If you could change anything when it comes to medications administered out in the field what would it be?

I think that it is responsibility of the soldier to study the medications that he/she is authorized to carry and to ask questions of the his/her seniors. The school house has a list that they expect us to be familiar with.. There are a great deal of medications that the Combat Medic/Corpsman could administer and very few that are actually authorized while down range (we had morphine, naloxone, diphenhydramine, epi auto injectors (0.3 mg for anaphylaxis), and Toradol. And heaven forbid that I asked for fentanyl or Ketamine.. It is very important that the Combat Medic/Corpsman understand the indications, contraindications, side effects, dose, route, and mechanism of action for each medication he is authorized. Unfortunately I am seeing an alarming trend within the Tactical Medic community where Medics are not capable of independent thought or action... Additionally it seems as if more and more are not capable of critical thinking... Just my observations and input...

I would agree with you on this point. The school house is nothing more than EMT-B wrapped up with some extra trauma training. That does not make a medic that the type of medic that the Army is trying to get. My opinion is that it is a disservice on how little sick call and orthopedic training we get.

SPC(P) (Join to see) - Not even just sick call procedures because that changes station to station. But just think of all the simple drugs we give day to day. Sure we talk about our analgesics but nothing about the commons uses and interactions of our day to day. Either in or out of a clinic setting.

They could take it a step further and include simple ALTHA training with writing a 600.. Would produce an all around more capable medic to hit a unit.

Still is, usually. "Here's two Motrin 800's. Drink water."