Falls Church, Virginia —
Air Force Medical Services will extend the MEDIC-X initiative across the Air Force to ensure that all Airmen assigned to medical facilities are malleable and prepared for the dynamic future battlefield.
brig.General Thomas Harrell, Air Force Medical Preparedness Service Commander, signed the note on April 3rd MEDIC-X MEDIC-X will be available Air Force-wide by July 1. air force surgeonAn initiative to ensure that all healthcare workers have the life-support skills needed for the challenging and dynamic battlefields of the future where resources may be limited.
“We know the battles of the future will be different, and our thinking about what it takes to stay prepared will change,” said Lt. Gen. Robert Miller, Air Force Surgeon General. “We believe we are taking the necessary steps to do just that.”
The deployment of MEDIC-X is the Air Force Medical Service’s response to the needs of multi-capability airmen, air force chief of staffof operational doctrine This requires equipping airmen with skills that go beyond their mission titles.
“We know the future battles will be different and so will our thoughts on what it takes to stay prepared.
– Lt. Gen. Robert Miller, Surgeon General, U.S. Air Force
“Future conflicts will never look like wars of the past, which is why we must build multifunctional, strategically oriented airmen today so we can compete, deter, and win tomorrow.” Air Force Major Joan S. Bass Said. “AFDN 1-21 doctrine represents an expeditionary multi-function airman capable of accomplishing tasks outside the Air Force’s primary specialty, providing combat support and combat service support. [Agile Combat Employment] element of force. ”
With MEDIC-X, all Air Force medics, including those not involved in patient care, such as administrators and laboratory technicians, are trained in 52 skills to help prepare the Air Force medical force for the next battle. Must be proficient.
Lt. Col. Samantha Kelpis, MEDIC-X Team Leader for Air Force Medical Services, said: “Administrators typically do not actually care for patients. MEDIC-X trains them in the skills needed in challenging deployment environments where the priority is not to complete administrative tasks, but to save lives. When they are deployed and have limited resources, they need to know how to provide some degree of patient care.”
MEDIC-X’s 52 skills include a basic level of patient care that can be easily taught through hands-on, face-to-face training, whether you treat patients regularly or not. Training includes skills such as assessing pain levels, infection control, taking a patient’s vital signs, assisting with spinal fixation, patient movement, and respiratory management.
According to Kelpis, all medical airmen must either participate in full annual training or demonstrate proficiency in these skills through a formal assessment. She also explained that most doctors, nurses and medical technicians can get credit for most skills, especially those they use in their day-to-day work.
“MEDIC-X training is primarily focused on individuals who are not directly involved in patient care on a regular basis, but there may be skills that traditional clinicians need refresher on,” says Kelpis. said. “For example, if you are a critical care technician working in an aeromedical evacuation unit, you will already be familiar with most MEDIC-X skills compared to a family medical technician working in a clinic. These clinically-focused individuals may not have a working knowledge of getting patients off ventilators or fixed-wing aircraft, depending on previous work and deployment experience. However, those individuals will need training in skills they are unfamiliar with.”