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The following is a breakdown of the US Army 91W course. Perhaps someone can provide an outline of the CF equivalent.
The first seven to eight weeks consist of classroom training. Soldiers go through the National Registry Emergency Medical Technician-Basic course and take the NREMT-B exam at the end of the eight weeks. Upon completion of the EMT portion of the course, soldiers move on to the Whiskey portion of training and another three to four weeks in the classroom. They begin practicing IV sticks and are given an opportunity to perform a blood draw. They learn airway management, control bleeding, care under fire, tactical field care (also known as TC-3), and a variety of other skills before moving out of the classroom. The remainder of the course is spent outside, learning how to apply tourniquets, start IVs, and apply dressings and bandages in the field setting. Litter and manual carries are taught and practiced and soldiers get to load and unload a field ambulance and a deuce-and-a-half truck with patients on litters.
The next portion of training, called Situational Training Exercises, or STX, soldiers spend two days of clinicals at Brooke Army Medical Center in various wards - including the burn ward and the ICU. Instructors lead soldiers on patrols and MOUT exercises where they take simulated casualties and have to treat and evacuate them "under fire" to casualty collection points where more advanced field care can be given. Soldiers practice writing and calling in nine-line MEDEVAC requests.
The final part of training is the Field Training Exercise, or FTX, which is a week long and conducted at a specialized training site. Every soldier draws an M16A2, which they will carry for the duration of the FTX. Two days are spent at the range, first zeroing and then qualifying on the M16. Soldiers spend the rest of the week going through day-long training stations in MOUT, patrolling, Forward Aid Station, Battalion Aid Station, FOB security, and also get to spend time as simulated casualties. The culminating event at FTX is the litter obstacle course, where teams of four must carry patients on litters over walls, through a trench, over uneven terrain, and under barbed wire through ankle-deep sand.
US Army medics graduate after this sixteen-week course and are sent to regular army units or back home, if they are National Guard or Reserve component. Most will be deployed within six months of graduation.
The course isn't easy but it's worthwhile and I found it fun. The classroom part was the most difficult. I graduated last week. I'm now waiting for the start of M6 - nurse - training.
~Pv2 Finn
*Edited for spelling.
The first seven to eight weeks consist of classroom training. Soldiers go through the National Registry Emergency Medical Technician-Basic course and take the NREMT-B exam at the end of the eight weeks. Upon completion of the EMT portion of the course, soldiers move on to the Whiskey portion of training and another three to four weeks in the classroom. They begin practicing IV sticks and are given an opportunity to perform a blood draw. They learn airway management, control bleeding, care under fire, tactical field care (also known as TC-3), and a variety of other skills before moving out of the classroom. The remainder of the course is spent outside, learning how to apply tourniquets, start IVs, and apply dressings and bandages in the field setting. Litter and manual carries are taught and practiced and soldiers get to load and unload a field ambulance and a deuce-and-a-half truck with patients on litters.
The next portion of training, called Situational Training Exercises, or STX, soldiers spend two days of clinicals at Brooke Army Medical Center in various wards - including the burn ward and the ICU. Instructors lead soldiers on patrols and MOUT exercises where they take simulated casualties and have to treat and evacuate them "under fire" to casualty collection points where more advanced field care can be given. Soldiers practice writing and calling in nine-line MEDEVAC requests.
The final part of training is the Field Training Exercise, or FTX, which is a week long and conducted at a specialized training site. Every soldier draws an M16A2, which they will carry for the duration of the FTX. Two days are spent at the range, first zeroing and then qualifying on the M16. Soldiers spend the rest of the week going through day-long training stations in MOUT, patrolling, Forward Aid Station, Battalion Aid Station, FOB security, and also get to spend time as simulated casualties. The culminating event at FTX is the litter obstacle course, where teams of four must carry patients on litters over walls, through a trench, over uneven terrain, and under barbed wire through ankle-deep sand.
US Army medics graduate after this sixteen-week course and are sent to regular army units or back home, if they are National Guard or Reserve component. Most will be deployed within six months of graduation.
The course isn't easy but it's worthwhile and I found it fun. The classroom part was the most difficult. I graduated last week. I'm now waiting for the start of M6 - nurse - training.
~Pv2 Finn
*Edited for spelling.