WEBVTT 00:04.176 --> 00:06.290 (clattering) 00:06.290 --> 00:08.400 - [Yvonne] Contingency planning is a big part 00:08.400 --> 00:11.290 of a medic's training, such as with a mass casualty 00:11.290 --> 00:14.700 exercise conducted here on Camp Taji. 00:14.700 --> 00:17.310 Members of the 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, 00:17.310 --> 00:20.380 Troop Medical Clinic, use the exercise to put 00:20.380 --> 00:22.050 their skills to the test. 00:22.050 --> 00:24.380 - This exercise is to get everybody familiar 00:24.380 --> 00:26.983 with the processes that goes into a MASCAL. 00:28.939 --> 00:32.540 Any incident that involves more than four to six patients 00:32.540 --> 00:35.210 than we can handle comfortably, we want to be ready for. 00:35.210 --> 00:36.300 Everybody has a job out here. 00:36.300 --> 00:39.580 We want to be able to handle that type of care. 00:39.580 --> 00:42.360 I need litter bearers over here! 00:42.360 --> 00:43.763 I need litter bearers. 00:45.375 --> 00:47.740 (indistinct chatter) 00:47.740 --> 00:49.630 - [Man] Straight into one. 00:49.630 --> 00:51.480 - [Blair] All right, what do you got in delayed? 00:51.480 --> 00:52.380 - I moved them to minimal. 00:52.380 --> 00:53.920 It was bleeding, superficial. 00:53.920 --> 00:55.307 They're both controlled, airways are fine, 00:55.307 --> 00:56.140 breathing's fine. 00:56.140 --> 00:56.973 - [Blair] Okay. 00:56.973 --> 00:59.440 Okay, let's get 'em to minimal. 00:59.440 --> 01:01.116 Lieutenant Bruce, you have them over in minimal? 01:01.116 --> 01:02.490 (overlapping chatter) 01:02.490 --> 01:05.450 Bilateral lower leg amputation? 01:05.450 --> 01:06.470 Okay. 01:06.470 --> 01:09.243 He's obviously gonna be our first to go 01:09.243 --> 01:11.570 once they stabilize him. 01:11.570 --> 01:12.620 - [Man] He's goin' in now. 01:12.620 --> 01:14.380 I also have an open abdominal wound. 01:14.380 --> 01:15.213 He's a medium. 01:15.213 --> 01:16.120 - [Man] Okay, let's check him out. 01:16.120 --> 01:16.953 - 45. 01:16.953 --> 01:19.040 - Okay, let's get him to immediate right now. 01:19.040 --> 01:19.880 (groaning and chatter) 01:19.880 --> 01:20.713 - Huh? - Massive hemorrhage. 01:20.713 --> 01:22.119 - This guy here I'm not putting in. 01:22.119 --> 01:22.952 (man screaming) 01:22.952 --> 01:23.785 - I'm sorry, massive hemorrhage. 01:23.785 --> 01:24.618 - Okay. 01:24.618 --> 01:25.648 Alright. 01:25.648 --> 01:27.276 Alright, come on, buck up. 01:27.276 --> 01:30.443 (overlapping chatter) 01:31.620 --> 01:32.620 He's evac number two, then. 01:32.620 --> 01:34.460 - He's hypotensive-- - Okay. 01:34.460 --> 01:35.682 All right. 01:35.682 --> 01:37.860 (man mumbling incoherently) 01:37.860 --> 01:39.970 Evac number three, okay. 01:39.970 --> 01:43.050 All right, one A, one B, and two are definitely going. 01:43.050 --> 01:44.880 - [Man] We've got four evacs right now. 01:44.880 --> 01:45.713 - Right. - Okay. 01:45.713 --> 01:46.546 - [Blair] How're we doin' here? Okay? 01:46.546 --> 01:47.720 - [Man] She's doing okay. 01:47.720 --> 01:49.183 - [Blair] Controlled bleeding? 01:50.720 --> 01:53.643 Okay, birds incoming, bird landing now! 01:54.560 --> 01:56.204 All right, let's index. 01:56.204 --> 01:57.463 (overlapping chatter) 01:57.463 --> 01:58.901 - [Soldiers] Index! 01:58.901 --> 02:00.485 - [Man] Index! 02:00.485 --> 02:01.390 - [Man] Index! 02:01.390 --> 02:03.970 - Okay, guys we're right where they needed to be 02:03.970 --> 02:06.100 80% of the time. 02:06.100 --> 02:07.010 That's good. 02:07.010 --> 02:07.979 That's an improvement. 02:07.979 --> 02:09.670 That's what we were looking for. 02:09.670 --> 02:12.260 - [Yvonne] There are many moving parts to this exercise, 02:12.260 --> 02:14.170 but now they have the confidence to coordinate 02:14.170 --> 02:15.980 and orchestrate the chaos that comes with 02:15.980 --> 02:19.470 potential disasters, and maintain command and control 02:19.470 --> 02:22.473 to effectively react and interact as a team. 02:23.450 --> 02:25.590 Reporting from Camp Taji, Iraq, 02:25.590 --> 02:27.780 I'm Army Staff Sergeant Yvonne Najera. 02:27.780 --> 02:29.953 - Okay, 'cause I need to know who's who.