He is indeed.
I do have one question though - at DCMT @ Ft Sam they preach gatifloxacin for everything. if he gets shot, Gat. if he has an avulsed abdomen, Gat. etc... but here I got Rocephin, other guys mention Gentamycin, Erythromycin, Cipro, etc... can you give me 3-5 antibiotics to keep in my trauma bag? uses/reasoning to have them?
Oh, yeah. Stay away from me if I ever get sick.
Sorry if this seems harsh - but you really didn't understand what they were telling you, did you?
pack what they give you, because that's what is going to be approved.
I was under the impression that this thread was in hypotheticals, i.e. "what would you/should you do if..." in order to broaden the minds of the interested. If I'm wrong, then I apologize, and I'll just continue to lurk this thread. in the mean time, thanks for the insight.
"I do have one question though - at DCMT @ Ft Sam they preach gatifloxacin for everything. if he gets shot, Gat. if he has an avulsed abdomen, Gat. etc... but here I got Rocephin, other guys mention Gentamycin, Erythromycin, Cipro, etc... can you give me 3-5 antibiotics to keep in my trauma bag? uses/reasoning to have them?
NEW - 68W Transition Pathway - Effective 1 March 2006
PHASE 1 - EMT-Basic Course (80 Hour Bridge or 110 Hour Full Course)
PHASE 2 - Combat Medic Advanced Skills Training (CMAST)
CMAST
The Combat Medic Advanced Skills Training (CMAST) course was developed to provide the 68W soldier medic with an overview of the stark contrast between garrison and combat trauma care. The foundation of CMAST is the concept and principles of Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC-3). CMAST takes the basic knowledge and skills the soldier medic attained in the Emergency Medical Technician - Basic (EMT-B) course and addresses the unique aspects of applying emergency medical care to casualties on the battlefield. The management of the airway, chest trauma, hemorrhage, and hypovolemic shock of the battlefield casualty are all addressed. Triage and evacuation, as well as the treatment of detainees under international law are also discussed. This course contains a 25-question pre-course self-assessment written examination and culminates in several practical examinations and a 50-question written examination. This course is a minimum of 30 hours in length.
If this training is to be conducted for 68W Transition (Y2 Removal), the training unit must have an approved US Army EMS Training Site Code approved by the US Army EMS Program Manager and US Army EMS Medical Director, DCMT, AMEDDC&S.
You didn't pose your question that way at all:
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From- http://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/68w/news/news.htm
If you can show me where questioning a DOCTOR's ABX therapy is included in 68W, I will: "whoa, killer, slow your roll." If you want to be able to prescribe - get your 18D (in limited purview), go to PA school, become a Doctor. You are currently a combat medic, be the best 68W - I'm all for learning, but ABX therapy can kill as well as heal - are you prepared to take that responsibility because you want to be high speed? all it takes is one PCN, TCN, Sulfa, etc. reaction from something outside protocol that you gave another soldier or a civilian in theater - and you will spend a really long time in the Kansas Hilton, with Bubba. I gave you some ideas for your own education in the first post, use them. You have an attitude, if you keep it, you probably won't last long here, quit being a thin skinned, arrogant, smartass and soldier up.
When did you graduate 68W?
TCCC isn't brand new... it's just newly adopted by the big army ;)
several hundred guinea pigs in the conventional Army to take it to the sandbox.