What's in a name?
Early History
Box 1572 Solutions begins its story all the way back in 2004 when Scott joined the Navy to become a Hospital Corpsman. Scott went through is initial training and moved on to Field Medical Service School (FMSS as it was called in 2005) to train to be stationed with a Marine Corps unit. This training helps prepare a Corpsman for the worse case scenario and to always be prepared. This training proved successful later on in his career. In April 2006 he was initially certified as a NREMT and served as the EMT with the base firehouse on Camp Hansen in Okinawa, Japan. This was where his love for training with first responders was born.
As time continued on, the training continued while Scott was stationed with the Seabees in Mississippi and deployed twice to Afghanistan. His love for medicine and training grew and this was where he knew he should move on to train as the Surface Warfare Medical Institute to become an Independent Duty Corpsman. He graduated in 2011 and was sent to perform medical duties independent of a medical officer onboard a ship. While assigned, he was tasked with training the crew to respond to several medical emergencies to include mass casualties while operating in the Arabian Gulf off the coast of Iraq and Iran.
Fast forward to 2014 when Scott transferred to instructor duty at the Naval Undersea Medical Institute in Groton, CT and taught several topics to include Trauma medicine and medical simulation in coordination with the Center for Education, Simulation, and Innovation at Hartford Hospital. Prior to finishing his tour he qualified as a Master Training Specialist.
Today, he continues to serve as a Submarine Independent Duty Corpsman as the sole medical provider and trains the crew to respond to emergencies with him in the event of a worse-case scenario such as the USS SAN FRANCISCO.
Why Box 1572?
In keeping with tradition of preparing for the worse case scenario, Scott was inspired by the response of first responders to the Boston Marathon Bombings on April 15, 2013. In the words of Jay Fleming, "through a combination of extensive planning, preparation, and meritorious service by responders, every single person who could have been saved lived, a remarkable effort of the boston fire Department (bfD); boston emergency Medical services (beMs); boston Police Department (bPD); numerous volunteer medical staff members supporting the Marathon; the nurses, physicians, and surgical staff in many boston area hospitals; and countless volunteers who risked their lives to help out in any way they could."
In response to the bombings, the airwaves sounded to Strike the Box for 671 Boylston St where the first bombing took place. Fire alarm transmitted Box 1572. As the box went off, resources responded to assist all of those in need for the mass casualty as well as normal fire operations. Several lessons learned came out of this tragic event, but a few strike out as direly important when it comes to EMS:
- Always have a plan for any event that is occurring
- You can never plan too much
- Train hard because in the heat of the moment your training kicks in and you work autonomously.
- You can never be too knowledgeable on any topic
- Never stop learning because new things are always coming out
