Class 1 Standard
- As for Class 2 and 3, but with additional training and experience.als acls batls.
- Provides health advice to non medical junior commanders.
- Has a good understanding of anatomy and physiology.
- Is able to take control of an emergency situation.
- Is trained in basic diagnostic techniques and able to report findings to medical services.
- Advises on basic field hygiene.
- Capable of advanced first aid and using advanced resuscitation techniques.ALS British resuscitation council
- Administers non-controlled drugs ordered by a Medical Officer.
- Administers drugs by oral route, inhalations, plus intradermal-, intramuscular- and subcutaneous injection
- Sutures simple wounds
- Maintains, or supervises the maintenance of, and indents for medical equipment
- Trains junior medical assistants
Additionally, at Class 1 the CMT is trained in the procedures and principles of Battlefield Advanced Trauma Life Support (BATLS), which includes Advanced Life Support, Cricothyrotomy and Thoracentesis.
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