Sniper Medics

[Gregnoxy]

I can not wait to do this

[zBLACKzOPS]

Yes, touch his leg and rub your nose.

[guitarhamster102]

That looks intense

[jjsims85]

Put gloves on? Go do some work son! I'd drop a knee in the femoral and ranger ratchet that shit. What do I know, I just have 30 months in Iraq. That is some straight school house bullshit. Go take a knee and touch the dog tags of your homeboy because you couldn't risk getting a disease. Last time I checked bitch made we have AHLTA. as a company medic I checked all if my joes platoons for who had what, call it illegal some one scream HIPPA I call it being proactive. I think more people who

[MrBarlieCharlie]

are combat medics 68 w?

[Robloxsaltytaco1234]

@MrBarlieCharlie Yeah you can be I think an inline medic? Where you are actually on the front-lines wiht the infantry.

[skatingrobot]

@MrBarlieCharlie Yes, we are. We were 91W in 2006 and 91B prior to that.

[jaysonryder1973]

@MrBarlieCharlie Yes.

[ssironpanther]

Yeah, make sure you get your BSI out during a sniper attack. You may take a round to your scunion, but at least you'll be in uniform with the FOBBIT medics, because that's what matters. You can tell a POG medic, or MedO saying crap like that.

[dwpoint548]

@ssironpanther hahaha so fuckin true

[hadsao]

We Russians don't need medic, if we get shot then we go into cover and become our own medic.

[skatingrobot]

@hadsao We do have Self-Aid / Buddy Aid, for first line Hemorrhage control and things of that nature as well. It's a basic soldier skill to know how to apply a tourniquet and pressure dressing.

[Rustystud]

another question. i'm only 5'9 and 140 lbs. is that gunna cut it? i could put on about 20 lbs of muscle if i wanted but if i have to carry a 180 pound grunt by myself or something. i don't know am i too wimpy for this mos?

[Rustystud]

what kind of weapon can a medic carry... and i heard only RN's in civy world are allowed to be flight medics... how does that work? would a lesser educated recruit just stay at the base or on the ground with a patoon?

could someone clarify im thinking about joining for this mos. and i'm in LPN school.

[mscmc8]

when i turn 18 i want to join the army and become a medic

[falci52]

@mscmc8 Do it when you're 17.

[Mecha04]

Thanks you to the Medics. You all do a great job

[acerman234]

yea but they dont go by it unless the white arm band with a red cross is on them then they cant shoot but thats war for you..sad but true..i hope i dont get shot as a combat medic

[tina6581]

You have to have a slightly funny mind set to be a Medic. My grandfathers units priced them so highly during the second world war they would not shoot at the German and Italian ones. They also didn’t expect their Medics to do any of the fighting. Despite the fact that they had qualified as Marine commandoes the same as the rest of them.

[apachepilot2251]

@tina6581 Uhmm... actually no. Sorry to correct you, but they actually couldn't shoot at medics because it was against the Geneva Convention and therefore it was a war crime to kill a medic. Jus sayin....

[ender4978]

@apachepilot2251

While technically true, in the current theatres the enemy doesn't give a shit. Their goal is not to win a war, but to kill everyone of us. We're fucked doubly if they see our cross. If we can do it, we take actually take a weapon with us some times, because the enemy doesn't care if we're a medic or not.

[apachepilot2251]

@ender4978 Oh yeah, I know that. Medics are combatants so they're allowed to carry a weapon. And last time I heard, nowadays, medics don't really wear medic insignia anymore. Correct me if i'm wrong, though....

[EDGEN123]

Hooah!!! soldier Medic....proud to had served as one

[BobbyJones520]

headed to basic 1 Oct and the AIT for 68W I am excited but I want to know will I get to see enough action as a medic because I would truly like to. I am also going to Airborne school and have my ranger school stamp on my file some real HooaH HooaH stuff. By doing this will I lead myself into a more"eventfull" carrer? Please send me a message with any answers you may have.

[Darkere4972]

this is my job, leave Nov. 11, 2010.  wish me luck ;)

[Farligkoorv]

@Darkere4972 Break a leg.

