Where better to learn how to deal with gunshot victims?
In many front-line Marine units, immediate medical care for gunshots, explosions or shrapnel comes from these corpsmen who mostly are young, new to the service and new to seeing up close the wounds they train to treat. The Navy medics, known as hospital corpsmen, typically receive 14 weeks of training in first aid and patient care in Fort Sam Houston in Texas after initial boot camp, and then have the option for additional training.
Instead of having to learn it in the field under combat conditions. Seems one heck of a good idea to me.
Story @ U.S. Navy Medics Prepare For Combat By Treating Gunshot Victims In Chicago
In many front-line Marine units, immediate medical care for gunshots, explosions or shrapnel comes from these corpsmen who mostly are young, new to the service and new to seeing up close the wounds they train to treat. The Navy medics, known as hospital corpsmen, typically receive 14 weeks of training in first aid and patient care in Fort Sam Houston in Texas after initial boot camp, and then have the option for additional training.
Instead of having to learn it in the field under combat conditions. Seems one heck of a good idea to me.
Story @ U.S. Navy Medics Prepare For Combat By Treating Gunshot Victims In Chicago
