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1 STP 8-68W13-SM-TG APRIL 2009 soldier S MANUAL AND TRAINER S GUIDE MOS 68W HEALTH CARE SPECIALIST SKILL LEVELS 1/2/3 HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Distribution authorized to US Government agencies and their contractors only to protect technical and operational information from automatic dissemination under the International Exchange Program or by other means. This determination was made on 16 April 2003. Other requests for this documentation will be referred to Commander, US Army Medical Department Center and School, Department of Training Support (MCCS-HT), Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234-5078. DESTRUCTION NOTICE: Destroy by any means that will prevent disclosure of contents or reconstruction of the document.

2 This publication is available at Army Knowledge Online ( ) and General Dennis J. Reimer Training and Doctrine Digital Library at ( ). STP 8-68W13-SM-TG 15 April 2009 i 1 soldier TRAINING PUBLICATION HEADQUARTERS No. 8-68W13-SM-TG DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Washington, DC, 15 April 2009 soldier 'S MANUAL AND TRAINER'S GUIDE MOS 68W Health Care Specialist Skill Levels 1, 2 AND 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Table of Contents .. i Preface .. iii Chapter 1. Introduction .. 1-1 1-1.

3 General .. 1-1 1-2. Training Requirement .. 1-1 1-3. Battle-Focused Training .. 1-6 1-4. Task Summary Format .. 1-7 1-5. Training Execution .. 1-8 1-6. Training Assessment .. 1-10 1-7. Training Support .. 1-11 Chapter 2. Trainer s GUIDE .. 2-1 2-1. General .. 2-1 2-2. Part One, Section I. Subject Area Codes .. 2-3 2-3. Part One, Section II. Duty Position Training Requirements .. 2-3 2-4. Part Two. Critical Tasks List .. 2-4 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Distribution authorized to US Government agencies and their contractors only to protect technical and operational information from automatic dissemination under the International Exchange Program or by other means.

4 This determination was made on 16 April 2003. Other requests for this documentation will be referred to Commander, US Army Medical Department Center and School, Department of Training Support (MCCS-HT), Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234-5078. DESTRUCTION NOTICE: Destroy by any means that will prevent disclosure of contents or reconstruction of the document. 1*This publication supersedes STP 8-91W15-SM-TG, 10 October 2001. STP 8-68W13-SM-TG ii 15 April 2009 Chapter 3. MOS/Skill Level Tasks .. 3-1 Skill Level 1 Subject Area 1: Vital Signs 081-831-0010 MEASURE A PATIENT'S RESPIRATIONS .. 3-1 081-831-0011 MEASURE A PATIENT'S PULSE .. 3-3 081-831-0012 MEASURE A PATIENT'S BLOOD PRESSURE.

5 3-5 081-831-0013 MEASURE A PATIENT'S TEMPERATURE .. 3-8 081-833-0164 MEASURE A PATIENT'S PULSE OXYGEN SATURATION .. 3-11 Subject Area 2: Medical Treatment 081-831-0033 INITIATE A FIELD MEDICAL CARD .. 3-13 081-831-0035 MANAGE A CONVULSIVE AND/OR SEIZING PATIENT .. 3-15 081-831-0046 ADMINISTER EXTERNAL CHEST COMPRESSIONS .. 3-18 081-833-0006 MEASURE A PATIENT'S INTAKE AND OUTPUT .. 3-22 081-833-0031 TREAT A CASUALTY FOR ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK .. 3-25 081-833-0116 ASSIST IN VAGINAL DELIVERY .. 3-27 081-833-0143 TREAT A POISONED CASUALTY .. 3-29 081-833-0144 TREAT A DIABETIC EMERGENCY .. 3-32 081-833-0156 PERFORM A MEDICAL PATIENT ASSESSMENT .. 3-34 081-833-0159 TREAT A CARDIAC EMERGENCY.

6 3-38 081-833-0160 TREAT A RESPIRATORY EMERGENCY .. 3-40 081-833-0187 INSERT AN OROGASTRIC TUBE .. 3-42 081-833-0201 TREAT A NEAR DROWNING VICTIM .. 3-45 081-833-0224 TREAT A PATIENT WITH AN ALLERGIC REACTION .. 3-47 081-833-3027 CARDIC ARREST USING AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR .. 3-49 081-835-3005 PERFORM A GASTRIC LAVAGE .. 3-52 081-835-3007 OBTAIN AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM .. 3-55 Subject Area 3: Trauma Treatment 081-833-0045 TREAT A CASUALTY WITH AN OPEN ABDOMINAL WOUND .. 3-61 081-833-0046 TREAT A CASUALTY WITH AN 3-63 081-833-0047 INITIATE TREATMENT FOR HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK .. 3-65 081-833-0049 TREAT A CASUALTY WITH A CHEST INJURY .. 3-67 081-833-0052 TREAT A CASUALTY WITH AN OPEN OR CLOSED HEAD INJURY.

