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Capt. Erik Frost, CRDAMC behavioral health consult liaison, speaks to a crowd of
on- and off-post behavioral health providers during the annual Behavioral Health Sym-
posium at the Spirit of Fort Hood Chapel Aug. 4. The symposium was put into place
following the April 2, 2014, shooting at Fort Hood.
Photos by Nick Conner, Sentinel News Editor
Pvt. Nicodemo Maloku, a 1st Cav. Div. cavalry scout, works to treat
a simulated chest wound with a TATT medical mannequin during a
medical training assessment on combat casualty care Aug. 4.
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ing a training assessment of combat casualty care techniques using
a “Rescue Randy” - part of the new BCT3 exportable medical kits.
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sergeants - they’re our main
trainers of the force as far as
common tasks,” Rickleman
said. “We train them up on
this package on how they can
use it to better their (own)
training.”
Gone are the days of using
dead weight mannequins or
a battle buddy while learning
how to put on a tourniquet;
these new kits feature TATT
mannequins - animatronic
medical training mannequins
that can move limbs, bleed
like a real human and give
real-time patient feedback via
a wireless headset and micro-
phone.
“(The kit) gives them a
real experience - this is what
could happen,” said Cpl. Carl
Howard, a 1st Cavalry Divi-
sion medic. Howard and other
division medics served as TC3
trainers for the assessment
phase for non-medical Sol-
diers. “You can deal with your
battle buddy screaming at you,
kicking at you while you’re try-
service member engagement in behav-
ioral health.
“At the end of these symposiums,
we leave a lot of time for questions,”
Martin said. “We want this to be an
open discussion for the providers and
commanders to ask their questions so
that they can get clarification, so that
they can understand that we’re work-
ing together to make sure that their
force is ready to go whenever called
upon to fight our nation’s wars.”
Inviting off-post providers is crucial
to the symposium because there are
Soldiers who go to off-post behavioral
health providers. Because the off-post
providers are not on the installation
all the time, they are not always on
the same page as the commanders and
CRDAMC behavioral health provid-
ers. This symposium is made for that
reason, Martin said, to get everyone
on the same page.
“A breakdown in communication
between what’s going on (in the prac-
tice) on post and what’s going on
off post can make things difficult,
because if off-post providers aren’t
totally aware of policies and regula-
tions that the Army has to follow,
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TATT mannequin) talks back
to you, he’s moving, so you can
see his chest - it’s realistic.”
The BCT3 exportable
packages provide unit med-
ics with a consistent list of
equipment, and allow both the
medic trainer and students to
receive the same training on
the same equipment, Engle
explained. With a $160,000
price tag, each kit will be
available through Fort Hood’s
Medical Simulation Training
Center once fielding begins
in fiscal year 2017. The first
BCT3 exportable kits will go
to deployed units in Afghani-
stan and Kuwait.
“(The BCT3 exportable kit)
identifies the training required,
gives the equipment needed
for the training, prevents
units spending an exorbitant
amount of money getting this
equipment ... and it also elim-
inates the need for a mainte-
nance contract,” Engle said.
“If we want to train to prevent
those three preventable causes
of death, and train everybody,
then we need to go to TC3 for
all (Soldiers) and start training
that way.”
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BHS: Annual awareness
it can be difficult to provide care,
Martin said.
“And also, the commanders need
to be aware what’s going with their
Soldiers, too,” he added. “Ensuring
the commanders are aware of what’s
going on with their Soldiers, and
the care they are receiving, is impor-
tant because if a unit has to deploy
and they can’t take their Soldier with
them, it lessens their unit’s chances of
being successful. So having the com-
manders here is important, too.”
Soldiers from Fort Hood go to off-
post providers for behavioral health-
care due to the volume of Soldiers
stationed here. CRDAMC’s behavior-
al Health Department works closely
with off-post behavioral health pro-
viders to ensure everyone is receiving
the quality of healthcare needed.
The next Behavioral Health Sym-
posium will happen summer 2017,
inviting even more providers and
commanders. Because of the turn-
over at Fort Hood, the symposium’s
once-per-year minimum won’t slow
down anytime soon.
Stay up-to-date on behavioral health
by visiting CRDAMC’s Behavioral
Health Department page at www.
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ing to treat them. It turns up
the pressure on them.”
“You’re learning how to save
someone,” Pvt. Nicodemo
Maloku said of the training
with the TATT mannequin.
Just a month out of basic
training, having a “patient”
that could move and respond
allowed the cavalry scout a
more in-depth training experi-
ence on battlefield care. “(The
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