Army Reserve Soldiers, Staff Sgt. Keith Iris Jr. from the 7305th Medical Training Support Battalion based in Sacramento, Calif., and Maj. Jairo Henao from the 7454th Medical Operations Readiness Unit based in Des Moines, Iowa begin the painstaking process of assembling a cut-suit used to train military medical personnel during Global Medic in Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 10th, 2021. Global Medic is part of CSTX 78-21-04 which is a Combat Support Training Exercise that ensures Army Reserve units and Soldiers are trained and ready to deploy and bring capable, combat-ready, and ready-now
Army Reserve Soldiers, Staff Sgt. Keith Iris Jr. from the 7305th Medical Training Support Battalion based in Sacramento, Calif., and Maj. Jairo Henao from the 7454th Medical Operations Readiness Unit based in Des Moines, Iowa begin the painstaking process of assembling a cut-suit used to train military medical personnel during Global Medic in Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 10th, 2021. Global Medic is part of CSTX 78-21-04 which is a Combat Support Training Exercise that ensures Army Reserve units and Soldiers are trained and ready to deploy and bring capable, combat-ready, and ready-now units in support of the Army and our joint partners anywhere in the world. The cut suit is an anatomically correct training aid that is worn by a live-action role player simulating a real-world combat casualty. The cut suit is made of a special synthetic material that military medical personnel can actually “cut” while conduct simulated surgeries. The suit requires trained personnel from the Medical Readiness Training Command’s effects and enabler’s cell to assemble and “manage” the suit and its live-action role player. The handler’s job is more than just ensuring the suit operates correctly, however. The suit itself is heavy and hot, particularly when worn by a Soldier in full field gear in the humid summer months in Wisconsin. The handler must work closely with the role-player wearing the suit to ensure that they don’t overheat and become a real-world casualty on a simulated battlefield. Throughout the 15-day exercise, the effects and enabler’s team will create detailed simulated combat casualties for hundreds of scenarios throughout the CSTX. These casualties are created to ensure military medical personnel are exposed to a wide variety of simulated casualties. They create wounds as serious as third-degree burns and open fractures to simulating the pallor of heat exhaustion or the symptoms of a simple cold. The team supports 24-hour operations t
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