{"id":222517,"date":"2024-07-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=222517"},"modified":"2024-07-13T06:22:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T06:22:21","slug":"wisconsin-guard-medical-company-helps-set-up-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=222517","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Guard Medical Company Helps Set Up Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n 1st Lt. Jennifer Vanden Busch, the Joint Readiness Training Center Aid Station Rear operations officer, prepares a syringe June 13, 2024, during a training rotation for the Wisconsin Army National Guard\u2019s 32nd \u201cRed Arrow\u201d Infantry Brigade Combat Team. She was among the medics, nurses and physicians from the Wisconsin National Guard and surrounding states who responded to a call for volunteers to staff the JRTC clinic. (32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team photo by Staff Sgt. Kati Volkman)
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FORT JOHNSON, La. – Walking into an empty medical clinic and getting it up and running in under three hours is no easy task, but a group of Soldiers \u2014 primarily from the Wisconsin National Guard\u2019s 135th Medical Company \u2014 were up to the task during a training rotation with the 32nd \u201cRed Arrow\u201d Infantry Brigade Combat Team at the Joint Readiness Training Center.<\/p>\n

A call for volunteers to staff the clinic at JRTC went out, and the medics, nurses and physicians of the Wisconsin National Guard and surrounding states stepped up to take on the mission. They drove a box truck full of supplies down so the JRTC Aid Station Rear would be fully functional on the first day of training.<\/p>\n

Each rotational training unit brings in a support group that includes elements such as a medical team, cooks, transportation and others, said Maj. Erin Harrington, the JASR officer in charge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rotational support group teams support the real-world, day-to-day issues that arise during the exercise,\u201d Harrington said, \u201cwhereas the troops and units directly involved in the training rotation are for the most part working in a notional capacity throughout the two weeks they are in the box.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sgt. Jasmine Miller, a combat medic who is the patient hold and clinic noncommissioned officer in charge for the JASR during this rotation, said it was impressive to see the team come together and build the clinic essentially from nothing to functioning so quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of our medics are newer to the military and have never had an experience like this,\u201d Miller said. \u201cSeeing it be built up and seeing their roles develop, seeing them become more confident in their skills, and seeing how effective and efficient we\u2019ve been with the patient load that we\u2019ve been receiving has been amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the best parts about working this type of training rotation is seeing how excited the medics are to do their jobs and learn new skills, said Sgt. 1st Class Scott Coleman, the JASR noncommissioned officer in charge.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s rare for National Guard medics to be in a situation where on a daily basis they are able to practice doing the initial evaluation, taking vitals, doing subjective and objective analysis, determining what they think might be wrong, and then consulting with the provider and coming up with a plan,\u201d Coleman said. \u201cThe medics are learning a lot, and the providers are doing an outstanding job teaching things. In the Guard, we don\u2019t get a chance to do this at this scale.\u201d<\/p>\n

First Lt. Jennifer Vanden Bosch, the JASR Clinic operations officer, has been impressed with the flexibility of the medical staff and their ability to adjust to changes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had a lot of challenges, but everyone has been great about coming to it with a lot of openness and positivity,\u201d Vanden Bosch said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a great opportunity to learn and to work alongside fellow Wisconsin Soldiers in addition to getting to know troops from our supporting states.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coleman said the most surprising part has been the volume of soldiers and patients who have come through.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sent the number breakdown to a friend who is a nurse practitioner, and he practices emergency medicine in Chicago, and he was impressed by the volume of patient care we have handled,\u201d Coleman said.<\/p>\n

Harrington said they wouldn\u2019t have been nearly as successful without the support of the local medical community.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery person in the medical community we\u2019ve contacted or has reached out to us in the area has been wonderful,\u201d Harrington said. \u201cThey\u2019ve been very powerful enablers and advocates, and the information sharing has been great once those contacts were established.\u201d<\/p>\n

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1st Lt. Jennifer Vanden Busch, the Joint Readiness Training Center Aid Station Rear operations officer, prepares a syringe June 13, 2024, during a training rotation for the Wisconsin Army National Guard\u2019s 32nd \u201cRed Arrow\u201d Infantry Brigade Combat Team. She was among the medics, nurses and physicians from the Wisconsin National Guard and surrounding states who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222519,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=222517"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222520,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222517\/revisions\/222520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/222519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=222517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=222517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=222517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}