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Law Enforcement Trains for Medical Emergency During Hostile Situation

FBI Charlotte March 16, 2009
  • Public Affairs Specialist Shelley Lynch (704) 672-6766

GREENVILLE, NC—More than 60 Agents and law enforcement officers will learn how to save lives using cutting edge combat medical techniques, all while under fire from a hostile adversary. With several recent mass casualty shootings, federal, state and local law enforcement agencies need to arrive at an active scene ready to deal with medical emergencies while still seeking out a moving armed target.

Pitt County Memorial Hospital Trauma surgeons and ER Physicians have volunteered their time to demonstrate and teach law enforcement members how to apply a tourniquet for gun shot wounds, clear an airway, stabilize a spinal injury and many other lifesaving procedures. Instructors will then simulate a real scenario where attendees must provide cover for caregivers and extract a wounded officer.

Agents, deputies and officers from the FBI, DEA, USSS, IRS, ATF, USDA-OIG, DCIS, SBI, Greenville PD, Goldsboro PD, ECU PD, Pitt Co. Sheriff’s Office, Wayne Co. Sheriff’s Office, USAF AFOSI, NCIS, Virginia State Police, SC State Constable and many others will take part in the day long training exercise.

The training will be held March 25, 2009 at the Pitt Community College Firing Range in Bethel , NC—off Highway 33 near North Pitt High School on Ellen Farm Road . Training begins at 8 a.m. and will end at 5 p.m. If you are planning to attend and need more information about when to shoot the best visuals, please contact Public Affairs Specialist Amy Thoreson.