JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. –
As the standards and innovations evolve in the medical
field, the 633rd Medical Group Education and Training Office provides courses
to Airmen in the medical career field to keep their lifesaving skills up to par.
The education and training office offers a variety of
classes and training courses to include Basic Life Support, Pediatric Advanced
Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support. The courses are designed to
train medical personnel to be fit expeditionary forces and mission ready
medics, while also teaching them to deliver trusted care to the patients they
serve.
“These courses are offered to medical group personnel such
as nurses, providers, technicians and administrative staff, as well as
personnel in other groups on Langley Air Force Base,” said U.S. Air Force Staff
Sgt. Hannah Dworniczak, 633rd MDG ETO team member. “We also have BLS
instructors that hold classes across the base for individual units.”
The training not only give medics the tools they need to
help people on a daily basis, but also help prepare them for when they deploy
downrange.
“Staying BLS certified gives Airmen downrange the tools
to take a cardiac emergency head-on without skipping a beat in their skills,”
said U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Holly Dodson, 633rd MDG BLS instructor. “The
training is beneficial because it keeps them updated with the ever changing
policies for BLS.”
While the staff at the ETO are knowledgeable in the
different programs, one of high importance is the simulation lab.
According to Dworniczak, the medics aren’t able to use
real live people for exercises, so the center runs the simulation lab which
operates multi-thousand dollar mannequins to conduct more realistic training
portraying real life situations such as trauma and cardiac emergencies. These
scenarios give better training for what could be encountered downrange.
“Part of the mission is continuous training to keep our
staff proficient in all of their medical skills, from the most basic SABC all
the way to ACLS,” said Dworniczak. “We’re a small crew with a big mission.”
For information on courses offered at the 633rd Medical
Group Education and Training Office, call 757-764-6770.