How is this even a question?
I am so angry that this is still an issue after nearly three DECADES of military medical officers and MEDEVAC enlisted requesting, pleading for, then demanding that the flight medics skills be upgraded to paramedic+ to be better able to treat the wounded. The Army finally agreed to upgrade its flight medics a few years … Continue reading
Revamped Flight Medic Training
Good news. Enhanced Flight Medic Training Begins After over a decade of urgent calls for upgraded training of Army flight medics, it has begun. This article provides some details of what is involved. As noted, Army statistics have long shown that wounded troops rescued by National Guard MEDEVAC crews have a 66% higher chance of … Continue reading
NATO Training: PECC Training Course
“The NATO Military Medicine Center of Excellence Training Branch started the development of the Patient Evacuation Coordination Cell (PECC) Course with a Course Design Meeting on 30 January – 03 February 2012. The design meeting was based on a previous discussion with the German Armed Forces Medical Academy Training Centre (Feldkirchen, DEU) personnel, where the … Continue reading
US Army Report: 2011 After action report blasts MEDEVAC shortcomings
United States Central Command Joint Theater Trauma System HQ, BAF, APO, AE 09354 MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD 7 February 2011 SUBJECT: After action report for MEDCOM Tasker 1039.01C. (90 Day TSC deployment of an Emergency Physician to serve as the medical director for Enroute Critical Care Nurses (ECCN) and MEDEVAC units performing patient evacuation in the … Continue reading
MEDEVAC Matters 