Combat medic

A military personnel, be it a soldier, sailor, or airman, who possesses basic Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) training and assumes the responsibility of delivering initial medical assistance and frontline trauma care in combat zones.


A broad term encompassing mental health symptoms such as depression, fatigue, dissociative experiences, challenges in concentration, and irritability. While distinct from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), it may serve as an antecedent or precursor to it. During World War II, this condition was occasionally denoted as “combat fatigue.”


 


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