[X1XGUSX1X]

I fucking love medics

[Anthaon]

It's those damn Snipers that get ya!

[unforgiven911]

Gotta love bloody hands. Hope all the members of that unit are disease free. Most of these men and women are in good health but STILL!!!

[ajb21]

I was about to say BSI also, but so many already did...

[martylafl]

I always keep extra gloves in my pants pocket..it only takes a few seconds to grab them & put them on. My dad lost his leg in Vietnam, & when he got blood (donated by a well-intentoned soldier) he got Hepatitis C from it. Yes, when there is a lot of blood, it will get all over, but it will not get on my hands where I may have a small cut or dried cracked area for pathogens to enter. Medic, Corpsman, Doc, WHATEVER, we are all on the same team under the same flag.

[exon112]

BSI !

[n3wyur1can13]

PPE ! lol

[VykloSS]

3384

[kittenkilla123]

donkeydo69 must be half retarted for joinging the Navy first off and then second saying that Army medics suck...lol go get deployed to europe or something you flaming seamen.

[donkeydo69]

corpsman can do better..lol

[Tonylennon01]

their the same thing lol

[donkeydo69]

nope... i am a corpsman...so i know...

[SSGPops]

donkey, YOU ARE talking out of your ass, YOU ARE an ass (as per your name) You're and idiot and I was a corpsman, with Marines in combat.

Now go ride some brass and make it shine untill I can see myself from here, you little shit.

Have more respect for all other services and measure your words when talking about something you no nothing about.

[TheGreenSmoke]

Damn man, we're all serving the same flag... lol

[hamilton4815]

lol son, with all these ppl calling you out you think youd learn to check your mouth, you truly are in for a wake up call if you join ANY branch of our fine military!

[donkeydo69]

what the F are you talking about??? ... you better check your facts straight before you start yapping SON!!! clearly i stated at my very first comment that "corpsman can do better..lol" then all this army diehard started to get butt hurt about it... get a life and have a sense of humor.

[docmorrell]

Last time I checked, we are all Doc.

[tazmanjf]

how come they dont wear gloves?

[SSGPops]

tazmanjf--"BSI for my buddy and I" is the first thing a medic learns, but in the real world you can either take a few seconds to fumble around putting on gloves, or you can use those seconds to stop the bleeding which can cost the soldier his life. The go pray you didn't catch some blood borne pathogen. As you can see they washed their hands as best as possible later.

[tazmanjf]

yea thats tru espesialy if your in battle and you need to get the wounded soldier out of the area rapidly, i have a ruptured ear drum i was woundering if that would not allow me to join will it matter?

[Empeinmortal]

the problem is not you getting a blood borne pathogen, don't forget that the wounded solider could get them as well from your dirty hands, actually he is weaker than you and he could get an infection easier from you, cause you didn't use your gloves. But still, you're right, I guess

[SSGPops]

Even as a medic, your first concern is still yourself. Then, your buddies and last the casualty. The casualty will be pumped full of anti-biotics at the next level of care before any infection or contamination can start to get stronger. He is already contaminated and will most likely develop an infection from the penetrating wound. The medic on the other hand, will have to stay behind and cover his own ass with hand washing. If he didn't act on time to prevent hemorrhage the soldier will die.

[Kinorde]

Sorry about that comment, it was supposed to be towards GurnSi.

[xStrangexDesirex]

That's my babe. He's amazing.

[salime666]

Sniper Medics in mcdonalds

[istya]

You're an idiot. A poorly informed one at that. Have you ever even looked at the Constitution?

[Kinorde]

Stfu, you have no idea what you're talking about.

[istya]

An intelligent and well thought out response. You're a credit to your species.

[xStrangexDesirex]

You have no idea what you're talking about....

[Americanpatriot777]

you dont have a clue dumbshit

[Leyenda1]

Sniper Medics? Thats a wierd title...

[xStrangexDesirex]

The title if because the casualties were hit by sniper fire

[Leyenda1]

Then it should have been titled, "Medics treat sniper casualties."

