Soldier medics, Soldier on. We serve so that others may live
The Army medic of the 21st century needs to be able to save lives in a combat situation on a larger scale than in the past. The battle field of the future is probably going to be approximatly 1,000 kilometers square. Given the range of the modern weapons. The front line medic needs to have the skills to maintain treatment of casualties for at least an hour, before they are evacuated to a higher level of care. From the battle to the closest physician could be as far as 1,000 km. Then from there to a hospital could be an evac flight into another theater of opperations, therefore the flight medics will have the casualties longer as well. The next section tells a bit about how the Army is going to upgrade the overall knowledge and skills of the medics.
As most every 91 Bravo and Charlie probably already know. These 2 MOS's (Military Occupational Specialty) are combining into the 91 Wiskey MOS.
There is still a lot of unknowns associated with this transition and I will do my utmost to keep this page up to date with info as I get it. So if you know something that is not here or that I have misrepresented a fack then send me an e-mail.
The transition period bagins on 1 October 2001 and is scheduled to end on 1 October 2007. During this period the 91W AIT (Advanced Individual Training) will include certification as NREMT-Basic, a field traing exercise, and clinicals.
Beginnig in Jan 2000 all 91 C, SGT attending BNCOC (Basic Non-Commissioned Officer Course) will be doing so at the traditional 16 week 91 B course following the 4 week administrative portion.
All 91 C that are currently holding a LPN/LVN (Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse) license will be required to maintain it or possibly lose their nursing identifier of M6, thus becoming a medic. In addition aquireing and maintaining certification as a NREMT-Basic and PHTLS or BTLS is mandatory.
All 91 B 10 will be required to have and maintain certification as a NREMT-Basic. NCO's (Non-Commissioned Officer's) following BNCOC will be required to maintain NREMT-Intermediate. If a medic were to let these certifications expire then he/she runs a risk of being reclassified at a minimum.
The repercussions of not maintaining licensure or certifications is still being hashed out by the AMEDD leadership and the JAG folks so don't jump me too hard ok.
This transition is being designed to fix and/or head off many problems incurred by the force reduction and the increase in optempo. The 91 W M6 can and will be assigned to field units the same as the 91 W medic.
During the transition all E-7/SFC(P)(Sergeant First Class Promotable) and up will be grandfathered into the 91 W mos. Also Anyone that meets the following criteria;
91 B currently NREMT-I/P
91 C currently LPN, NREMT-B/I/P and PHTLS/BTLS
All others will be reqiured to attend the appropriate schools or courses.
OK,well you read what I wrote about the flight medics haveing to transport the casualties into another theater for difinitive treatment. I can read your mind, you are saying that is not possible. An Army Blackhawk with all 4 ERFS/ESSS tanks installed could not make a trip like that and even if it could there is very little that a flight medic could do in that cramped space. Not to mention that only transporting 6 litter patients is not smart business.
Well I have a bit of news for you. Hold onto your seats as you probably won't believe this. The army is looking at getting some C-130 aircraft from the Air Force. They will be part of the AMEDD and used as air ambulance's. Now those flight medics will be able to work effectively.
Now this part is pure speculation on my part so use it as food for thought.
If we are going to be transporting 50-100 litter patients in a C-130 the flight medics are not going to be skilled enough to to perform at the level necessary with out some appropriate help. This leads me to think that there will be a new AN (Army Nurse corps) MOS. They will need flight nurses on the aircraft as well as flight surgeons.The biggest thing to happen to the 91 Bravo's in my 15 years.
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