WEBVTT 00:03.659 --> 00:05.567 - [Hunter] You don't have to be pretty with the tourniquet 00:05.567 --> 00:09.067 because the early stage is just slap it on 00:09.595 --> 00:11.094 approximal to the wound, or at least 00:11.094 --> 00:12.558 where you think the wound is. 00:12.558 --> 00:13.572 - [Soldier] Alright, every time we move him, 00:13.572 --> 00:15.052 we need to reassess. 00:15.052 --> 00:16.431 - [Hunter] Crank it down until you see it bleeding, 00:16.431 --> 00:19.848 slow down, and then get him out of there. 00:21.370 --> 00:24.763 Our medics need to be ready to take care of a casualty. 00:24.763 --> 00:27.649 It's coming up and down normal, and this side is not. 00:27.649 --> 00:28.976 We need to have that baseline training 00:28.976 --> 00:32.152 so that if their battle buddy's injured 00:32.152 --> 00:35.771 next to them, that they know how to put on a tourniquet. 00:35.771 --> 00:37.577 Just working with what you have, 00:37.577 --> 00:40.244 improvise, and provide good care 00:40.349 --> 00:43.099 in less than ideal circumstances. 00:43.570 --> 00:45.516 - [Soldier] Hurry up, man. He's bleeding out! 00:45.516 --> 00:46.349 - [Narrator] Special Forces medics 00:46.349 --> 00:48.471 have a critical role while deployed, 00:48.471 --> 00:50.342 and it's training at their home station, 00:50.342 --> 00:53.431 Fort Carson, Colorado, that makes them the best 00:53.431 --> 00:54.764 at what they do. 00:54.869 --> 00:57.200 ^- Almost all my medics are going to find themselves 00:57.200 --> 01:01.153 ^at one point or another, out in the middle of nowhere 01:01.153 --> 01:03.668 with a medical question or a medical problem 01:03.668 --> 01:05.244 that they have to deal with. 01:05.244 --> 01:07.430 - He's dealing with a massive hemorrhage now. 01:07.430 --> 01:08.677 - [Narrator] Major Hunter Winegardner 01:08.677 --> 01:11.185 has the knowledge and experience to train these troops. 01:11.185 --> 01:12.018 - Alright, what are you doing man? 01:12.018 --> 01:14.499 Let me know what you're doing. 01:14.499 --> 01:17.703 - [Narrator] And turn them into all around MacGyver medics. 01:17.703 --> 01:19.968 - You know when I think back to the early '90s 01:19.968 --> 01:23.222 when I was watching MacGyver, he always found a way 01:23.222 --> 01:26.389 to improvise and work with what he had 01:26.456 --> 01:28.706 and come up with solutions. 01:29.837 --> 01:33.754 - [Soldier] Hey buddy, you're gonna be alright. 01:33.789 --> 01:36.763 - It's something that I think the army encourages 01:36.763 --> 01:39.390 in general, is to know how to think outside the box, 01:39.390 --> 01:43.307 and it applies in our medical training as well. 01:43.992 --> 01:45.318 - [Narrator] For Major Winegardner, 01:45.318 --> 01:47.097 who was born and raised in Alaska, 01:47.097 --> 01:49.764 being outdoors is second nature. 01:49.790 --> 01:52.940 - Yeah, we did a lot of outdoor stuff in Alaska growing up, 01:52.940 --> 01:54.475 I mean, it's just kind of like that up there. 01:54.475 --> 01:57.001 You just have so much access to wilderness, 01:57.001 --> 01:59.833 and camping and fishing and hiking 01:59.833 --> 02:03.851 is pretty much one of the main things you can do. 02:03.851 --> 02:05.858 - [Narrator] It's a lifestyle that he continues to share 02:05.858 --> 02:07.691 with his family today. 02:08.041 --> 02:10.292 - Then in the summer, there is just so much to do 02:10.292 --> 02:11.292 in Colorado. 02:11.556 --> 02:14.512 We hike all the time, and then rock climbing 02:14.512 --> 02:16.613 is very accessible and it's the big thing 02:16.613 --> 02:19.613 that my kids and wife enjoy as well. 02:20.044 --> 02:22.560 Almost every weekend we go to one of the local cliffs 02:22.560 --> 02:24.057 and climb for a bit. 02:24.057 --> 02:26.553 Yeah, I think you've got to expose them young. 02:26.553 --> 02:28.220 - [Girl] I catch it! 02:28.767 --> 02:30.188 - I think some of the training I've had 02:30.188 --> 02:33.039 helps me guide the guys to solutions 02:33.039 --> 02:34.696 they may not have thought about, 02:34.696 --> 02:37.851 and provides them some of those examples. 02:37.851 --> 02:39.099 - [Narrator] All of the planning ... 02:39.099 --> 02:40.303 - [Hunter] Slowly, lower on that. 02:40.303 --> 02:43.044 - [Narrator] ... and training, comes down to readiness. 02:43.044 --> 02:47.211 - Our medics need to be ready to take care of a casualty, 02:48.015 --> 02:52.182 and that's what this training that we're doing is about. 02:52.819 --> 02:53.986 Alright, good.