[warthogmom]

not self righteous. you are just looking for someone to pick on takeguard. pfff

[jinkazama77]

all these videos make me want to be part of THE US ARMY!

[redtrianglething]

Liberal shit eater

[BapestaB]

How is this propaganda it's a video of REAL SOLDIERS doing things in a REAL COMBAT ZONE. This is in no way glorified to look cool or interesting if he wants to join I say go ahead you made me proud.

[warthogmom]

it isn't the point. it is the humane thing to do to serve others. i'm a nurse, and i amn trying to go over there with a private contractor to help. your just a gamer. go figure.

[takeguard]

You're pretty self righteous.

[ancientgoddes]

That is my son and baby you are my hero. There was nothing macho about my son not putting on gloves he was only thinking of saving those peoples lives.

[warthogmom]

my son flies an a-10c.. if he is injured ever, i hope your son or someone like him gets to him fast. thank you.

[ancientgoddes]

Thank you to you and your son stay safe.

[armyscrogg]

ok it's great that you paid attention in ait about bsi for my buddy and i, but i worked w/ that medic and on several other incidents. if it's my buddies life or me putting on gloves, sorry the gloves aren't gonna get put on. my buddies life is more important to me!

[samsguy2]

I'm that medic and I can tell you it was about 2 seconds away from me and both those guys were bleeding out. If anyone out there would have stopped to put gloves on I would have beaten them afterwards.

[warthogmom]

i'm a nurse. i've gotten patients right off evac. talk about seconds.. as far as the gloves, in the early 70's we didn't really get to use gloves too often. now universal precautions dictate. but as far as i am concerned, the patient's need dictate what i need to do. Good job, and God speed. come home safe.

[80smusicrocker]

That is what i am going to be doing here in about a year.

[mjmoto72]

good vid

[zombie18d]

my respect to my medic brothers in arms-field medics/orderlies/docs/corpman my prefered 18deltas(me) dont have time to use universal precautions dealing with blood no mersa/vre/hep b/ just focus with our wounded brothers--zombie18delta-we no fight we know fight-

[STADoc35]

damn right. Never heard of a Doc catching something from working on one of his guys. Simple rationalization for the civilians, would you waste time on gloves if one of your family was dying? Keep up the good work 18 deltas. Semper Fi.

[zombie18d]

hooooooooraaaaa stadoc35-semper Fi- we always are there for the good guys -zombie18delta soc fob pride

[usarmycaptainamerica]

zombie-- You SF,SOCOM?

Throwing on a pair of gloves can mean the difference between Hepatitis and not getting it.

The Combat Medic course teaches you body substnce isolation, in fact when I went through the course if you didnt state BSI you were a no go at that station.

[zombie18d]

captain-im a civy with a dd214 go figure!! -but were did you see any medical personel on a combat situation wearing gloves ??? your universal precaution are classroom topics theory if you will. but non practical or part of real life-that video was of imfantry work your upmost concern is pt abc stabilitation and evac besides your pt or you not getting lead poisioning in the form of a 7.62x39-

[zombie18d]

captain-also you remenber the chain of patogen contamination ??route of entry??skin is our first barrier and if not damaged is non permable by most bugs like staff/strep/dipplococci/ also im a dinosaur i went to school on panama remenber fort gullllito as most hispanic called it no longer exist-till next time be safe/meinte sans on corporeis sans medical latin remenber-zombie18d

[dockincannon]

Well yeah they teach you that. But I had an instructor in Wiskey that aaid,"you have to make the call(on gloves). it's not training after this, it's real." Yes, the vast majority of us chose a little more dexterity and a few more seconds over our own personal safety from disease. I don't fault any medic who choses to not wear gloves. It's a tough call.

[usarmycaptainamerica]

doc-- When I started taking care of soldiers and I was out on my own, and I started to find out that friend of mine that I had been treating have some variant of hepatitis, it makes it that much more clear to me.

I agree with you on the fact that it is that individual call of the medic on scene.

