:25
• Story ID: 336354
• Location: FT. MCCOY, WI, US