Army medics from across the North of England have been training - TopicsExpress



          

Army medics from across the North of England have been training for the first time with colleagues from the US Navy in sun-drenched California. Around 200 Reserve soldiers from 201 (Northern) and 208 (Liverpool) Field Hospitals travelled to Camp Pendleton, San Diego where they were put through their paces in an exercise designed to test how they perform in their new post-Afghanistan role. Unlike civilian medics, Army medics must know how to build their own hospital from scratch. Captain Zak Nathan of 208 Field Hospital is a trainee GP, he explained: “We started with all of the kit in bags and put all of the poles up ourselves with help from our colleagues in the US Navy. Once weve brought the medical equipment in weve got an operational field hospital from what was a completely bare site. This is really important because it’s the kind of equipment we’re likely to use on future operations.” Read more about their time in California: bit.ly/1x3cO8D
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 15:05:06 +0000

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