Stop the bleeding: Combat Casualty Care Course a different kind of medical course (Joint Base San Antonio)

(Source: Joint Base San Antonio) 'Ninety percent of casualties that die do so before they reach medical care' Sgt. 1st Class Clark Hitchcock announced to a group of students at Camp Bullis. 'Ninety-four percent die from hemorrhaging.' Hitchcock emphasized the point that the first two steps in combat casualty care are to determine if the patient is breathing and then stop the bleeding. Hitchcock is the NCO-in-charge of the Combat Casualty Care Course, also called 'C4', at the Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute at Fort Sam Houston. Camp Bullis is where military medical officers learn how to care for injured in a combat situation. The military course conducts academic instruction just...