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The Best Medic Competition
tryouts were held at Camp
Buehring, Kuwait, on May 10,
2023, at the ARCENT Readiness
Training Center. Teams from all
across the area of responsibility
competed in the event to earn the
"Best Medic" title and bragging
rights. The 168th Theater
Engineer Brigade (TEB) had two
participants team up and compete
in the rigorous competition. Both
participants are Combat Medic
Specialists (68 Whiskeys) for the
brigade and play a huge role in
ensuring patients are properly
treated and cared for when
needed.
The 1-160th Infantry Battalion,
hosted and led the competition
tryouts, which challenged all of the
involved combat medics on their
mental agility, proficiency skillset,
and esprit de corps among all
medics at Camp Buehring.
In Phase III, the tryouts consisted
of a 72-hour challenge, which
included the initial one-hour
test lane at the ARTC Classroom
from May 8–9, 2023. Following
the initial test, Soldiers went
through a 10-minute trauma
scenario followed by a 50-minute
prolonged field care assessment.
"What this is doing is training the
Soldiers if a real scenario happens
tomorrow: will they actually be
able to treat it or do they only
know what's on paper?" Staff Sgt. Scott
Mcgee, 168th Theater Engineer Brigade
Aid Station Clinical NCOIC.
Combat medic specialists are one
of the Army's critical assets in today's
warfight and across the battlefield.
There is no other way to perfect a craft
in the medical field unless you get the
real deal, and that's exactly how the
Best Medic Competition tryouts were.
The training medics go through is very
unique and, more importantly, realistic.
These specialists administer emergency
medical care in the field in both combat
and humanitarian situations.
It allows the participants to serve as
first responders and triage illnesses
and injuries to save lives, much like
a paramedic in the civilian world. In
this special case, our two participants
both serve as civilian responders as
Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs).
So, some of the simulated events
and activities that the participants
experienced were nothing new or
unusual that you would typically hear or
see on the civilian side.
The top three teams will eventually
move on to the final phase of the
competition, which consists of trauma
interventions at a point of injury (POI),
tactical patient movement through a
contested area, and prolonged field care
throughout.
| Date Taken: | 05.10.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 07.14.2023 10:56 |
| Story ID: | 449187 |
| Location: | CAMP BUEHRING, KW |
| Hometown: | CAMP BUEHRING, JA, KW |
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