The U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) released the newest episode of its show, "Scrubbing In," May 5.

The new episode aligns with Navy Medicine's focus on medical education and training throughout May, and features instructors from Naval Expeditionary Medicine Training Institute in Camp Pendleton, California.

During the episode, "Scrubbing In" host, Paul Ross, discovers how Navy Medicine's Tactical Combat Casualty Care Course (TCCC) trains and prepares hospital corpsmen to save lives on the battlefield.

"Tactical combat casualty care is point-of-injury care," said Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Crystal Straub, TCCC training instructor. "It means that our corpsmen are going out there on the front lines and facing the danger to take care of our Marines, Soldiers and Sailors."

The training, which includes three days of classroom instruction followed by a mass casualty drill, is designed to increase the survivability rate of warfighters on the battlefield.

"It's about a 90 percent increase of survivability rate if we can actually get our guys to the next level of care," said Straub. "On the frontlines, we need our [corpsmen] to really have the knowledge."

In the episode, Ross participates in two mass casualty scenarios while a hospital corpsman walks him through the steps of assessing an injured service member.

"As a corpsman, especially with infantry, you're the first line of defense," said Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Ryan Nelson. "Really being able to do the right treatment at the right time is going to help exponentially with survivability."

The purpose of TCCC is to ensure Navy corpsmen are ready to protect warfighters and ultimately increase survivability rates on the battlefield.

"This is not a skill you learn overnight," said Ross. "It's very clear why this training is essential in refreshing the skills of our medical personnel in trauma and combat situations."

The show, which typically runs between seven and 11 minutes, takes viewers around the Navy Medicine enterprise to showcase what its medical personnel do each and every day. It gives a glimpse of the myriad aspects to the Navy Medicine mission.

The episode on TCCC can be found here: https://youtu.be/QZKiF35qYcM

A previous episode on malaria research at Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) can be found here: https://youtu.be/yAcyiv_cteU

U.S. Navy Medicine is a global health care network of 63,000 Navy medical personnel around the world who provide world-class health care to more than one million eligible beneficiaries. Navy Medicine personnel deploy with Sailors and Marines worldwide, providing critical mission support aboard ship, in the air, under the sea and on the battlefield.

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