My Journey as a Combat Medic : From Desert Storm to Operation Enduring Freedom

by Thibeault, Patrick Roland

• ISBN13: 9780615571690
• ISBN10: 0615571697
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-07
• Publisher: Patrick Thibeault

Summary

Doc Thibeault is a retired combat medic with deployments to Desert Storm in 1990 and Afghanistan during Enduring Freedom. This book is the celebration of the combat medic. The author's experiences as a combat medic during Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and fifteen years later during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan certainly qualify him to tell the story of the combat medic, and he feels that the story of the modern-day combat medic is not being told. Patrick writes about growing up as an Army brat and about dealing with posttraumatic stress disorder. Looking back, he remembered those old seasoned medics that he would look to for advice and inspiration. Enough stories and documentaries have been written about the surgeons in combat hospitals. A true story needs to be told about the medics who took care of the wounded first.

Author Biography

Patrick retired from the Army National Guard in January 2011. He works full-time in an inner city medical clinic in an urgent care and primary care setting as a Family Nurse Practitioner, and part-time as a Registered Nurse in a Medical Intensive Care Unit. Patrick lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with his wife Connie and their dog Rocco and cats Savannah, and Georgia.

Table of Contents

Airborne, All the Way	p. 1
The Army Brat	p. 15
Desert Storm	p. 27
Army Training	p. 51
Medical Training	p. 65
The Combat Medic	p. 85
The Army and the Army National Guard	p. 103
Camp Phoenix, Afghanistan	p. 115
Camp Victory, Afghanistan	p. 139
Healthcare in the Military	p. 161
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder	p. 171
Dear New Medic	p. 183
The Final Years	p. 195
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