As part of the Military Rescuers Course currently underway at the School of Health and Veterinary of Rome, 31 students from departments of the Army and Carabinieri operational area, were engaged in an exercise aimed at implementing the skills acquired during the lessons in a "high intensity non-permissive" night-time scenario.
The students were able to apply the skills acquired to date in the field, in a realistic combat environment, implementing the procedures for stabilizing the wounded even in serious conditions and their relative evacuation to a safe area. In particular, the ability of individual rescuers to work in a team and in conditions of extreme pressure in a combat situation was enhanced.
The activity, which is part of the training and education process for personnel soon to be employed in operations, was also enriched by the simultaneous testing of a mobile information system for health management. command and control called MCCS (Medical Command and Control System – MED C2).
This system allows, among other things, digital patient tracking in operational contexts. The project uses the technical support and expertise of the School, for a realistic comparison with traditional manual and radio systems. The goal is to highlight the strengths and weaknesses for subsequent improvement in terms of performance and effectiveness in multiple operational contexts including the most complex ones.
The attendees, coming from operational departments where combat training represents the daily activity of every single soldier, have demonstrated great commitment and motivation to achieve all the established objectives, also showing considerable interest in an area that was previously foreign to them.