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Iraqi emergency units complete EMT training
By 1st Advise and Assist Task Force Public Affairs, 1st Infantry Division, U.S. Division-North
Jan 4, 2011 - 4:18:22 PM
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| Members of the Emergency Security Unit of the Kirkuk Provincial Police practice loading and unloading a notional casualty during medical evacuation training at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Dec. 28. "Thunderhorse" medics of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, and the Forward Medical Service Team, the "Dust Offs" of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, from Fort Riley, Kan., supported the training, advising and assisting the Iraqis and provided U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters. The MEDEVAC training concluded a five-week Emergency Medical Technician training course for the ISF at COS Warrior. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N) |
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq - "Thunderhorse" medics of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, attached to the 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, from Fort Riley, Kan., concluded Emergency Medical Technician training with Iraqi Emergency Security Unit teams at Contingency Operating Site Warrior Dec. 28.
The five-week training began in late November, providing instruction to Iraqi Police, the Emergency Security Unit, and members of the Iraqi Ministry of Health. The ISF learned basic medical skills with the goal of making them subject matter experts for their respective organizations in emergency medical care.
"This last exercise demonstrates how to (medically evacuate) a patient after they've treated them," said Pfc. Michelle Nelson, a combat medic, HHC, 2nd Bn., 12th Cav. Reg.
During the MEDEVAC drills Iraqis conducted "cold" and "hot" loads during the capstone exercise that used U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopters.
Cold loads entailed the ESU practicing loading a casualty onto a static helicopter, which was not running, said Nelson.
Once the ISF mastered cold load training, they conducted the hot load training while the helicopter was running.
During hot loads, the ESU teams strapped their casualty to a litter, loaded him onto a helicopter and took off.
The Forward Medical Service Team, the "Dust Offs" of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, from Fort Riley, Kan., provided the MEDEVAC platforms and the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters for the final training exercise of the course.
Sgt. Matthew Giersdorff, platoon sergeant, Company C, 2nd Bn., 1st Avn. Regt., said the MEDEVAC training completed the training began in November, providing a sense of how the ISF have progressed throughout the course.
Giersdorff added that most of the ESU never had formal training prior to the EMT class and now the ISF unit will have its own medical capabilities.
"I hope they don't ever have to use this training," said Giersdorff. "But now that they have received training, if anything were to happen, they would be able to be litter bearers whenever we conduct joint missions together."
Giersdorff said he hoped the ESU students continue progressing and continue on to receive additional medical aircraft training, and with additional training, the ISF might become flight medics, or even doctors and nurses, which would help increase their units' overall training.
Throughout the course, the ESU trained on basic medical skills such as clearing the airway, restoring breathing, controlling bleeding and treating shock.
They also learned cardiopulmonary resuscitation, trauma care, medical assessment training, medical evacuation training, and the extraction of casualties from vehicles and the rooftops of buildings.
"The hands-on, or practical, training is what I liked the most," said Cpl. Adil Najmiddin Ameen, a shift leader, 2nd ESU Battalion, Iraqi Police. "The training isn't completed until its hands-on because a lot of people don't fully understand what is being taught until they're doing it themselves; then the concept of what the U.S. Soldiers are teaching us is more easily grasped."
Adil said this was his second EMT training class.
He said the first time he went through the class as a student. This time, Adil served as an instructor, training other Iraqi Police how to conduct the emergency medical procedures.
"It's our role to convey the modern medical ideas to our Iraqi Army units in order to serve our people and save lives," said Adil. "This is a bridge to convey our voice to the people who are expecting us to be well-trained in order to have a significant and effective role in our society."
The day after the MEDEVAC training, the EMT class graduated in a ceremony held Dec. 29 at COS Warrior, acknowledging the students for the hard work and accomplishments made during the five-week course.
"This graduation has helped us to reach a huge milestone in order to pass the torch to the Iraqi Security Forces," said Capt. Harold Yu, physician's assistant, 2nd Bn., 12th Cav. Regt., attached to the 1st AATF.
Yu, a Torrance, Calif. native, said he hopes that because of this training exercise, the students can help save lives in Kirkuk and will use the knowledge and skills learnt to instruct and train future EMTs in Iraq.
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| Capt. Harold Yu, a Torrance, Calif.-native and physician's assistant, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, attached to the 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, alongside Lt. Col. Joseph Holland, commander, 2nd Bn., 12th Cav. Regt., received flowers from an Iraqi student of an Emergency Medical Technician training course during a graduation ceremony Dec. 29 at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Kirkuk, Iraq. The students gave flowers as a gift of appreciation to Yu and all of the instructors of the five-week EMT course for leading the course that provided the ISF the knowledge they need to help save lives, as well as instruct and teach future EMT's of Kirkuk's Iraqi Security Forces. (U.S. Army Photo by Pvt. Alyxandra McChesney, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N) |
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