My name is Jaime Soto, Jr. and I'm an Aviation Enforcement Agent
and I serve as an emergency medical technician
with Air and Marine Operations.
We are currently at a training facility in Las Vegas, Nevada
where Air and Marine Agents, who are emergency medical technicians,
conduct their annual recertifications to maintain their national licensing.
At this facility, Air and Marine Operations
EMTs go through a variety of training scenarios
that are crucial to save someone's life out in the field.
The training includes classroom instruction
and a variety of hands-on scenarios
utilizing role players requiring various levels of medical treatment.
Everything ranging from a rolled ankle
to full-blown heat related illnesses such as dehydration are covered.
The scenarios require us to go hands on in a variety of ways,
from applying a tourniquet, to stopping blood,
and are conducted to be as realistic as possible.
Air and Marine Operations works hand in hand
with the instructors at this training facility
to make sure that the training received here
mimics real-world situations that we may encounter
in our day-to-day operations.
More often than not, Air and Marine Agents
are the first on scene to medical distress calls
due to our immediate access to aircraft.
Therefore, it is crucial to regularly receive this training.
That way their skills prepare them to provide that care
and save lives in the field.
One of the great things about conducting this type of training
is that it shows you where you may be lacking in your skill set.
Doing this type of training every year
not only refreshes our skill set,
but it also helps build that muscle memory within us.
We've done it.
We have the repetitions, we know what to do.
We do everything to simulate
exactly what these situations would be like in the field
so that when the call comes, we are ready.