He is a 24-year-old operator of the Incursori Operational Group of the Italian Navy, the 1st classified out of 72 participants in the course Special Operations Combat Medic (SOCM) which took place, from 8 November 2019 to 4 September 2020, in favor of operators of the International Special Forces, at the Fort Bragg base, Fayetteville in North Carolina (USA), headquarters of the American Army special forces .
Over the course of 36 weeks of hard training, the Special Operations Combat Medic they acquire specialized skills in various macro-areas such as Combat Trauma Management (CTM) and the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), as well as in the use of techniques, diagnostic strategies and victim rescue procedures in hostile contexts.
It is composed of theoretical phases during which the operators study specific modules of anatomy, physiology, pathology, medical clinic, pharmacology, preventive medicine, obstetrics and CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear).
Operators, to demonstrate their learning, must take 32 written exams, which, once successfully passed, allow access to the practical phase, organized by levels of increasing difficulty: starting with the achievement of the BLS (Basic Life Support ), ACLS (Advanced Cardiac life support), and then move on to specific training in the management of a multi-trauma victim, in TCCC (tacticalcombatcasualty care) and in PFC (prolongedfield care).
If the candidate is able to pass all these phases and the final test of "Special Operation Advanced TacticalParamedic", he can access the "rotation" or hospital module, during which the operator can work in US Emergency Medical Services (EMS), i.e. emergency services that treat illnesses and injuries by providing an urgent medical response and subsequent transport to the nearest hospital.
Completion of the SOCM course certifies students as National EMT (Emergency MedicalTechnician) and military paramedic, BLS (Basic Life Support), Pediatric Education for Pre-hospital Providers andAdvanced Cardiac Life Support.
The young GOI raider, patented just 3 years ago thanks to the competition for Volunteers in One Year Fixed (VFP1), had already demonstrated his valuable qualities as a military rescuer in May 2019 when he was 1st out of 257 participants in the Combat MedicSpecialist course of the US ARMY, carried out at the United States Army Medical Department Center & School, thus gaining theHonor Graduate, one of the most important awards that is awarded by overseas military schools.
This success is a tangible demonstration of the commitment COMSUBIN has been applying for years in the field of combat medicine and in the training of its military rescuers.
