In the modern Army Combat Lifesaver Course, do students still have to have an IV performed on them as well as a nasogastric tube?

SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 16:46:13 -0400

Also, do they have to do them on other students?

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 29 at 2019 4:54 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 16:54:43 -0400

IV training is no longer a part of CLS training. The NG tube is still included. And yea, you are probably going to give each other an NG tube.

Response by LTC Michael Hrycak made Jul 29 at 2019 6:09 PM

LTC Michael Hrycak — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 18:09:54 -0400

I remember all the apologies during IV initiation on fellow students, I never heard as many back to back apologies because each student that started an IV on his fellow student had to have that student start an IV on them. And you didn't get to pick who would be your partner. Good training

Response by SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 29 at 2019 10:22 PM

SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 22:22:29 -0400

I recently did CLS a month or so ago, and we did not give each other NG tubes. We practiced on a dummy, and one person got to volunteer from the class to have one done on them. We also did not do anything involving IVs.

Response by SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 1 at 2019 5:13 AM

SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 05:13:52 -0400

This should be starting to be replaced by TCCC. It's been a policy now since 2018. I did NCOPD on it in SLC and could get all the policy and references if needed.