Photo By Janice Erdlitz | Medics with Lyster Army Health Clinic practice trauma care during a realistic training...... read more read more
The team at Lyster Army Health Clinic is dedicated to providing the best possible care, whenever it’s needed. On September 17, the clinic conducted a realistic training exercise to support readiness and response efforts. The exercise was designed to prepare personnel to respond to a variety of emergency situations.
The training exercise provided Lyster Soldiers with the opportunity to test the response time and capabilities of the Medical Augmentation (MedAug) team.
Sgt. 1st Class Macyn L. Patey-Graham, non-commissioned officer in charge of the Primary Care Clinic, explained the exercise provided a valuable opportunity to hone trauma skills. “While our medical providers and combat medics are highly proficient in clinical care, these critical skills are rarely tested in a typical setting but are vital for combat deployment.”
During the exercise, the team practiced skills including triage, tourniquet application to stop life-threatening extremity hemorrhage, thoracic trauma requiring needle chest decompression, open fractures, and disease non-battle injuries.
“For this exercise, we incorporated the installation’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS), allowing us to practice communication between our response team and EMS,” stated Luke Stewart, Chief of Plans, Training, Mobilization, and Security at Lyster Army Health Clinic. “This is critical for patient transportation, tracking, and triage. Exercising this coordination gives the teams a picture of how to operate on the ground, so patients are treated and transported as quickly and effectively as possible.”
Code training exercises such as this are routinely scheduled throughout the year to maintain mission readiness.
“The primary goal of realistic training scenarios is to test our incident response plans that are used in the event of real-world incidents,” continued Stewart. “Utilizing these scenarios gives us an accurate assessment of our plans, identifying capability gaps and opportunities for plan improvements. Moreover, it creates repetition in our response, allowing for a smoother reaction from our teams.”
| Date Taken: | 09.30.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 09.30.2025 15:17 |
| Story ID: | 549744 |
| Location: | ALABAMA, US |
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