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METC creates innovative training to graduate RT students

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5/19/2020
Two medical personnel with a simulated baby in a medical setting

When COVID-19 interrupted phase 2 clinical training a class of Army and Navy respiratory therapist students needed to from the program, their clinical training instructors developed a plan and put it to action.

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Military medical training continues during COVID-19

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4/14/2020
Students and instructors in the METC Respiratory Therapist program practice safe distancing and wear face coverings while training with mechanical ventilators. (Photo by Oscar Lopez)

METC’s mission - to train the world's finest medics, corpsmen and technicians - is vital to force readiness and the nation.

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METC combat medic training unveils new EMT sim labs

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3/3/2020
A team of combat medic trainees attend to a "patient" in the EMT warehouse lab. Students engage in various scenarios in the newly designed EMT simulation labs that resemble real environments that expose students to lifelike patient encounters. (U.S. Army photo by Lisa Braun)

The sim labs have really come a long way

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The art of moulage

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11/6/2019
Combat Medic Training program students at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston conduct an emergency cricothyrotomy on a “casualty” during simulation training. The “wounded” manikin also presents with facial burns that were created with moulage techniques. (DoD photo by Lisa Braun)

METC combat medic manikins rock realistic wounds

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