[zombie18d]

usarmycaptainamerica-sir so you agree with my point,also ?? the circustance plus victim/pt variables dictates how to proceeded is not the same to treat tinea pedis for extreme humidity on the field, to treat a hemothorax traumatic on origen while on the field,zombie18d

[arw353]

putting on gloves sud b as natural as leveling ur rifle

[zombie18d]

arw353-so in the event that god forbid you get hit and suffer let say a femoral hemorage you wont mind me taken my time to look for gloves,asepsis,universal precaution,with all do respect sir-we are talking about field care under extreme circustances-zombie18d

[arw353]

I'm a medic, I will always put on gloves both for my sake and for the patient, like it's not a maucho thing....... I'd be putting on gloves as i run to the casulity

[zombie18d]

arw353-point taken sir,i guess that i will treat my pt/soldier/civilan/operator/vi­ctim in the safest fastest way possible if time given with gloves or with out -in the end what is important is to give top care any way possible-1 more thing if i tend to a person without gloves it was not related to macho behavior but profesional empaty-good luck and godspeed in the performance of your duties-zombie18d

[arw353]

I'm Iranian republic guard

[zombie18d]

arw353-lol lol lol if that is the true,destiny have make you my foe/prey and i wont think twice upon our encounter-my persian (yes iranian are not arabs)un friend till that day comes-salam maleicum sharmuta-zombie18d

[arw353]

nah i'm only joking, I'm in irish army, trained with US rangers, tough motherfuckers and clever too, that's what makes em so good

[zombie18d]

arw353-hahahaha you got me good!!i worked with some australians and some irish lads in port u prince haiti on 1995, talk about tough!also irish can drink unhuman amounts of beer.well my friend hope you the best,and when you get deploy get rid of your sr80 and get a real men weapon m16a4 lol just joking-goodluck-zombie18d

[arw353]

they were security contracters??

[zombie18d]

some of them yes, i think with titan corp some others with non goberment associations ngo or ngi others with u.n unicef and f.a.o programs,i my self was with a vacination program-take care zombie18d

[docmorrell]

Unless you are already set up waiting for the patient where you have time to put on gloves, it is a waste of time. Besides you are gonna get blood on your uniform anyways.

Doc

[usarmycaptainamerica]

morrel-- I am a Combat Medic myself fresh back from Iraq, and I will tell you this, that when you dont use propper safety meaasures like body substance isolation which is at the core of Army Medic training, you risk your own safety.

I have a wife that I came back to and a life to live, and I would not put myself at undue risk by exposing myself to HEP C or HIV.

It was too easy to have several pairs of gloves on me for myself and the Soldier assisting me.

[tommyvercetti17]

@usarmycaptainamerica i just joined and got the 68w mos..i have a question, i asked for something non-combative, 25,35,68,74, or 94 series mos, and they gave me 68w...how safe am i going to be over seas? i am the only son, and i had to fight my mom to get her to let me join...i dont wanna dissapoint her.. :( i see where you can be in a hospital or base setting, or possibly be on the frontlines..how often were you on the frontlines?

[usarmycaptainamerica]

tommyvercetti17-- I am an only son myself and have to tell you that makes no difference.

If you are active duty you may have a better chance to avoid a deployment I was active for 3 years and could not deploy even when I volunteered, as my unit was not willing to give up one of their Medics.

[JasonCrossie]

@usarmycaptainamerica Couldn't agree more so important in any health care environment

[hadsao]

@usarmycaptainamerica you spelt proper wrong. Unless it's a typo then I doubt your really a CM

[DNelson4817]

@hadsao

Your use of the word "spelt" is improper. Spelt is an ancient grain that traces its heritage back long before many wheat hybrids. The correct word you are wanting to use is "spelled" there skippy.

[seanmichaeldowney]

@DNelson4817

Perhaps he was using British english. Not everybody is American.

[Sanctity2112]

@usarmycaptainamerica So if you were with a squad were a man was shot and you didnt have BSI you would refuse to treat him?

[kalen0475]

@usarmycaptainamerica BSI for my Battle and I, hooah!

[JasonRedfield]

BSI?

[Sexyhombre812]

Combat medics don't use bsi?