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Medical Corps' Combat / Field Medicine School
Medical Corps first introduced Combat Medicine (Medical Response in Hostile Environments) to the public in 1995. Until Medical Corps, the public did not have access to the principles and discipline which is the standard of Navy Medicine.

In its simplest, good medicine is the care of the sick and injured. And the paradigm to accomplish this is, doing what needs to be done, when it needs to be done.

Medical Corps' Field Medicine course is an intense, 3-day classroom and field training program, designed to provide students with hands-on training.

The hands-on course teaches:

* suturing and minor surgery
* bandaging wounds and lacerations
* medications
* sterile procedure
* Nuclear, Biological and Chemical preparedness
* fracture management & casting, and
* dental emergencies, temporary fillings and recementing crowns

The course is sponsored and taught by Medical Corps instructors.

Faculty:

Chuck Fenwick, Medical Corps Director and Founder
Chief Instructor, Surgery, Fractures, Pharmacy, Trauma.
(Former) USN: MN, HM3, FMF, 8404, 1st Mar Div, 1st Recon, RVN 69-70; Air Force: Medic.

Larry Priano MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer
Physiology and minor in Pharmacy, Anesthesiologist. Former Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Texas and the University of Oregon.
CMO and Instructor for Medical Corps.

Dr. Tom Loomis, DDS, Chief Dental Officer
Doctor of Dental Surgery, Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, author of "Field Dentistry Manual"
CDO and Lead Instructor for Medical Corps

David Turner, Executive Officer, Lead Instructor, Logistics
National Registry EMT, Certified Wilderness EMT and Emergency Care, American Safety & Health Institute (ASHI), Bloodborne Pathogens, Automated External Defibrillation. Certified phlebotomist; Member of the AED Instructor Foundation.

Jeanne Paul CRNA, Nursing/Anesthesia
Anesthesia, Nursing Procedures, Sterile Technique, Homeopathic and Naturopathic Medicine for Medical Corps.
Jennie Farnsworth BSN, Chief Nurse, OR, ER, practicing ER Nurse in Marietta Ohio, Missionary, Chief Nurse and Lead Instructor for Medical Corps

Loris Tompkins, Paramedicine
Paramedic, Firefighter, Wilderness Medicine. AAOS/ECSI Instructor for First Aid, CPR, CPR and AED, Blood borne Pathogens, Professional Rescuer CPR, Wilderness Emergency First Aid, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, ZOLL AED Representative and AED Instruction, Therapeutic Massage, Instructor of Para medicine, Rescue, Trauma Management and Infusion Techniques.

Sharon Packer, Radiological Staff Advisor
Masters degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Utah, Bachelors degree in mathematics with a minor in physics. Director for TACDA (The American Civil Defense Association), Co-Founder of Civil Defense Volunteers of Utah, operating since 1987, Co-Author of "NUCLEAR DEFENSE ISSUES", a 150 page 'how to' manual on the construction of blast and radiation shelters.

Spencer Feldman, Hyperbaric, Toxicology and Alternative Medicine Advisor
President of Performance Hyperbarics and Remedy Link

This class is for "anyone who cares to study [and receive] expert guidance on safe and effective medical care in the extreme settings which are at hand."

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