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412th MDG takes part in joint combat medevac training
by Katherine Franco
Edwards AFB, Calif.
Medical personnel from the 412th Medical Group at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., continued to take part in joint training with soldiers from Char- lie Company, 2916th Aviation Bat- talion, 916th Support Brigade, based at the U.S. Army’s National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., March 3, 2022.
Also known as “Desert Dustoff,” Charlie Co. is tasked with providing air medevac support for the NTC. The collaboration allowed both units to par- ticipate in essential life-saving training techniques.
The Medical Group Airmen com- pleted their training on proper patient loading methods and safe aircraft ap- proach on the UH-60 Blackhawk he- licopter, operated by C Company. This included appropriate use of the Sked, a special stretcher that provides outstand- ing patient protection and security, and examination of the med kits’ organiza- tion.
“Today, we learned how they would lay the patient on the Sked on the field and hoist them into the helicopter, or how a genuine patient would stand or sit on a bar and be raised into the heli- copter in this fashion,” Lt. Col. Yvonne Storey, Chief Nurse Executive, 412th Medical Group, said. “We also got a peek inside their kits, which provided us some ideas on how to enhance our own.”
The joint training session marks a key step for C Company’s ongoing combat training in the Mojave Des- ert. As the U.S. Army’s premier field- combat training facility, the primary mission of Fort Irwin and the National Training Center is to provide joint and combined arms training in California’s harsh Mojave Desert.
”This collaboration allows us to dive a little deeper into our capabilities in terms of sked use. This includes utiliz- ing a tagline at their feet if we have to lift someone from the ground in a restricted location and we can’t land,” said CWO2 Paul Spallino, UH-60 Pi-
Air Force photograph by Laura Maples
A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter assigned to Charlie Company, 2916th Aviation Battalion, 916th Support Brigade, lands at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., March 3, 2022. The Army unit trained with medical personnel from the 412th Medical Group on proper medevac procedures.
Airmen from the 412th Medical Group at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and Soldiers from C Company, 2916th Aviation Battalion, 916th Support Brigade at Fort Irwin, Calif., completed training on the proper way to load patients on a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. The training also included the proper way to approach the helicopter.
Air Force photograph by Katherine Franco
Airmen from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., joined with Soldiers from Fort Irwin, Calif., to conduct medevac training at Edwards, March 3. 2022. The training included appropriate use of the Sked, a special stretcher that provides outstanding patient protection and security, and examination of the med kits’ organization.
lot, Charlie Co., 2916th Avn. Bn. Future joint training between the 412th Medical Group and Charlie Co. will include a refresher on litter carry, along with enhancing requirements from the medivac checklist. The con- tinued training between both units en- sures precision treatment for all who serve in the greater High Desert and
beyond.
Air Force photograph by Katherine Franco
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