JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. –
Staff Sgt. Sean Liebman's voice rings out in the class room, crashing the silence.
"Everybody has been shot in the right arm; you have thirty seconds to put on a tourniquet."
Turning the class into a frey and scrambling to meet the deadline the instructor set.
From the classroom to the field, more than 15 Security Forces Airmen took part in an all-day training class that provides them the tools to provide care in the field.
"The training we did today included learning tactical care under fire, making sure the patient is taken care of and what to do and what not to do when being engaged in combat," said Senior Airman Adam Gonzalez, 11th Security Forces Emergency Service team medic.
The day began in the classroom before moving outside to the hands-on portion.
The training included how to treat wounded members under fire or in combat.
For realism, the hands on portion included clearing buildings and encountering enemy combatants before providing care to a simulated wounded member or hostage.
"The importance of this training is to learn to save lives and stop bad people from doing bad things," said Senior Airman Steven Salvesen, 11th Security Forces Emergency Service team member and class participant.
Staff Sgt. Sean Liebman, 779th Medical Operations Squadron intensive care unit technician, provided the training.
"What I love about training exercises is it does just that, it provides training that we don't always allocate ourselves because of our work schedules," Salvesen said. "Being able to extend out with other Air Force agencies or squadrons, to help us better ourselves as Security Forces, we will take any chance we can get."
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Combat Life Saver Training SrA Adam Gonzalez and SrA Steven Salvesen tell us about the Combat Life Saver training they were recently a part of as members of the 11th Wing Security Forces Emergency Services Team. Posted by
Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday, March 2, 2016