Navy Medicine personnel train patient transport capabilities at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune
The training, held Sept. 23-24 at the NMCCL Healthcare Simulation and Bio skills Center, focused on specific competencies and operational experiences. Teams ran through scenarios of on-site emergency care, transport to a simulated field hospital, continued medical care, and then movement to an established medical facility.
“This unit-level training was for skill sustainment practice,” said Lieutenant Louis Martinez, EMF-Kilo assistant training officer. “It allowed us to practice managing patients in the field, working as a team, patient movement, and most importantly documentation.”
EMF-Kilo worked with 2nd Medical Battalion to simulate field casualties that would typically be encountered in austere environments and simulate the transport of patients before, during, and after emergency medical treatment.
“Day one was mostly point-of-injury site treatment and transportation between 2nd Medical Battalion and ourselves,” said Martinez. “Day two consisted of prolonged field care for overnight patients prior to patient movement.”
The hospital corpsmen and medical officers were able to completeprocedures they may not always be able to perform on a regular basis to preserve lifesaving medical skills.
“This training was helpful because I was able to do things like inserting chest tubes and improving upon sterile processing techniques, all in a stressful environment, and ensuring I remembered how to do everything properly,” said Hospitalman Haley Kaeding, an EMF Kilo hospital corpsman.
The training additionally provided Sailors with the opportunity to perfect communication skills.
“One thing this training highlighted is how important communication really is, because you’re moving patients to multiple different locations, and proper turnover is really important when someone’s life is on the line,” said Martinez.
Modern medical technology is not readily available in combat zones meaning proper verbal communication and turnover is vital to saving lives. According to Lieutenant Gonzalez, proper paper charting is essential when connectivity with electronic health systems – like Military Health System (MHS) GENESIS – is not an option.
This training ensured physicians and corpsmen could properly create and follow a paper trail that could include ordering lab tests, radiology scans, and pharmaceutical medications, and tracking results and delivery.
“We cycle new Sailors through this training each quarter to maximize exposure to the operational constraints we may be asked to work through in a deployed setting,” said Commander Claire Vidrine, EMF Kilo interim executive officer.
The training ended with a debriefing session where Sailors highlighted challenges and successes with the common goal to ensure they are capable of providing world-class care when called to mobilize anywhere.
EMF-Kilo is the expeditionary readiness platform attached to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Lejeune and is comprised of approximately hundreds of personnel ready to deploy field hospital capabilities during humanitarian or combat mission.
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