Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Bradley Christian, a native of Mexia, Texas, deployed as part of the Navy’s first En-Route Care System (ERCS) medical expeditionary capability aboard the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKECSG) on a regularly scheduled deployment, Oct. 14. Christian, who is assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Patuxent River, is a part of a 2-person ERCS team with an integrated intensive care mobile unit that supports medical care for up to one-to-two critically injured or ill patients at a maximum of eight hours during transport. He is a 2019 graduate from Cypress Ridge High School in Houston and has two uncles who have previously served in the military. Today, he is a search and rescue (SAR) medical technician with the NAS Patuxent River “SAR Dogs,” which is responsible for SAR support to the research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) mission at NAS Patuxent River. “We are here to mainly support the medical evacuation capability in order to prepare patients for flying,” said Christian, who volunteered to deploy on a ship for the first time in his naval career to support the ERCS. “We also have the opportunity to provide training aboard ship and integrate with the […]
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