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Video: Learning to Save a Life

Feb. 5, 2019
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A team of medics with the Army Reserve’s 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion Functional Specialty Team, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa, conducted a Combat Lifesaver Course for a class of 16 members of the Italian army, navy, air force and national police at Base Militar Italiano de Supporte in Djibouti.

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Service members learn how to apply a tourniquet.
A man leans against another man as gauze is applied to his shoulder.
A U.S. service member teaches two Italian national policemen how to apply a tourniquet.
A man lies on ground with dressing around his neck and shoulder.
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Video by Air Force Senior Airman Kirsten Brandes

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