Req. US combat medic & corpsman info

[Michael12345]

hey, and please don't hassle me i've been to about ten different places trying to find info on US army combat medics and USMC corpsmen in present day conflicts in Iraq & Afghanistan ,and I can't really find any info, or pictures. I was wondering if anyone here could point me in the right direction, or give me some info on them. I'm really interrested in what kinds of equipment they carry on them into combat, but any helpful info would be nice. I need pictures mainly so please resond.

thanks in advance.

[firemedic]

I would be glad to help you. I'm a civilian paramedic/U.S. Army reserve combat medic, current nursing student, however I must ask what you need this information for. If airsoft, or re-enactment I will not help you out because saving lives in combat is not to be treated like playtime. If your airsoft "unit" needs a medic then find a real one. If you are a healthcare provider or wish to become invloved in medicine I would love to help you out. Ask away!.

[Michael12345]

well, first of all I don't even care for all that airsoft crap. I am only 13 years of age. and I am involved at a local fire station. so I am curious as to what kind of gear you would carry during combat. I would like to know because in the future this is a possible job I would like to have. and I would like (if your willing) to see pictures of your equipment so I can just have an Idea of what you would be required to carry on you into combat. :)

[Mordecai]

Michael:

The answer to what a medic carries isnt cut and dry. It will greatly depend on the mission he is executing/supporting as well as the unit to which he belongs (ie: Infantry, Artillery, Cavalry, FAST, etc). The previous two tempered with the knowledge and experience he has gained will also help in determining what he will carry.

There are plenty of pics here of medics/corpsmen if you would but you the search button. There are also pics of them hidden in other topics which have little to do with the medics themselves, but more so the kit of the soldiers around them.

I understand you are young and full of questions. We can try to field some of them, however you have a few years before you will be in a position to follow the career path to become a medic/corpman. Given this I would suggest you do well in school (especially math and science), become active in sports (if you arent already) and enjoy your teenage years. You would also do yourself well to start reading everything you can here as it relates to combat medicine. Many of your questions will have already been asked and answered.

Hope this helps.

Crip

[Ordie]

USMC corpsmen.

They don't exist.
All USMC medical support staff are Navy.

[Michael12345]

i know i meant corpsmen attached to units of the USMC

[thomas93190728]

Type USMC IFAK in Google. You can find a lot of related links.

For example: http://www.armyproperty.com/Resources/NSN-Listings/IFAK.htm

Or you can go here to find some. http://www.narescue.com/

Since you are only 13 years of age and are involved at a local fire station. I think above info should be sufficient to you. Cheers.

[Laconian]

Michael:

The answer to what a medic carries isnt cut and dry. It will greatly depend on the mission he is executing/supporting as well as the unit to which he belongs (ie: Infantry, Artillery, Cavalry, FAST, etc). The previous two tempered with the knowledge and experience he has gained will also help in determining what he will carry.

There are plenty of pics here of medics/corpsmen if you would but you the search button. There are also pics of them hidden in other topics which have little to do with the medics themselves, but more so the kit of the soldiers around them.

I understand you are young and full of questions. We can try to field some of them, however you have a few years before you will be in a position to follow the career path to become a medic/corpman. Given this I would suggest you do well in school (especially math and science), become active in sports (if you arent already) and enjoy your teenage years. You would also do yourself well to start reading everything you can here as it relates to combat medicine. Many of your questions will have already been asked and answered.

Hope this helps.

Crip

This is some of the best advice you'll ever get. Print screen and carry it around with you.

[Michael12345]

well thanks for the info and one more thing may I ask how much medical gear would you carry on a foot patrol in say modern day iraq? you know would you carry a medical backpack, or just load up with equipment on your LBE?

[Winger]

This is all you need to know about how to carry your gear.

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=136594

[Mordecai]

well thanks for the info and one more thing may I ask how much medical gear would you carry on a foot patrol in say modern day iraq? you know would you carry a medical backpack, or just load up with equipment on your LBE?

Did you read my post above?? If not read it; if you did, read it again.

While I am all for helping a young guy out I am not going to sit here and type out everything carried. The information you are asking for will do you no good.

You have two eyes/two ears yet one mouth for a reason...

Read more/post less.

Crip

[Laconian]

Did you read my post above?? If not read it; if you did, read it again...

You have two eyes/two ears yet one mouth for a reason...

Read more/post less.

Crip

Again, some REALLY good advice. But you f***ers won't heed it and us older folks will want to neck-punch you all the more...

[domokun]

Okay, Michael.

I am not American, but I used to be medic in army.

