La. Guard adds K-9 casualty care to medic sustainment training

Louisiana National Guard Sgt. Karson Cormier, a medic with C Company, 199th Infantry Battalion, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, applies a tourniquet to a simulated wound on a fake training K-9 during a K-9 Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC3) course at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Louisiana, Jan. 28, 2022. The K-9 TC3 course was part of a 10-day medic sustainment course for medics to recertify their National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) and CPR certifications. (U.S. Army National Gu

The Louisiana National Guard’s combat medic sustainment program recently conducted a 10-day course for combat medics at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Louisiana, Jan. 20-30. A total of 14 medics participated in the course to renew their National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) and CPR certifications, which are required to be renewed every two years. “Medics are required to do 72…

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