Politics New Navy Pilot Program for training corpsmen (medics)

[BrianFromWA]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/navy-m...combatwith-tour-of-duty-in-chicago-1521028800

The Navy wants to eradicate the phenomenon they see with new medics going into combat situations sometimes, where they freeze up the first few times that they come across GSW trauma or burn victims. So they've started a new program with Cook County Hospital in CHI.

Though Chicago is experiencing a sustained drop in murders since a dramatic spike in 2016, it remains a city where a high number of gunshot victims cycle through the trauma center night after night.

About 30% of patients at Stroger Hospital, on Chicago’s near West Side, are admitted to the trauma ward with wounds from firearms, compared with a national average of 4.2% for level 1 trauma centers—hospitals certified to have the resources to handle multiple victims with penetrating and other serious wounds—according to the National Trauma Data Bank.

“The experience here can’t be replicated elsewhere, unless you have a major land invasion,” said Dr. Faran Bokhari, who chairs the trauma & burn surgery unit at the hospital.

 

[Denny Crane]

That's making lemonade out of lemons, eh?

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

USA#1

 

[DaLincolnJones]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/navy-m...combatwith-tour-of-duty-in-chicago-1521028800

The Navy wants to eradicate the phenomenon they see with new medics going into combat situations sometimes, where they freeze up the first few times that they come across GSW trauma or burn victims. So they've started a new program with Cook County Hospital in CHI.

This is a great idea. No matter how super cool and groovy a guy thinks he is, there is nothing like the real deal.

 

[Natebishop3]

They don't call them "pilots" in the Navy Brian, they call them "Aviators".....

You should know that