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METC celebrates 10 years training enlisted medical force

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6/15/2020
Students standing in auditorium

When the Department of Defense’s 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission directed nearly all enlisted medical training be collocated at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, it may have unknowingly changed the landscape of enlisted medical training for the foreseeable future. In addition to collocating, the BRAC legislation also called for training to be consolidated where possible, meaning two or more services would share curriculum and classrooms.

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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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