Medics assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery treat a 10-year-old boy suffering from 2nd and 3rd degree burns at Combat Outpost Salie, Feb. 1. The boy's father brought him to Combat Outpost Salie after suffering severe burns on his lower legs. 
Capt. John Pena, from Laredo, Texas, physician's assistant for the 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery, treats a 10-year-old boy suffering from 2nd and 3rd degree burns at Combat Outpost Salie, Feb. 1. The boy's father brought him to Combat Outpost Salie after suffering severe burns on his lower legs.By Spc. Ben Hutto
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, Iraq – Medics from the 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery, treated a 10-year-old boy suffering from second and third degree burns at Combat Outpost Salie, Feb. 1.
After the boy, Sudik Silam, was badly burned on his legs by water from a hot tea kettle, his father came to COP Salie’s front gate and pleaded for help since the Narhwan medical facility was closed.
The medics took Sudik and his father to the aid-station and quickly removed the dead skin around the burns to promote faster healing. They applied medication to the burns and wrapped them with a gauze dressing.
“It was sad to know this child was burned by a hot chai tea kettle, however it made me feel good that I could use my medical skills to help him,” said Spc. Gordon McTaggart, from Ottawa, Canada, a combat medic in 1-10 FA.
The medics gave the father ointments and gauze to change the dressings and were instructed to take Sudik to the Narhwan health clinic for a follow-up.
The father was so grateful that he offered the medics a goat as a token of gratitude. The medics were grateful for the gesture, but declined the offer.
“It is nice to help…and continue to build a good rapport with the local citizens in Narhwan,” said Capt. John Pena, from Laredo, Texas, physician’s assistant for 1-10 FA.
The 1-10 FA is assigned to the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, from Fort Benning, Ga., and has been deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom since March, 2007.
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, Iraq – Medics from the 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery, treated a 10-year-old boy suffering from second and third degree burns at Combat Outpost Salie, Feb. 1.
After the boy, Sudik Silam, was badly burned on his legs by water from a hot tea kettle, his father came to COP Salie’s front gate and pleaded for help since the Narhwan medical facility was closed.
The medics took Sudik and his father to the aid-station and quickly removed the dead skin around the burns to promote faster healing. They applied medication to the burns and wrapped them with a gauze dressing.
“It was sad to know this child was burned by a hot chai tea kettle, however it made me feel good that I could use my medical skills to help him,” said Spc. Gordon McTaggart, from Ottawa, Canada, a combat medic in 1-10 FA.
The medics gave the father ointments and gauze to change the dressings and were instructed to take Sudik to the Narhwan health clinic for a follow-up.
The father was so grateful that he offered the medics a goat as a token of gratitude. The medics were grateful for the gesture, but declined the offer.
“It is nice to help…and continue to build a good rapport with the local citizens in Narhwan,” said Capt. John Pena, from Laredo, Texas, physician’s assistant for 1-10 FA.
The 1-10 FA is assigned to the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, from Fort Benning, Ga., and has been deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom since March, 2007.
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