Their initial training is comprehensive, but combined with their predeployment training and practical experience, combat medics are indispensible battlefield assets. Medics are known for their selfless courage, often charging into dangerous situations to stabilize and evacuate their fallen comrades. More Soldiers are saved today because of advances in tactical combat casualty care techniques, improvements in medical technology and equipment resulting from research and lessons learned, and the expertise of first responders on the battlefield: combat medics. Today, the survival rate for servicemembers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan is an unprecedented 90.7 percent. The survival rate of Soldiers wounded during World War II was 69.3 percent during Korea, 75.4 percent and during Vietnam 76.4 percent.
David Rubenstein, Army Medical Department Center and School commanding general, emphasized. "The combat medic is the first line of medical aid on the battlefield and is supported by the entire military and Veterans Affairs health care systems," Maj. Of the 52 medical personnel awarded the Medal of Honor, 32 were combat medics or their antecedents. The combat medic was established during World War II-prior to that enlisted medical personnel served as hospital stewards or litter bearers.įrequently referred to as "doc" by the Soldiers they care for, the 68W Health Care Specialist, or combat medic, is the Army's second-largest military occupational specialty (only the infantry is larger). John Letterman developed a system of evacuation for the Union Army that was proven at the battle of Antietam in 1862. Larrey, Napoleon Bonaparte's surgeon, developed the most comprehensive casualty transport system of his day, first tested during the battle of Metz in 1793.Īrmy medical personnel have responded to the challenges of treating, evacuating and caring for hospitalized battlefield casualties since the inception of the Army Medical Department in 1775. This cry has been heard on battlefields for centuries, beginning with Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey's establishment of battlefield medical treatment during the Napoleonic wars. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 8 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 7 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 6 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S.
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