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If given the chance, I'd like to know what course or class you feel has helped your ability to be a medic the most? On deployments, what medications or gadgets helped you do your job the best? What training do you wish you would have had to help you out in a situation? Doyou have a good situation to talk about in a vignette format? What Army publication do you read the most of? Additionally keep up with post and conversations, as I promise follow ups with my questions and comments.
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Hopefully I can get some responses on this if we can get past the "I'm a married E-5 pulling CQ on valentines day" ... This is a working avenue to be information used towards a MEDCOM effort that has FORSCOM and TRADOC star level visibility and implications. Make the most of your day people.
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At the TRADOc level of advice...the Paramedic course would be a better COI than EMT Basic. Not only at the Military level, but for transistioning Soldiers after the Service. Greater knowledge base is a Combat Multiplier for our Force. Advances skills save lives and increase efficiency and productivity for Medics and their "patients".
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BCT3 was a fantastic course to go through as it's hard to beat live tissue training. Reading stuff in a book and having an instructor yell at you is all well and good, but to be able to actually see how fast hemorrhage can take place can really put your training in context and provide a serious motivator to complete tasks in a quick and efficient manner. When it comes to asking what type of further training I wish I had I'll always point to more of this.
For literature the Ranger Medic Handbook is the gold standard. If a medic can keep that memorized and execute what it teaches without thought then they're ahead of the power curve. Anatomy and Physiology books are always good too as there's always something new to learn. Also any literature explaining drug interactions. It's one thing to know the basics of a drug that every medic should know, but to actually understand what's going on biochemically can greatly benefit a medic practicing their trade.
For literature the Ranger Medic Handbook is the gold standard. If a medic can keep that memorized and execute what it teaches without thought then they're ahead of the power curve. Anatomy and Physiology books are always good too as there's always something new to learn. Also any literature explaining drug interactions. It's one thing to know the basics of a drug that every medic should know, but to actually understand what's going on biochemically can greatly benefit a medic practicing their trade.
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So I get it Live Tissue training (LTT) is what people love, but how many times does one person do that? I've completed TCMC, BCT3, and a lot of other LTT. I've probably done 5 swine and 7 goats. I've learned with that training, I'm really great at doing goats and pigs. Simman's are expensive and are really coming of age, since so much money is being dumped into that effort, I'm not sure if this the best way foward. I ask that you look them up before you say "no".
We've got a scope of practice (SOP) within our STPs, -800, TC3 standards, EMT, and local protocol. However there is a lot of lost information and standards that have vanished for a lot of units.
We've got a scope of practice (SOP) within our STPs, -800, TC3 standards, EMT, and local protocol. However there is a lot of lost information and standards that have vanished for a lot of units.
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TSgt David Holman, obviously yes. Medical necessity is why I added the so long as we can "justify it" comment. I'd never advocate for a medic to do something they have no idea how to do as a treatment method that isn't 100% called for.
SPC Scott Mayhew, I was just commenting on what I perceive to be a pretty large culture difference between National Guard medics and the active duty medics. All I was trying to say is that yeah it's a concern for you, and for good reason, but for us it's not even something discussed. The only thing that ever mattered in my unit(s) was whether you were competent and could justify your actions.
SFC (Join to see), I'm not sure if the type of simulator mannequin I've used in the past is the type you're referring to, so I'll hold off judgement until I look into it further. All I can say is that handling live flesh was a vastly different experience compared to any simulator I ever trained on. I only went through BCT3 once, but every medic that went through it with me commented afterwords that it was some of the best training they'd ever had. For context I went through the course in 2009 at Fort Campbell's Rascon School of Combat Medicine.
SPC Scott Mayhew, I was just commenting on what I perceive to be a pretty large culture difference between National Guard medics and the active duty medics. All I was trying to say is that yeah it's a concern for you, and for good reason, but for us it's not even something discussed. The only thing that ever mattered in my unit(s) was whether you were competent and could justify your actions.
SFC (Join to see), I'm not sure if the type of simulator mannequin I've used in the past is the type you're referring to, so I'll hold off judgement until I look into it further. All I can say is that handling live flesh was a vastly different experience compared to any simulator I ever trained on. I only went through BCT3 once, but every medic that went through it with me commented afterwords that it was some of the best training they'd ever had. For context I went through the course in 2009 at Fort Campbell's Rascon School of Combat Medicine.
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actually not all cadaver labs are costly, I think the idea to some commands is the "weird" part. San Marcos has a great one, this one gets you recently perished. Most get to you as close as four days after death. No homocides or weird siutational deaths but natural causes. They bleed with assistance of a machine, and it might cost 1000-1500 per a "cadaver". Goats and Pigs are cheaper to raise and sustain but it's the paper work that is costly in those cases.
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SFC (Join to see) - A group out of the University of Minnesota is working on a very realistic simman right now. I was one of the first people to run through their test before they opened the study army wide. I don't know the current status of the study or where it went from Lewis. I really enjoyed the test and the simulation was very well built.
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As a combat medic and a Paramedic I can tell you that any and all advanced classes will def set you up for success. BCT3, PHTLS, A&P, Live Tissue, ACLS, and def Pharmacology. Know your meds. I've seen too many medics that don't understand basic medications and dosages.
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Good call, Branch. Pharmocology is a great one. Understanding your meds and the their effect on the various systems will keep Joes alive.
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