Tactical Medical Airmen from the Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Fighter Wing medical group teamed up with local TacMed first responders from Ada County Paramedics, Meridian Fire Department, Payette County Paramedics and Canyon County Paramedics for an intense mass casualty joint training exercise, Oct. 3-4, at the Idaho State Police training complex. The exercise focused on the Tactical Combat Casualty Care Tier 2 Combat Lifesaver course led by wing medics and consisted of scenarios that had active shooters and mass casualties, forcing TacMed personnel to fight back with paintball weapons while defending themselves and providing care and protection for their casualties. “The goal of this training was to immerse community medics from varying agencies and backgrounds with a stress inoculation to dynamic threat environments. Local agency paramedics, whether embedded within law enforcement special response teams or SWAT teams, respond to an array of calls, some of which can have act...