Medics first aid kit typically includes following:
- First aid bandages in three sizes (large, normal, small)
- Regular bandages.
- Cover bandages.
- latex torniguets.
- Triangle cloths for supporting arms.
- neck supports.
- band aid.
- desinfection fluid.
- Ringer solution and possibly plasma expander (when i was in service that was proposed part of kit, not sure was it approved), for dealing with extreme cases of dehydration and blood loss. And other related equipment.
- Chemical warfare antidotes, athrophine.
- Pain killers (okay here medics didn't have that when i was in army at least on peace time. instructors said that it may change... not sure about that.)
- Aspirine and other basic medicines.
- Lacrymoscope (can't spell it right, I know) that thing you use to keep tongue away while intubating.
- intubation tubes.
- stetoscope.
- Emergency stretcher nets, add any suitable pole arms (tm)
- scissors
- Light with head band, it's useful to see in dark, but theres always light discipline to think about.
(In anti-tank platoons [My job] and pioneer [pile ******s, mine slaves. combat engineer in american english] may add some trash bags and brush) :D

All that in medics back, some countries have specialized load carrying vests for medics. In addition that theres always stretcher.

That pretty much sums up equipment of platoons medic. (atleast m05, m62 with it's stamp sized medics bag is well limited.) Platoons medics is quite simply to give life saving first aid and prepare patients for transport to next step of casualty evacuation process.

[Mordecai]

Good job of undermining there...

Crip

[LimaOscarSierraTango]

hey, and please don't hassle me i've been to about ten different places trying to find info on US army combat medics and USMC corpsmen in present day conflicts in Iraq & Afghanistan ,and I can't really find any info, or pictures. I was wondering if anyone here could point me in the right direction, or give me some info on them. I'm really interrested in what kinds of equipment they carry on them into combat, but any helpful info would be nice. I need pictures mainly so please resond.

thanks in advance.


well, first of all I don't even care for all that airsoft crap. I am only 13 years of age. and I am involved at a local fire station. so I am curious as to what kind of gear you would carry during combat. I would like to know because in the future this is a possible job I would like to have. and I would like (if your willing) to see pictures of your equipment so I can just have an Idea of what you would be required to carry on you into combat. :)


i know i meant corpsmen attached to units of the USMC


well thanks for the info and one more thing may I ask how much medical gear would you carry on a foot patrol in say modern day iraq? you know would you carry a medical backpack, or just load up with equipment on your LBE?

I don't buy it. Maybe the part in bold is true, but your questions are the same as all of the other airsofter's questions.

[Albatross]

Good job of undermining there...

Crip


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[domokun]

Good job of undermining there...

Crip

Okay, I don't at least purposefully undermine your comments and my spotty memory can fail me, but I gave little effort to explain roughly what medical equipment first aid kit here does include.

To completely explain what medics do in army I could suggest kid to go army medic course, but it little bit too early for that. Off course there are lot responsibilities that medic has that aren't combat related, and i could add medics primary quality is being responsible and loyal to his fellow service men and women. And most of all work of medic varies lot based on position in medical organization of military, theres huge difference between job on for example battalion level aid stations crew and platoons medic. But main thing is same to serve our fellows in need and save their lives to best of own abilities.

[Mordecai]

Okay, I don't at least purposefully undermine your comments and my spotty memory can fail me, but I gave little effort to explain roughly what medical equipment first aid kit here does include...


The point was he should be concerned with other things (school, girls, sports, friends, etc) at 13 y/o, instead of seeking a combat medic/corpsman's medical load-out. I was working under the presumption that he was truthful and isnt another airsofter who wants to hump around a bunch of gear trying to look cool...when he obviously isnt.

I was attempting to redirect him when you popped up with the "here ya go, I will spoon feed the information to you." That being said, it is a BBS and you are more than within your right to interject. Just try to be a lil more cognizant when you see someone trying to do the right thing and mentor someone... If he truly is interested in becoming a medic he needs to become self-sufficient and now is a good time to start.

my 'box and .02... YMMV

Crip

[Michael12345]

listen i'm not one of those airsoft punks who "wants to look cool" it's a stupid hobby if you ask me, plus we're too poor to afford all these fake guns. besides why would you want to buy a fake AK-47 for 1,000$ when you could buy a real one for less.

[Riceball]

Listen I'm not one of those airsoft punks who "wants to look cool" it's a stupid hobby if you ask me, plus we're too poor to afford all these fake guns. Besides why would you want to buy a fake AK-47 for $1,000 when you could buy a real one for less.

Not that it matters but if you're paying $1,000 for an airsoft then you're paying way too much unless it's something like one of those airsoft miniguns. Besides, the fun thing about airsoft is that you can something like an AK-47 and shoot your buddy with and not have him wind up in the hospital or the morgue and you in jail.:)

Suffice to say that any combat medic/corpsman is going to be humping a lot of medical stuff like bandgages, basic meds, scissors to clothes, and from what I've seen, a weapon.

[Mordecai]

Not that it matters...

You are correct; it doesnt matter.

Need help relocating your lane?

Crip

[California Joe]

listen i'm not one of those airsoft punks who "wants to look cool" it's a stupid hobby if you ask me, plus we're too poor to afford all these fake guns. besides why would you want to buy a fake AK-47 for 1,000$ when you could buy a real one for less.

Dial down the attitude junior. 13 year olds by definition are punks. Why don't you concentrate on growing some body hair for a couple of years before you start worrying about getting "Doc" as a nickname.

[California Joe]

Not that it matters...

Like Crip said, back in your hole.

