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ODS MEDICAL LESSONS LEARNED
C3I and TRAINING CATEGORIES

TRAINING ISSUE NO. 2 Providers Must Train on Wartime Equipment
(SGHR ITEMS NOs. 7, 140)

      DISCUSSION: Medical personnel should have ongoing training at home MTFs
      treating patients using actual field equipment prepositioned at contingency
      sites. Anesthesia personnel at one facility refused to administer anesthesia
      for non-emergent surgical procedures unless they were overwhelmed with
      casualties. Felt equipment was less than "state of the art."

      RECOMMENDATIONS: Medical personnel train with actual field equipment at home
      MTF during peacetime. Validate adequacy of contingency anesthesia equipment.
      Personnel must be trained on equipment.

      ACTIONS REQUIRED: Determine appropriate equipment training requirements for
      medical personnel during peacetime. Validate adequacy of contingency
      anesthesia equipment. Ensure adequate training on DEPMEDs equipment for
      medical personnel.

 ACTIONS COMPLETED: The ACC Medical Group Composite Plans is addressing this
  issue. Personnel not involved in this initiative are afforded such training at
  Sheppard AFB and/or Alpina based on their mission. Sheppard is responsible for
  exercising 2E through 500-bed taskings. In addition, WARMEDs now focuses on
  skill-specific training.

  STATUS: OPEN.

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