Battlefield Nursing Course

Capt. Holly Griffith places a pulse monitor on a mannequin during a critical care simulation exercise April 24 at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland, Texas. The training is part of the pre-deployment Battlefield Nursing Course designed to teach current trauma care concepts to U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy nurses and technicians, as well as foreign nationals. The majority of participants are reservists. Griffith is an operating room nurse with the 345th Combat Support Hospital, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Courtney Moses)

Battlefield Nursing Course

Staff Sgt. Patrice Alston (left) provides Critical Care Air transport Team training to U.S. Army medical staff from the 28th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Bragg, N.C., and the 48th CSH, Fort George Meade, Md., April 24. The training is part of the pre-deployment Battlefield Nursing Course held at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The course is designed to teach current trauma care concepts to U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy nurses and technicians, as well as foreign nationals. The majority of participants are reservists. Alston is a respiratory therapist with the 59th Medical Operations Squadron at JBSA-Lackland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Courtney Moses)

Battlefield Nursing Course

Maj. Holly O'Connor trains U.S. Army medical staff from the 28th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Bragg, N.C., and the 48th CSH, Fort George Meade, Md., April 24 at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. O'Connor, a registered nurse with the 59th Surgical Inpatient Squadron, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, was training the Soldiers on the use of in-theater medical equipment. The training is part of the pre-deployment Battlefield Nursing Course designed to teach current trauma care concepts to U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy nurses and technicians, as well as foreign nationals. The majority of participants are reservists. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Courtney Moses)

Soldiers receive hands-on training at Battlefield Nursing Course

Published June 4, 2013

Jacksonville, Fla. -- Capt. Holly Griffith places a pulse monitor on a mannequin during a critical care simulation exercise April 24 at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland, Texas. The training is part of the pre-deployment Battlefield Nursing Course designed to teach current trauma care concepts to U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy nurses and technicians, as well as foreign nationals. The majority of participants are reservists. Griffith is an operating room nurse with the 345th Combat Support Hospital, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Courtney Moses)