At the Grafenwöhr Training Area in Germany, soldiers strive to earn the Expert Field Medical Badge by the end of the week. This qualification is given to those who pass the rigorous course that test one's medical skills, as well as physical ability and weaponry skills. This course is available to doctors, nurses, and medics alike, and those who successfully pass acquire a heightened proficiency at performing medical care in a war zone. Exercises include caring for casualties under fire, loading them into ambulances for transport, and learning to deal with different types of ordinance (biological, chemical, etc..).
One candidate, Capt. Lori Metcalf, is a family nurse practitioner in the U.S. Army. Due to the need of physician assistants in the field, the Army Nurse Corps has approved the deployment of nurse practitioners to fill the void. Expecting to be deployed into active service in the near future, Capt. Metcalf took this course to better ready herself.
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