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Show A A Airmen from the engine shop treat Airman 1st Class Adam Cooks simulated wounds. Airman Cook was a moulage victim during the September ORI. MouDage A By Staff Sgt. Brian Bahret lends touch 388th Fighter Wing Public Affairs With a screw sticking out of his eye, an airman screams for help after an attack. The person, dressed with injures, is another scenario added to Septem- bers operational readiness exercise. A V y The greatest benefit is the realism it adds to the scenario and actions we take during self-ai-d and buddy care, said Col. Charles Oltman, 388th Fighter Wing vice commander. The visual injuries help create the right atmosphere to react, he said. When youre handed you cant see all the symptoms. Master Sgt. Steve Jebson, exercise evaluator, agreed that the visual of the moulage victims add more realism. You can see the injury and see what you have to treat, he said. It makes the scenario more realistic. For the August and the September OREs, Airman 1st Class Adam Cook, 388th MXS egress shop system technician, was a moulage volunteer. He sees first-han- d how people react to the injuries. He said when the injuries arent visible, people dont take the scenarios as seriously. When they see eyes popping out, they tend to get into it, he added. Over the last two exercises, his injuries have varied from mild sunburns to a screw protruding from his eye. He said treatment of his injures varied from poor to excellent. However, during the last two exercises, he has watched the airmen grow more proficient in SABC. At first nobody knew what was going on. This time, people have a handle on it. The moulage victims are trained on the symptoms associated with the injuries they have. Airman Cook said exercise evaluators give the victims cards that describe the injuries and explain how to portray them. The card tells them what to do if treatment isnt administered in a certain amount of time or if the incorrect treatment is given. As time progresses, the injuries and symptoms worsen occasionally leading to death. Airman Cook said the majority of times he has died was not not because the SABC treatment was wrong, but because he was waiting for transportation during alarm black. Above, Tech. Sgt. Pedro Gonzales, 75th Medical Group assistant team chief for the moulage team, turns healthy Airman 1st Class Adam Cook into a victim before an attack during the operational readiness exercise. Sergeant Gonzales adds an eye impaled with a screw. The objective is to see how the airmen in the field treat the eye injury. battle-damag- ed Left, Sergeant Gonzales applies spirit gum, an adhesive, to hold Airman Cooks injured eye to his head. Behind the scenes Sergeant Gonzales uses a simple technique to create third degree bums on arms. He begins the injury by applying a thin layer of makeup to the victims arms, simulating the burned skin. Next he applies vaseline to the injured area. After he spreads the vaseline around the burned area, he adds strips of tissue paper to the wound. When mixed, the vaseline and tissue paper look like blisters on the skin. Next he adds a touch of fake blood. Finally, he adds a thin topping of charcoal to simulate the powder from the explosion. red-color- ed |