7 3-71 081-833-0056 TREAT FOREIGN BODIES OF THE EYE .. 3-75 081-833-0057 TREAT LACERATIONS, CONTUSIONS, AND EXTRUSIONS OF THE EYE .. 3-77 081-833-0058 TREAT BURNS OF THE EYE .. 3-81 081-833-0070 ADMINISTER INITIAL TREATMENT FOR BURNS .. 3-83 081-833-0155 PERFORM A TRAUMA CASUALTY ASSESSMENT .. 3-88 081-833-0157 PROVIDE BASIC EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE FOR AN AMPUTATION .. 3-94 081-833-0161 CONTROL BLEEDING .. 3-96 081-833-0194 PREPARE AN AID BAG .. 3-99 081-833-0209 TREAT A CASUALTY FOR CONTUSIONS OR ABRASIONS .. 3-102 081-833-0210 APPLY A TOURNIQUET TO CONTROL BLEEDING .. 3-104 081-833-0211 APPLY A HEMOSTATIC DRESSING .. 3-107 081-833-0212 APPLY A PRESSURE DRESSING TO AN OPEN WOUND.

8 3-109 081-833-0213 PERFORM A TACTICAL CASUALTY ASSESSMENT .. 3-111 081-833-0229 APPLY KERLIX TO AN OPEN WOUND .. 3-115 STP 8-68W13-SM-TG 15 April 2009 iii Subject Area 4: Airway Management 081-831-0018 OPEN THE AIRWAY .. 3-117 081-831-0019 CLEAR AN UPPER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION .. 3-120 081-831-0048 PERFORM RESCUE BREATHING .. 3-123 081-833-0016 INSERT AN OROPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY (J TUBE) .. 3-127 081-833-0017 VENTILATE A PATIENT WITH A BAG-VALVE-MASK SYSTEM .. 3-129 081-833-0018 SET UP A D-SIZED OXYGEN TANK .. 3-132 081-833-0021 PERFORM ORAL AND NASOPHARYNGEAL SUCTIONING OF A PATIENT .. 3-136 081-833-0142 INSERT A NASOPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY .. 3-140 081-833-0158 ADMINISTER OXYGEN.

9 3-142 081-833-0169 INSERT A COMBITUBE .. 3-145 081-833-0170 PERFORM ENDOTRACHEAL SUCTIONING OF A PATIENT .. 3-147 081-833-0230 INSERT A KING LT .. 3-150 081-833-3005 PERFORM A SURGICAL CRICOTHYROIDOTOMY .. 3-152 081-833-3007 PERFORM A NEEDLE CHEST DECOMPRESSION .. 3-155 Subject Area 5: Venipuncture and IV Therapy 081-833-0032 OBTAIN A BLOOD SPECIMEN USING A VACUTAINER .. 3-157 081-833-0033 INITIATE AN INTRAVENOUS INFUSION .. 3-162 081-833-0034 MANAGE AN INTRAVENOUS INFUSION .. 3-167 081-833-0185 INITIATE A FAST 1 .. 3-172 081-835-3025 INITIATE A SALINE LOCK .. 3-174 Subject Area 6: Primary Care 081-831-0007 PERFORM A PATIENT CARE HANDWASH .. 3-176 081-833-0054 IRRIGATE EYES.

10 3-178 081-833-0059 IRRIGATE AN OBSTRUCTED EAR .. 3-180 081-833-0125 TREAT SKIN DISORDERS .. 3-183 081-833-0139 TREAT ABDOMINAL DISORDERS .. 3-188 081-833-0145 DOCUMENT PATIENT CARE USING SUBJECTIVE, OBJECTIVE, ASSESSMENT, PLAN (SOAP) NOTE FORMAT .. 3-192 081-833-0165 PERFORM PATIENT HYGIENE .. 3-194 081-833-0193 PERFORM VISUAL ACUITY TESTING .. 3-199 081-833-0195 REMOVE A PATIENT'S RING .. 3-201 081-833-0203 TREAT COMMON EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT (EENT) DISORDERS .. 3-203 081-833-0208 TREAT SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA .. 3-206 081-833-0220 MAINTAIN A HEALTH RECORD .. 3-208 081-833-0222 TREAT COMMON MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS .. 3-210 081-833-0223 TREAT COMMON RESPIRATORY DISORDERS.