Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Petty Officer 1st Class Sarah Reed, a Combat Lifesaver Course instructor, checks for breathing on a simulated casualty during a CLS course hosted by the Advisor Training cell at Camp Pendleton, Nov. 16.
The Advisor Training Cell aboard Camp Pendleton is filtering Marines through a combat lifesaver course to enable them to care for their wounded.
The course teaches Marines to treat and evacuate wounded service members on the battlefield.
“It is an introduction to tactical medicine for deployed Marines,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Donald Bird, a CLS course instructor with ATC. “It’s a five-day course where we teach everything from mass hemorrhages, pressure dressings and hypothermia treatment. Pretty much anything that could kill someone on the battlefield.”
The weeklong course covers multipl...
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