[Beowulf]

Michael:

The answer to what a medic carries isnt cut and dry. It will greatly depend on the mission he is executing/supporting as well as the unit to which he belongs (ie: Infantry, Artillery, Cavalry, FAST, etc). The previous two tempered with the knowledge and experience he has gained will also help in determining what he will carry.

There are plenty of pics here of medics/corpsmen if you would but you the search button. There are also pics of them hidden in other topics which have little to do with the medics themselves, but more so the kit of the soldiers around them.

I understand you are young and full of questions. We can try to field some of them, however you have a few years before you will be in a position to follow the career path to become a medic/corpman. Given this I would suggest you do well in school (especially math and science), become active in sports (if you arent already) and enjoy your teenage years. You would also do yourself well to start reading everything you can here as it relates to combat medicine. Many of your questions will have already been asked and answered.

Hope this helps.

Crip


This is some of the best advice you'll ever get. Print screen and carry it around with you.

X2

Pay attention.

[Beowulf]

Dial down the attitude junior. 13 year olds by definition are punks. Why don't you concentrate on growing some body hair for a couple of years before you start worrying about getting "Doc" as a nickname.



Nice one.


*Panj Bala*

[Riceball]

Like Crip said, back in your hole.

Well aint that just nice and neighborly of you. Nice to see that people here are all so nice and welcoming of new members.

[LaoSexMachine]

Well aint that just nice and neighborly of you. Nice to see that people here are all so nice and welcoming of new members.

Suck it up, sunshine.

[Mordecai]

Well aint that just nice and neighborly of you. Nice to see that people here are all so nice and welcoming of new members.

It has/had nothing to do with being nice, neighborly, or welcoming to new members.

It has however about maintaining order and providing sensible, intelligent answers to questions based on real world experience as opposed to hearsay or posting info read elsewhere on the www.

Crip

[LRPV]

Well aint that just nice and neighborly of you. Nice to see that people here are all so nice and welcoming of new members.


Suck it up, sunshine.



Riceball, take it in your stride. You were out of order, you got a 'heads-up', that's all. A wise man once wrote something about more reading and less posting....p-)

Enjoy MP.net, it's both informative and fun.

[Michael12345]

Enjoy MP.net, it's both informative and fun.

pssshhhh not from what i've been through after only about 4 or 5 threads

[Sand Man]

*Panj Bala*

I've always wondered what that meant.

[California Joe]

pssshhhh not from what i've been through after only about 4 or 5 threads

I'm sure there's an opening on a Pokemon forum somewhere. Do you always whine this much? You're a kid, your opinion doesn't count. Listen to the advice of actual real adult soldiers and don't presume that you are allowed to behave badly because it's the internet. Act as if you were in the same room with them and act accordingly.

Sand Man, it means "high five" in Farsi.

[Michael12345]

I'm sure there's an opening on a Pokemon forum somewhere. Do you always whine this much? You're a kid, your opinion doesn't count. Listen to the advice of actual real adult soldiers and don't presume that you are allowed to behave badly because it's the internet. Act as if you were in the same room with them and act accordingly.

Sand Man, it means "high five" in Farsi.

this is why I said this forum sucks because of people like you trying to be forum Nazis and tell people what to do I'm going to give respect only where it is due and anyone who has enough sense to treat someone else even if they are a kid like a human instead of a dog has earned my respect but not you asshole your just a poser a communist trying to tell everyone what they can and can't do

[California Joe]

You were treated like a kid, a mouthy little sh*t of a kid. Now go to your room and think about how you're acting.

[Hippo]

http://www.funnyforumpics.com/forums/This-Thread-Delivers/1/thread-delivers.jpg

[Beowulf]

Just made my monday a little easier...ha.

[Laconian]

this is why I said this forum sucks because of people like you trying to be forum Nazis and tell people what to do I'm going to give respect only where it is due and anyone who has enough sense to treat someone else even if they are a kid like a human instead of a dog has earned my respect but not you asshole your just a poser a communist trying to tell everyone what they can and can't do

Priceless. rofl

Michael, Michael, Michael, you non-punctuating, run-on sentence writing, typing-like-I'm-texting little dim-wit. The guy you dissed is a moderator. His job on the site IS to monitor discussions and make sure they stay within the rules of the forum. To wit, he is supposed to tell people what they can and can't do; which is what he did with you. You are a guest at this site, you have no right to be here. If you come back from your vacation with the same attitude (that is a bad one), you'll be banned.

[gaz]

I love the way Joe got called a Communist and a Nazi in the same post, that must be some kid of record. Personally I think he's a lousy Commie and if he doesn't be more of a Nazi in future I'm going to go Joe McCarthy on his ass.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/images/JosephMcCarthyCBSSeeitNow.jpg

[Sand Man]

Sand Man, it means "high five" in Farsi.

Thanks, CJ.

Damn non-punctuating kids today. No respect.

[firemedic]

I knew right from the get go that he was just another airsoft poser. I hope this kid doesnt actually go out there and try to "play" medic!. When I was a kid playing army, my "medic" kit consisted of some bandaids and neosporin to go along with my plastic toy uzi. Whew, kids these days!