Medics save lives with newly developed medical technology

It was an interesting article; There are times, I believe that too much emphasis in what a civilian "(s)Think tank" recommends is applied to Military training without taking into consideration the effects it will have in the long run. I just look at how far backwards MEDCOM went from when I was trained in '76, to when I moved to the Reserve side of the house in '92, never could understand taking a "Civilian" EMT course for US Army Medical training, the same with CPR, to what is being taught today.
On a side note; a Navy Corpsman gave me his Hospital Corpsman Manual in '86, the damn thing was quite helpful when I transferred to the MFO in '89. It was defiantly more informative and effective than what the US Army was using at the time. As far as some of the diagnostic tools, just remember, there is only so much room in an evec. vehicle and most of that space is for the patient. The same applies to the Aid Station.


Still need to work on those Hospital rotations for the CBT Arms 68W's. Maybe if DA convinced MEDCOM into treating it as a 120 day TDY necessity on a 1 for 1 basis personnel swap rather than having it seem like an inconvenience to either unit; and have them go to a different installation too.

Outstanding article that illustrates the contributions of the NCO’s of the unit. I really admire the ability to train, educate, and empower the medics handled within the organization. Most often a local problem can be solved by the unit and not by the enterprise. This needs to be emulated by Division (maybe lower) medical sections.