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U . S . Army Reserve soldiers and Air

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Force Reserve airmen came to Fort McCoy

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to build a field hospital and train on

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medical evacuations . One of the most

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critical aspects of any military

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operation is the medical element on

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every single mission . There will be a

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medic , there will be a small hospital

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or aid station at the smaller outposts

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and the bigger the post , the bigger

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the hospital you're bigger hospitals

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can have almost everything needed to

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save a life . Another critical element

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is the evacuation of the injured . When

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anyone gets injured in a combat zone ,

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they first go through the emergency

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room and our triage , they're based on

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their needs . They will either go to an

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intensive care unit or an immediate

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care ward and the doctor decides the

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next step based on their injuries .

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Once the provider teams they need to be

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medevacked out immediately whether it's

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by ground ambulance or by plane we

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start paperwork with the patient

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administration department . Um So if

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they go buy a plane , whether they're

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intubated sedated , have multiple

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medications that they need to keep

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their blood pressure up . They will go

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buy a plane and that's when I

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coordinate with the Air Force , the Air

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Force and the Army each have their own

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systems . When it comes to tracking

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patients as they make their way through

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the medical system . The Air Force

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comes out to these training events to

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assist the Army and train them on the

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systems the Air Force uses for the

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aircraft and their methods of

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evacuation . There can be times when

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things get lost in translation when it

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comes to evacuation of patients , when

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it comes to equipment required for the

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aircraft or the type of computer system

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used . Or it could even be something as

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simple as a paper doc . So our job is

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to come out and train the army members

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to understand the computer systems ,

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show them , give them access to train

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them how to use those systems so that

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they can operate independently um ,

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after we leave . Um , and we oftentimes

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are embedded right in with the army

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members . That's just sort of the way

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we work . Um , do 24 hour apps that

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they're doing 24 hour operations just

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to constantly be that assistive member

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reporting from Fort McCoy Wisconsin .

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I'm Sergeant Bill washburn .