First Aid For Soldiers

hi, im in 11th grade and im considering joining the military after graduation or after college. I have a 3.6 GPA and want to go into physical therapy as a profession, but i cant help this desire inside me to give back to my country. Is there anything, in any military branch, that involves helping soldiers in battle or even civilians in other countries dealing with natural disasters or war. I dont care if im in the line of fire with other soldiers or im back at camp in safety. I also dont care if im in another country, infact i think i would enjoy it. I just want to be in the armed forces but get something out of it involving experience in the health field. and i dont want to come off as a guy who is not willing to take a bullet for his country because i am, i just think it would be good if i were to get a good experience out of the armed forces that will be helpfull for my future. if you know the actual job titles of positions please use it and i can search it on google....thanks.....i dont really want to go to a recruiter because i hear they will say just about anything to get you to sign up

Hi, I am a Navy Fleet Marine Force Hospital Corpsman. You want my job. What I do for a living first and foremost is being a battlefield/Combat medic. I am trained in first aid, triage, and advanced life saving skills to take care of my marines when we deploy to a combat zone. I also am trained in basic nursing/medicine so that between the times out in combat I can run sick call, do health and wellness checks on my troops and on civilians in the local populace. I personally was involved in the Tsunami relief efforts in Banda Aceh Indonesia in 2004 and in the southern Philippines mudslide in 06 as well. In addition to deployment schedules, I do also from time to time, like now rotate back to the US and work in a hospital clinic (currently on the west coast), during these times you can also apply for different C schools and receive new specialties, anything from X'ray tech, phlebotomy, to physical therapy and psychology. We run every aspect of the hospitals and see patients that are not only active duty, but also retired personnel and family members.

If you have any more questions feel free to email me at any time. I also happen to be a divisional career counselor so I can hook you up with a lot of information to get you started in making your choice on what you would like to be if you choose to join the military.

2011-03-30 09:08:53 by Keegsu812

This protest song was written in the early sixties by Buffy Sainte-Marie. It's about individual responsibility for war. We wanted to sing this ...

My first Aid skills are far above average as I spent years as a Combat soldier and then 29 years as a Subway Emergency Mechanic. Sometimes had to do First Aid while Paramedics were throwing up. I am looking for recommendations for items to stock a very good First Aid kit which I would custom chose from for various outings.

Pharmacists Medical Doctors Paramedics Firemen Soldiers Nurses and anyone else who deals with emergencies on a regular basis are especially requested to make suggestions. As is anyone with special experience in this area. Knowing what to do and having the will to do it has helped me save a number of lives. I just hate taking credit. I would appreciate any additional advice. I realize I forgot people like ski patrol and rescue workers smoke jumpers etc Poison center workers would be especially appreciated include advise on use if feel it should be included. Thank you in advance.
I'm in Canada not the US. What I don't know how to do I do not attempt to do. Paramedics were allowed under live subway trains and at 11,000 ft there are no ambulances. I have been able to get choppers there while military but still had to get the vic to the chopper. I would be willing to serve time before allowing someone to die if I could have saved him. That is a small part of what being a soldier is all about. You can take a man out of the army but not the army out of the man.
Sorry I meant to say Paramedics were not allowed under live trains
Jane Flatters me in ways I don't deserve. I was just in the right place at the wrong time a little to often.

I know Sid and his first aid kit is unbelivable. He learnt FA first in the army then dealing with major emergencies on Toronto's Subway. I know people whose lives he's saved and he refuses to take credit and claims it's just his training. His Brother is a Bio-medical Electronics enginering Technologist and has taught him a lot. His ex-wife is a nurse and so are his sisters in law. His best friend is an MD. He also puts other peoples lives before his own so is usually helping before anyone else has a chance to call 911. He also gets a med history imediately so if the victim is unconcious he can pass it to the paramedics right away.

I know he gets some of his gear from vets because drug stores don't carry the same range of sizes and the products are from the same manufacturer. He has saved both myself and one of my sons and isn't afraid to get the police involved if the cause is violence and Military skills can usually hold the violent cases until the police arrive.

Sid has panic disorder but in emergencies it seems to work to his advantage as he thinks of only the others not himself. Maybe asking him about what he keeps in his kits. He has several for different purposes. Would do more good for the people he is asking than they are helping him.

Folks afraid of hospitals often go to him any hour of the day or night and I've never heard of him getting upset over it. If they need the hospital he will go and stay with them. He stayed with my son for 2 days and I know they are not on the best of terms.

When this man asks for advice he takes it learns it and uses it. Teaching him something new will probably save someones life and whenever he can he passes on what he knows.

2008-02-02 23:46:36 by Sid B

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The Red Cross in Afghanistan has been teaching the Taliban basic first aid and giving insurgents medical equipment so that fighters wounded during battles with Nato and Afghan government forces can be treated in the field, it was revealed today.

