Introduction

First-Aid Man, Hospital Orderly, Litter Bearer or Emergency Vehicle Driver are all possible jobs of a Level 1  Combat Medic. Depending on ability, education, training, intelligence, aptitude, occupational history, military experience, interests, personal traits, and other demonstrated qualifications. Such information will be clearly recorded so that each individual’s skills will be evaluated and used to the end that the individual will be assigned to duties in which he is of the most value to the Hammers Fist.

Typical duties

The typical duties of a Level 1 Medic may include:

1. Administer first-aid treatment to sick, injured, or wounded.
2. Perform various duties to assist technicians in Medical Department activities .
3. Treat minor injuries and wounds, such as cuts, blisters, contusions, and lacerations, apply medicants and bandaging wounds.
4. Make and apply arm or leg splints
5. Treat patients for shock
6. Control bleeding by applying tourniquets at pressure points.
7. Lift patients onto litters and transport them to Aid Stations, Ambulance Loading Points, or Collecting Stations.
8. Perform routine duties in the care and treatment of patients, taking temperature and pulse readings, bathing and feeding patients, and preparing patients for operations. Makes beds, cleans and washes equipment and floors, and assists in sterilizing instruments. Performs related duties as directed.

Aid Station location

The Aid Station
An Aid Station is an installation for first-aid care and treatment of the sick and wounded, established under combat conditions by a Section of the Medical Detachment . The Regimental Aid Section and each of the 3 Battalion Sections are equipped to establish and operate an Aid Station.

Desirable features sought in selecting an Aid Station site are:

1. Protection from direct enemy fire
2. Convenience to troops served
3. Economy in litter carry
4. Accessibility to supporting medical troops
5. Proximity to natural lines of drift of wounded
6. Facility of future movement of the Station to front or rear
7. Proximity to water
8. Protection from the elements

Especially to be avoided as sites for Aid Stations are prominent landmarks, bridges, fords, important road intersections, artillery and heavy weapons positions, ammo dumps, and other distributing points.

Aid Station Function

Functions of the Aid Station are:

1. Reception and recording of casualties
2. Examination and sorting of casualties, and returning the fit to duty
3. Dressing or re-dressing of wounded; treatment limited to that necessary to life saving or saving of limbs, and to prepare patients for evacuation for short distances; administration of narcotics and prophylactic sera
4. Prophylaxis and shock or exhaustion treatment, with hot foods and drinks
5. Temporary shelter of casualties, when practicable
6. Transfer at the Aid Station of evacuees to the supporting medical echelon

Withdrawals

During a withdrawal, delaying action, or retreat, Aid Stations will displace rearward by bounds . Temporary Aid Stations are then set up near the avenues of rearward movement . All available transportation is utilized for evacuation of wounded in order to prevent their capture. When wounded must be abandoned, a portion of the Medical Detachment with necessary supplies is left with them, these detachments will fight until death or until Imperial forces can retake the area.