British Army
An Army combat medic on a tab, in full kit, in the heat of a Cypriot summer as part of Exercise Lion Star
Combat medic reservists learn infantry skills
Front line combat medics are being put to the test in a new overseas training exercise to make sure they are not only first-rate trauma medics but can also think and act like fighting troops on patrol in Afghanistan.
The soldiers, all volunteer reservists from 253 (North Irish) Medical Regiment, need to be able to patrol with fighting troops in some of the most treacherous areas of Afghanistan to give instant lifesaving first aid should the worst happen on a patrol.
Picture: Bombardier Murray Kerr, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012
British Army
An Army combat medic on a tab, in full kit, in the heat of a Cypriot summer as part of Exercise Lion Star
Combat medic reservists learn infantry skills
Front line combat medics are being put to the test in a new overseas training exercise to make sure they are not only first-rate trauma medics but can also think and act like fighting troops on patrol in Afghanistan.
The soldiers, all volunteer reservists from 253 (North Irish) Medical Regiment, need to be able to patrol with fighting troops in some of the most treacherous areas of Afghanistan to give instant lifesaving first aid should the worst happen on a patrol.
Picture: Bombardier Murray Kerr, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012