38 Afghan national army soldiers complete Combat Medic Course
Thirty-eight Afghan national army soldiers graduated the ISAF Combat Medic Course at Camp Hero near Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan, Nov. 21.
"This course will give the ANA [Afghan national army] medics the opportunity to provide immediate on-site medical care to their soldiers," said Capt. Gord Barnes, a Canadian Operational Mentor and Liaison Team medical mentor. "Events like this graduation are a mark of progress in the development and training of the ANA."
During the eight-week Combat Medic Course, the students learned and practiced life-saving skills related to trauma care, which included how to apply tourniquets and bandages and treat patients for shock. The course also covered basic sanitation and preventive medicine. The graduates will join their Kandaks (battalions) as medics.
Thirty-eight Afghan national army soldiers graduated the ISAF Combat Medic Course at Camp Hero near Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan, Nov. 21.
"This course will give the ANA [Afghan national army] medics the opportunity to provide immediate on-site medical care to their soldiers," said Capt. Gord Barnes, a Canadian Operational Mentor and Liaison Team medical mentor. "Events like this graduation are a mark of progress in the development and training of the ANA."
During the eight-week Combat Medic Course, the students learned and practiced life-saving skills related to trauma care, which included how to apply tourniquets and bandages and treat patients for shock. The course also covered basic sanitation and preventive medicine. The graduates will join their Kandaks (battalions) as medics.
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