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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Marines and sailors with Field Medical Training Battalion West, from Camp Pendleton, Calif., took part in a production for a new training video sponsored by United States Marine Corps Training and Education Command, at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., April 10.
The TECOM sponsored video featured the newest individual first aid kit that will be used by deployed Marines and sailors.
The FMTB West instructors participated in the training as subject
matter experts. Scenarios included improvised explosive device-laden roads and simulated injuries injuries treated with an IFAK.
“The new IFAK is a great tool ,” said Petty Officer 1st Class Benjamin T. Wilder, an instructor with FMTB West. “It’s going to be used fleet-wide here shortly.”
The IFAK consists of a small pouch that contains first aid equipment that can help save a person’s life.
“The new IFAK is a great piece of gear,” said Petty Officer 1st Class
Adam Clayton, an instructor with FMTB West. “They have made some incredible improvements and I hope that people use it wisely when they need to.”
The video, which is intended to be more realistic and interesting than the current IFAK video, will star R. Lee Ermey, an actor and retired Marine.
“I’ve done a couple training videos for the Marine Corps before,”
Ermey said. “They asked me to come do it, so I did.”
Some of the upgrades in the new IFAK include the newest tourniquet, a sucking chest wound sealing kit with a sticky pad instead of plastic, and a dry dressing that is made out of material that won’t stick to burns, instead of the water gel.
“Back in my time, years ago, we had nothing basically but a compress bandage and a tourniquet and that was about it,” Ermey said. “Now, the IFAK, boy that sucker is well equipped. You’ve got everything that you need for wounds or injuries in combat.
Hopefully we’ll save a few lives out there.”
The IFAK video will be shown during recruit training, at the school of infantry and pre-deployment training. It is also intended to reach new audiences in other training situations.
“The current video is outdated to the times,” said Wilder, 34, from
Olympia, Wash. “They want to get a video that is up-to-date, more
comprehensive, and direct it to the Marines.”
The FMTB West Marines and sailors were excited to be part of the video.
“I love it,” said Clayton, 29, from Salt Lake City. “It’s a great atmosphere and a great crew. The training out here is realistic. It’s
not like a cheap, cheesy video that no one is going to believe. It’s
an authentic piece of film that’s going to make people understand.”
The video will act as a training aid to keep classes and lectures
interesting and act as a visual aid for the Marines going through
training.
“For the Navy, it helps us corpsmen who are facilitating the classes
that come after, because people are going to pay more attention,”
Wilder said. “If the Marines are able to see this IFAK video, they can
more readily learn how to use it.”
Each Marine has their own IFAK while deployed. If someone is injured, and there are no corpsmen nearby, the nearest Marine will use the injured persons IFAK to treat them. The supplies in the first-aid kit are not meant to be a permanent solution, but they can extend the life of someone long enough to get proper medical treatment.
“The first aid pouch is full of medical gear that you can use in a
combat situation,” Ermey said. “We stop the bleeding and we continue the fight. We don’t stop the fighting. We try to get the wounded individual to a safe spot but then we must resume the fight.”
| Date Taken: | 04.10.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 04.13.2012 15:51 |
| Story ID: | 86724 |
| Location: | CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, US |
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