More than 70 members of the "armed opposition" received training in April, the Red Cross said – a move likely to anger the government of Hamid Karzai, which is losing large numbers of police and soldiers in insurgent attacks.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it had introduced the classes because pitched battles, landmines and roadblocks stopped people in the most volatile areas from getting to hospital.

The Red Cross, which aims to remain neutral in the conflict, has trained more than 100 Afghan soldiers and policemen, as well as a network of taxi drivers who operate an unofficial ambulance service in Helmand and Kandahar provinces.

Today, a leading figure in Kandahar's local government, who wanted to remain anonymous, said the Taliban did "not deserve to be treated like humans".

He said: "They are like animals, and they treat the people they capture worse than animals. They kidnapped and killed an American lady and then wouldn't even return her body. These people don't deserve this help."

The Afghan ministries of defence and the interior said they were unable to comment on what they described as a highly controversial issue.

A Nato spokesman in Kabul said: "Nato has tremendous respect for the humanitarian work carried out by the ICRC and we recognise the need for this work to be carried out impartially.

"Isaf [Nato] forces also provide treatment to any case caught up in this conflict, including our opponents, in line with our own obligation to respect the rules of armed conflict."

One of the ICRC-trained drivers, who transports sick and wounded people from Sangin district in Helmand, where some of the most fierce fighting is taking place, to Mirwais hospital in Kandahar city, told the ICRC that roadblocks and insecurity had lengthened the journey to six or seven hours, rather than the normal two.

The extraordinary measure highlights how badly security has declined in southern Afghanistan, undermining this summer's effort by US-led forces to protect the population from violence. The ICRC said its volunteers in Kandahar and staff at Mirwais hospital had seen a "substantial increase" in the number of patients injured by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and other weapons.

Critics of the Nato push in southern Afghanistan, which is aimed at seizing full control of Kandahar city and central Helmand from the Taliban by the end of the year, said that coalition commanders had made the situation worse by publicising where they were going to launch assaults.

By discussing publicly their plans in February for clearing the largely rural area of Marja in Helmand and then their desire to "clear" districts surrounding Kandahar city, Nato hoped many insurgents would simply choose not to fight.

But in many cases, the move gave the Taliban time to dig in and plant IEDS in the areas.

For years the beds at Mirwais hospital have been regularly filled with men with gunshot wounds, many of whom are insurgents. But ICRC staff, who support the work of the hospital, have learned not to ask questions about how they sustained their injuries.

In general the government has been happy to allow fighters to come to the hospital, receive treatment and leave again.

But in Helmand in April, the tacit approval for such humanitarian medical support appeared to break down when Afghan security services raided a hospital in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital, run by an Italian NGO called Emergency, which also has a strict policy of providing surgical help to anyone who needs it. Nine staff were arrested and accused of plotting to murder the provincial governor after weapons and suicide bomb vests were found in the compound.

The International Committee of the Red Cross runs hospitals in Afghanistan, visits prisoners on both sides of the conflict and co-operates on various projects with the Afghan Red Crescent Society, a separate organisation, on various projects.

How could anyone possibly consider it bad, unless they are evil?

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For World History, I'm doing this project where we have three artifacts from WWI. Like we make it by hand. I want to make a model out of clay. Something unique and interesting. I'm playing to make knit socks for the role the played in for making clothes and sock for the soldiers, and a medicine/first aid kit with a nurse outfit to show the role of women being nurses. What else can I make for this topic?
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Forget about the nursing idea, more women worked either in the munitions factories or on farms doing the work that the men who were fighting once did.
Make a clay bullet or artillery shell to show how they made the weapons of war that killed their husbands, sons & brothers.

2011-03-28 01:28:07 by x3candylover3x

Well, one of my concerns are needles. I'm afraid when doctors try to draw blood from me, because I had a bad experience with one in the past.(She clamied I kept "moving" and was digging the needle around in my arm, causing blood to gush out.) When I see needles, I feel like passing out. I saw some videos showing other soldiers practicing sticking eachother with needles, and felt myself burn up. Is this something only medics go through? Or does every soldier have to go through it? Will I recieve "heck" for being scared of needles? I couldn't even trust myself to stick someone else with a needle, let alone them sticking me. Will we be taught how to use needles before using them on eachother? Will there be medics/doctors there incase something goes wrong?
Sorry for all the questions, but I recently saw this, and I'm hoping that its not something thats required.(Even if it is, I'll try to suck it up)
And thanks in advance

You are afraid of needles, and yet you are willing to take a bullet for some one ( just as long as it don't resemble a needle, right?). If you want to be in the Army you better earn your right to be a soldier. Female seem to like trying out the military and then when they decide it is too hard, it gives the rest of us female soldiers a bad name, because you play weak and defenseless. Forget about your fears and face a life where you protect others from there fears. Facing your fears is the best way to realize how weak your mind really is, and what you have to do to control your own life. I am sorry if it sounds like I am being too harsh, but the military is a decision that you can not take back so easily. And the drills will make you wish you were dead if you act too scared. And since you are a female the female drill Sgt will be soo hard on you.

2008-05-19 19:36:24 by water