DVIDS – Information – Medical Readiness Command, West, SEL visits Munson Military Well being Heart

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. – The senior enlisted chief of U.S. Military Medical Readiness Command, West, met with Troopers at Munson Military Well being Heart, Feb. 14.

Command Sgt. Maj. Jennifer A. Francis was on submit to offer a briefing on the U.S. Military Medical Command to officers on the Command and Normal Employees School Pre-Command Course.

It included a cease at Munson, one in all 11 army remedy services within the area, to talk with Troopers who present each day care to service members, retirees and their households.

“MRC, West, is accountable for offering regionally ready and globally responsive medical forces, well being providers assist and power well being safety to maintain the combating power, so you will need to me go to our items and converse instantly with our Troopers and their leaders to make sure from the highest down that we’re all working towards the nested priorities set by the [U.S. Army] Surgeon Normal,” Francis stated.

These priorities, recognized by Lt. Gen. Mary Ok. Izaguirre, U.S. Military Surgeon Normal and Commanding Normal of U.S. Military Medical Command, embody combat-ready medical forces, the power to keep up well being , a tradition of steady transformation and the strengthening of the occupation.

At Munson, the command workforce and medical firm work to offer their Troopers with on- and off-site coaching alternatives that contribute to technical and tactical proficiency.

“We take a proactive method and attempt to give our Troopers loads of alternatives to work on coaching and readiness,” stated Sgt. Maj. Jason Trevino, Munson's senior enlisted chief.

In January, Troopers from Munson Pharmacy headed to Irwin Military Group Hospital at Fort Riley, Kansas, the closest DM with inpatient capability.

“We went to Fort Riley to work on a few of our inpatient pharmacy expertise, mixing IVs, nebulizer inhalers and different medicines. It actually helped get again to that familiarization,” stated Munson Pharmacy Specialist Sgt. William Dobbin, including that he’ll quickly be heading to Fort Sam Houston to take the pharmacy operations course.

“You learn to run a pharmacy in a deployed setting, the place you're most likely the one pharmacy technician,” Dobbins added.

Different Munson Troopers lately accomplished a 90-day rotation at Brooke Military Medical Heart, San Antonio, Texas, the place they had been in a position to combine into the surgical suite and carry out duties vital to their MOS.

Later this 12 months, Munson Troopers will attend delayed evacuation casualty administration coaching on the Fort Riley Medical Simulation Coaching Heart. This course offers coaching in tactical fight casualty care, interventions, and prolonged area care to arrange medics to keep up well being throughout large-scale operations.

“It’s our responsibility to coach our troopers, so we search for each alternative to take action,” Treviño stated.

On the finish of his go to, Francis shared that he loved interacting with the Munson Troopers and credited the workforce for his or her give attention to each preparation and supply of medical care.

Munson Military Well being Heart serves greater than 13,000 Navy Well being System beneficiaries at Fort Leavenworth and the Kansas Metropolis metropolitan space. Fundamental providers embody major care, pharmacy, laboratory, radiology providers and public well being.

Go to https://Munson.TRICARE.mil to study extra about Munson medical providers.