European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 stars and stripes sunday april 29 dispensing Battlefield meds name tag says it a pills from above As one of Only a handful of army airborne pharmacy technicians sgt Eddie Alesich always imagined going to War with a Rifle and a 40pound dispenser of painkillers and other Battlefield eds our Job is to jump out of a plane with a lot of Medicine the 28yearold Buras la native said once you hit the ground you have to be ready to go ready to hand out pills As Fortune and Fate would have it though Alesich has found himself grounded at Ibn Sina Hospital in Baghdad Green zone where he works in the 28th combat support Hospital pharmacy he spends most Days mixing up Medicine in intravenous drip bags for patients in surgery or intensive care it might not be As exciting As jumping out of planes but Alesich said if s rewarding i love the people i work with Alesich also when i walk around the Hospital and i see a Guy who been injured pretty bad and Hes resting lean Imad that bashes passed out because i made that morphine drip for him if s something i sgt Eddie Alesich 28 of Buras la fills a prescription for an intravenous drip bag at the 28th combat support Hospital in Baghdad International zone on Friday Monte and stripes us military training iraqi medical workers by Helen Hig stars arid a Plain but Ding with barred windows and stacked up chairs symbolizes the us army Hopes for training iraqi military health workers Steps away from one of the country busiest emergency rooms the Structure is being turned into a schoolhouse with Laptop computers and High tech dummies that breathe and bleed about 30 iraqis have been trained in american style Emer gency Medicine under a program at Ibn Sina Hospital which is run by the 28th combat support hos Pital the programs goal is to polish the trauma related skills of Doc tors  other health workers so can resume control of Ibn Sina Center formerly used for the care of Saddam Hussein family and iraqi government officials according to maj Murray Kramer a coordinator with the army re serves 3rd medical command which manages the program the students All men serve in the iraqi army and Are picked by the ministry of defense to participate in the program which spans 13 weeks but might be Cut to eight students get lectures with powerpoint presentations in a room in the Hospital but lectures will eventually be moved into the schoolhouse when if s done the course material is from similar programs in the states students watch doctors handle All types of trauma in the Emer gency room intensive care unit and wards they also have the Chance to work on iraqi patients who Are treated at Ibn Sina if they Are linked to the us military the students get certificates when they graduate from the program which at some Point might in chide exams Kramer said the current of students fifth includes three doctors 17 nurses four lab a radiology assistant and a pharmacist and pharmacist assistant their Ages Range from late 20s to late 40s the students Are very dedicated americans and iraqis agree they know their Medicine but need some catching up clinically they say they also face looming cultural differences a big Gap in the Levels of iraqi and american technology concerns about their safety and poor living there wonderful funny smart really want the training said sol 1st class Janice her Bert 42 of port Charlotte a who has helped coordinate fee program but there Are Many iraqi emergency rooms can be difficult for doctors according to an iraqi doctor who works As a translator for the program patients come with relatives who often argue with doctors and physically attack them if they Dis agree with treatment said or he asked not to be identified by his real name for Security reasons doctors also Are very restricted on How much they can touch a woman or what clothing they can remove unless the patients Are More educated the students Are used to differ ent methods 9nd customs in Iraq Only some Doctore Are trained to put breathing tubes Down patients throats in tvs Medicine medics Doit you Are joking us incredulous students said to Herbert iraqis Are hesitant to touch members of the opposite sex Dur ing medical training so the schoolhouses three flesh coloured lifelike which can blink breathe have a pulse and can be hooked to Moni tors also have interchange Able body parts to switch Gen Ders the iraqis Are seeing that american doctors treat everyone regardless of race religion and politics that can be Eye opening Kramer said some students were astonished that Ibn Sina was caring for some injured Iraq children they went in to see them and marvelled at How Well they were being treated grown men came put crying he said email Helen he Monte and stripes an iraqi doctor listens for simulated signs of life in a computerized fir staid mannequin during training at in Sina Hospital in Baghdad the 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