DoD Fire Academy drills EMR psychomotor skills

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Kirkpatrick, 312th Training Squadron instructor, teaches his students Emergency Medical Responder skills before a psychomotor evaluation at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, May 6, 2022. Kirkpatrick passed an instructor qualification exam which was EMR specific for the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Brandon Martin, 312th Training Squadron instructor, demonstrates C-spine stabilization for joint service students of the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, May 6, 2022. The students learned Emergency Medical Responder skills before their psychomotor evaluation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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$U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Kirkpatrick, 312th Training Squadron instructor, spot corrects joint service students during a hands-on learning objective for the Emergency Medical Responder skills prior to their psychomotor evaluation at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, May 6, 2022. The psychomotor skill drill evaluation assessed the student’s ability to conduct C-spin stabilization, bleeding control, and splint fractures. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)$

DoD Fire Academy drills EMR psychomotor skills

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Kirkpatrick, 312th Training Squadron instructor, spot corrects joint service students during a hands-on learning objective for the Emergency Medical Responder skills prior to their psychomotor evaluation at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, May 6, 2022. The psychomotor skill drill evaluation assessed the student’s ability to conduct C-spin stabilization, bleeding control, and splint fractures. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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U.S. Navy Petty Officer First Class Janathan Agbenu, 312th Training Squadron student, grabs disposable gloves for his Emergency Medical Responder psychomotor evaluation at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, May 6, 2022. Agbenu practiced using personal protective equipment for health and safety interests and to prevent contact with potentially hazardous bodily fluid. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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Joint service students assigned to the 312th Training Squadron, palpate a simulated victim’s chest during their Emergency Medical Responder psychomotor evaluation at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, May 6, 2022. Students were divided into teams of three and were required to complete the assessment in less than 10 minutes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joshua Jimenez, 312th Training Squadron student, applies a C-collar to stabilize a simulated victim’s spine, during an emergency medical responder psychomotor skills evaluation at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, May 6, 2022. Students who successfully complete the 68-academic training days at Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy, graduate and begin their career with five national certifications. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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A joint service student assigned to the 312th Training Squadron, applies a cravat to a simulated victim’s upper extremity wound, during an Emergency Medical Responder psychomotor skills evaluation at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, May 6, 2022. The training classrooms’ mobile chairs were rolled into the hallway to make room for the hands-on evaluation. This adaptation was an innovative example of modernized technology used for state-of-the-art training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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Joint service students assigned to the 312th Training Squadron, control the bleeding of a simulated open wound on an artificial victim’s lower extremity, during an Emergency Medical Responder psychomotor skills evaluation at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, May 6, 2022. After securing the tourniquet, the students tightened it until they could not feel a distal pulse, which stops the bleeding in a real life situation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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Joint service students assigned to the 312th Training Squadron, inspect the back of a simulated victim for injury, during an Emergency Medical Responder psychomotor skills evaluation at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, May 6, 2022. EMR is a critical training objective at the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy because 90% of operational military emergency calls are EMR related. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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U.S. Air Force Airman Alec Almendarez, 312th Training Squadron student, verbalizes to his simulated victim that his partner is preparing straps to secure the simulated victim to a longboard for transportation to a hospital, during an Emergency Medical Responder psychomotor skills evaluation at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, May 6, 2022. EMR psychomotor skills evaluation had 27 evaluation areas with patient communication considered a critical area in the assessment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Kirkpatrick, 312th Training Squadron instructor, provides feedback to his joint service student on their Emergency Medical Responder psychomotor skills evaluation, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, May 6, 2022. Kirkpatrick replaced lecture instruction with coaching and mentoring techniques to build trust with his students and advance training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves)

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DoD Fire Academy drills EMR psychomotor skills

Published May 11, 2022
By Senior AirmanAbbey Rieves
17th training Wing Public Affairs

GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas --

Joint service students assigned to the 312th Training Squadron, were divided into four groups of three people for hand-on learning and an Emergency Medical Responder Psychomotor skills evaluation, May 6.

The Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy graduates approximately 2,400 joint service and international students each year for the DoD.

DoD Fire Academy drills EMR psychomotor skills

DoD Fire Academy drills EMR psychomotor skills

DoD Fire Academy drills EMR psychomotor skills

DoD Fire Academy drills EMR psychomotor skills

DoD Fire Academy drills EMR psychomotor skills

DoD Fire Academy drills EMR psychomotor skills

DoD Fire Academy drills EMR psychomotor skills

DoD Fire Academy drills EMR psychomotor skills

DoD Fire Academy drills EMR psychomotor skills

DoD Fire Academy drills EMR psychomotor skills

DoD Fire Academy drills EMR psychomotor skills

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