For most of the class, it is the first chance they will have to experience operational medicine prior to an actual deployment. Before Bushmaster, students will have had two weeks of didactic instruction and lab sessions covering Advanced Trauma Life Support, environmental illnesses, various core Emergency Medicine topics, nuclear, biological, and chemical injuries, blood banking, field lab, basic preventive medicine, and the Geneva Convention. Students are very well front-loaded prior to coming to Bushmaster. Today, the Bushmaster experience has become quite sophisticated and realistic. It is now more medically relevant, incorporates current doctrine, deals with Combat Stress, and has a realistic and logical flow.
Continuous operations make the exercise more realistic.
This past year, the Blood Banking program was incorporated into the Medical Company and it has added a new level of expertise to the learning program. The TOC issues all official directives and supplemental information to the students. The TOC also serves as the communications center for the faculty. Course Objectives Please keep in mind that Bushmaster is NOT just ATLS in the field. We are providing students very well structured practical problems that test their ability to respond in such a way that expenses are minimized and benefits are maximized.