3rdnlng Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 https://www.wsj.com/articles/navy-medics-get-prepared-for-combatwith-tour-of-duty-in-chicago-1521028800 CHICAGO— Konrad Poplawski, a 22-year old Navy hospital corpsman, is about to be deployed as a battlefield medic with the 2nd Marine Division, which has served in deadly battlegrounds in Iraq and Afghanistan. But first, he is making a pit stop at Cook County’s Stroger Hospital, which the Navy says is among few places here in the U.S. that provide experience treating the types of wounds they will inevitably see on the battlefield. For so long “the first time a corpsman got any trauma experience was when they were deployed, and some would just freeze up,” said Captain Paul Roach, the U.S. Navy surgeon who heads the program in the Great Lakes region. “We don’t want that to happen anymore.” The Navy is working to formalize a pilot program that has been tested here for three years, rotating newly enlisted hospital corpsmen—the combat medics for the Navy and Marines—and those needing a refresher while they are back home, for six to eight weeks through Stroger Hospital’s trauma center. The 14-bed unit treats over 6,000 trauma patients yearly, many of them with penetrating, life-threatening wounds akin to those on the battlefield. ‘The experience here can’t be replicated elsewhere, unless you have a major land invasion.’ —Dr. Faran Bokhari, who chairs the trauma & burn surgery unit at Stroger Hospital Though Chicago is experiencing a sustained drop in murders since a dramatic spike in 2016, it remains a city where a high number of gunshot victims cycle through the trauma center night after night. About 30% of patients at Stroger Hospital, on Chicago’s near West Side, are admitted to the trauma ward with wounds from firearms, compared with a national average of 4.2% for level 1 trauma centers—hospitals certified to have the resources to handle multiple victims with penetrating and other serious wounds—according to the National Trauma Data Bank. “The experience here can’t be replicated elsewhere, unless you have a major land invasion,” said Dr. Faran Bokhari, who chairs the trauma & burn surgery unit at the hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Taro T Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 hour ago, 3rdnlng said: https://www.wsj.com/articles/navy-medics-get-prepared-for-combatwith-tour-of-duty-in-chicago-1521028800 CHICAGO— Konrad Poplawski, a 22-year old Navy hospital corpsman, is about to be deployed as a battlefield medic with the 2nd Marine Division, which has served in deadly battlegrounds in Iraq and Afghanistan. But first, he is making a pit stop at Cook County’s Stroger Hospital, which the Navy says is among few places here in the U.S. that provide experience treating the types of wounds they will inevitably see on the battlefield. For so long “the first time a corpsman got any trauma experience was when they were deployed, and some would just freeze up,” said Captain Paul Roach, the U.S. Navy surgeon who heads the program in the Great Lakes region. “We don’t want that to happen anymore.” The Navy is working to formalize a pilot program that has been tested here for three years, rotating newly enlisted hospital corpsmen—the combat medics for the Navy and Marines—and those needing a refresher while they are back home, for six to eight weeks through Stroger Hospital’s trauma center. The 14-bed unit treats over 6,000 trauma patients yearly, many of them with penetrating, life-threatening wounds akin to those on the battlefield. ‘The experience here can’t be replicated elsewhere, unless you have a major land invasion.’ —Dr. Faran Bokhari, who chairs the trauma & burn surgery unit at Stroger Hospital Though Chicago is experiencing a sustained drop in murders since a dramatic spike in 2016, it remains a city where a high number of gunshot victims cycle through the trauma center night after night. About 30% of patients at Stroger Hospital, on Chicago’s near West Side, are admitted to the trauma ward with wounds from firearms, compared with a national average of 4.2% for level 1 trauma centers—hospitals certified to have the resources to handle multiple victims with penetrating and other serious wounds—according to the National Trauma Data Bank. “The experience here can’t be replicated elsewhere, unless you have a major land invasion,” said Dr. Faran Bokhari, who chairs the trauma & burn surgery unit at the hospital. Like Rahm Emanuel famously said, "never let a crisis go to waste." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 My wife was a Navy nurse. Did the same thing. Want to learn how to treat gunshots? Go to where the gunshots are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Well, it seems that the gang bangers shooting at each other are actually patriots attempting to help wounded soldiers on the battlefield by providing training fodder for combat medics! God bless America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 2 hours ago, 3rdnlng said: “The experience here can’t be replicated elsewhere, unless you have a major land invasion,” said Dr. Faran Bokhari, who chairs the trauma & burn surgery unit at the hospital. I can almost picture the Higgins boats landing in force at Navy Pier. That's a pretty sad statement when field medics can receive OJT on the streets of Chicago as preparation for deployment in Iraq or Afghanistan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepthefaith Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Mayor Rahm if he were a Republican would be accused of being a serial racist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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