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Lt. Joshua Grimes (left), physician assistant, and Lt. j.g. Ashton Hartwell (right), emergency room nurse, with Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) 7 assess a simulated drowning patient played by Logistic Specialist Seaman Audrey Bangura with Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC) during an ERSS course at NEMWDC, Apr. 14. The scenario incorporates realistic moulage, role players, and battlefield effects to enhance trauma response and prepare EXMED teams for operational deployment in austere environments. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Moira Francine Esquivel)

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Camp Pendleton, CA - Lt. Joshua Grimes (left), physician assistant, and Lt. j.g. Ashton Hartwell (right), emergency room nurse, with Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) 7 assess a simulated drowning patient played by Logistic Specialist Seaman Audrey Bangura with Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC) during an ERSS course at NEMWDC, Apr. 14. The scenario incorporates realistic moulage, role players, and battlefield effects to enhance trauma response and prepare EXMED teams for operational deployment in austere environments. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Moira Francine Esquivel)

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