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SIGONELLA, Sicily – The U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Sigonella is reinforcing warfighter readiness and supporting expeditionary operations across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa through a robust and far-reaching Basic Life Support (BLS) and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) program. Administered from NMRTC Sigonella and encompassing NMRTU Bahrain and Detachment Souda Bay, the program ensures medical personnel, tenant commands, and even lay responders are equipped with the lifesaving skills required to respond to emergencies—whether aboard a ship, in an austere environment, or on base. The program's administrator, Hospital Corpsman Second Class Nicholas Setta, oversees all instructional operations for the tri-site enterprise and directly manages more than 100 certified instructors across the region. In Fiscal Year 2024 alone, over 3,400 personnel were trained and certified through the program, sustaining vital readiness requirements and ensuring force health protection remains mission-ready.
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