Dispatch: Special Forces Medic Training in New Jersey Emergency Rooms
Mil & Intel
By Matt White | December 24, 2021
The call was two kids inbound with head injuries from a car accident, which is that horrible combination of the worst thing in the world and exactly what Army Specialist M was waiting for.
Specialist M, whom Coffee or Die Magazine is identifying only by an initial due to the nature of their follow-on assignment, was one of three Army medics spread around the emergency room of Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey, in the final, real-world training phase of the Army’s Special Operations Combat Medic course. The course puts soon-to-be-Special Forces team medics and other SOF troops in Camden for a month to get hands-on training with badly hurt patients, knowing they could each be treating actual combat wounds within months.
Still, the warning of the inbound children instantly affected the ER. The easy banter of the doctors, nurses, and other specialists dropped to zero as tables were cleared and supplies double-checked.
Specialist M moved with purpose and urgency but also a sense of calm. She quickly checked on another patient she had been attending to, adjusting and reapplying bandages and IV lines to ensure they would not need immediate help if the incoming kids needed everyone’s attention.
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