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.