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They're called "Healthcare Specialist" now, with the reorganisation which took place from 2002 - 2004. Previously, Combat Medics did not even possess a basic EMT licence. Now, as "Healthcare Specialists", they do, and better opportunities are provided to them to upgrade to EMT-I or EMT-P. Good stuff.
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Does the USAF have combat medics?
Yes, they're known as Para Rescue, although the context is a bit different from what an Army combat medic would be.
Where did the medic droid get their name from?
The Medic Droid is a droid which provides medical support in the field, the soldiers that do this are medics, so it was only fitting to call these droids "medic droids."
Can an army medic start an iv?
Yes the can, some non medic soldiers also get training on starting iv's by going through the combat life savers course. Since the reorganisation of Army MOS structure circa 2001 - 2002, the MOS of Combat Medic has been greatly expanded, and also covers a lot of personnel who previously wouldn't have been classed as combat medics under the old structure (91B was the MOS for a Combat Medic previously - now it's 68W). With the reorganisation, new requirements were put in place for Combat Medics, one of which was that a Combat Medic should hold a basic EMT licence (national registry).
How do combat medics help patients?
Combat Medics do many different things to help their patients. In a garrison environment, the medic runs daily sick call, tracks the unit's medical readiness, provides medical coverage for firing or demolition ranges and provides general medical guidance. When the unit deploys, the medic does all those same things, in addition to going on every mission the unit goes on. If the unit comes under attack, the medic is in charge of triage, care under fire, tacticle field care and evacuation of all casualties. Basically, the Combat Medic handles everything in the unit that has anything to do with anyone's physical well-being. Combat Medics are trained in many skills. They are taught many different kinds of splints. They can give medications. They can manage a person's airway, or, if there is no airway, create one. Medics are also trained to suppress enemy fire and do all the same things that any other soldier is taught.
What army regulation state that the combat medic authorized to received a combat action badge?
Medics cannot receive CABs (Combat Action Badge). Instead, they receive the CMB (Combat Medical Badge) for treating wounded soldiers in a combat situation.
YouTubehow many cmb awarded to mds in Vietnam?
During the war, every unit went to the field with a medic, even tank units had medics riding on them. So that would make thousands of medics. See a medic in Vietnam website; they'll more than likely have a number of combat medic badges issued during the war. Those badges may or may not have been created during the Vietnam War. The infantryman's CIB was created in 1944 (WWII).
Who is eligible combat medic badge?
It used to be only Combat Medics who held the 91B MOS. With the reorganisation which occurred within the Army from 2001 - 2004, 91B was folded into the 68W MOS ("healthcare specialist"), and anyone with a 68 series MOS became eligible for the Combat Medic badge. So, rather than being exclusive to line medics, as it once was, any fobbit working the prescription counter and who never leaves the wire earns a CMB.
Combat medic vs corpsman?
A Corpsman is a navy medic. Typically when somebody is talking about a combat medic, they mean a line medic, or a medic who actually goes into combat with a unit vs a medic who works in a hospital.
Why medics don't use their guns?
You haven't actually been a Combat Medic or Corpsman, have you? I have, and I can tell you firsthand that we did. Unlike infantry, the role of a Medic isn't to close with and kill the enemy - they have a much different mission. But a Medic is armed so that they can defend themselves and their patient(s), and, when it comes time to, they use them.
What is a medic who is training or recently graduated?
This question is rather vague, but I'll answer it to the best of my ability. A medic who has recently graduated medic school (like the US Army Academy of Combat Medicine in Fort Sam Houston TX) is still called a medic. More experienced medics are usually called by the nickname 'Doc' after they've proved that they're proficient at medicine and considered a good soldier. There is a vague pecking order among medics in any given company or battalion. A company's most experienced medic is considered that company's senior medic and all the rest are junior medics. The senior medic in a company is usually a corporal or a sergeant. In a battalion there is usually a medic that works directly for the doctor or physician's assistant (referred to as a battalion surgeon) who usually holds the rank of staff sergeant or higher. This medic is referred to as the triage NCO. As I mentioned before, though, most medics in any context will just be called either Doc or their last name by the soldiers to which they are assigned.
What is the average salary for a combat medic in a service year?
there is not a set salary for a combat medic... It all depends on your ranking within the military. You can pull up pay charts for time in service/rank, etc... To see exactly what the monetary reward is.
What is combat medic in the military?
A combat medic is a trained soldier who is responsible for providing first aid and frontline trauma care on the battlefield. Also responsible for providing continuing medical care in the absence of a readily available physician, including care for disease and non battle injury. Combat medics are normally co-located with the combat troops they serve in order to easily move with the troops and monitor ongoing health.
