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- With our course that we're conducting

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is a "train your trainer" model.

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The concept of the course is for Lt. Col. Hite and I

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to provide background information regarding medivac

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principles and tactical combat casualty care.

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And, with this information, provide that

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to the Iraqi nurses and flight surgeons so they can then

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be able to self-sustain and teach courses

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to their bio-mechanics in the future.

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A typical day, usually we'll come in in the morning time.

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We'll do a brief review of any material

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that was conducted the previous day.

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(speaking in Arabic)

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The biggest key points for us to emphasize

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throughout the course is something

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called a march hour review.

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Where we would need to address first is massive hemorrhage,

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then airway management, respiratory trauma followed

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by management of circulation and lastly hypothermia.

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Battlefield trauma data has shown us that if we can manage

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these five items we'll have the greatest impact

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in preventing battlefield deaths.

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In the afternoons, we like to go out to the helicopter

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and we've been able to utilize the static display.

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(speaking in Arabic)

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Are you gonna work together?

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So when you come under here you wanna put

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it right under the thigh.

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Good.

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This course is important to teach, to me as an individual,

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because it's where our passion is

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with radiation medicine and it gives us the opportunity

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to work outside of where we typically would

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with U.S. soldiers and work with our coalition partners.

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- Thus far I've already been pretty surprised

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and encouraged by how much they have jumped in,

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the Iraqi flight surgeons,

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and taken ownership of the curriculum.

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So each iteration as we go through,

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whether it's exams or lecturing,

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they've requested to teach part of the course

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and have done a fantastic job with that.

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They've written a portion of the exam.

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So they've already demonstrated both a willingness

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and ability to step up, take ownership, of course,

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and execute it.

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No different than our army, it truly expands their

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capability to push out into battlefield operations.