Kettering Health’s SERT holds training exercise today

Network to launch area’s first emergency surgical response team Kettering Health Network is launching what the hospital network says is the region’s first surgical emergency medical response team. Pictured is one of 26 vehicles in the new Kettering Mobile Care medical transport fleet outside Soin Medical Center in Beavercreek. FILE.

By WHIO Staff

XENIA — Kettering Health’s Surgical Emergency Response Team, SERT, and other emergency services are set to hold a training exercise today.

SERT is composed of a trauma surgeon, advanced practice provider, surgical technician, and other hospital staff according to a press release.

They provide advanced medical care at emergency scenes where a patient cannot be transported to a hospital in time for treatment.

The press release sites one situation where a person is trapped and may require amputation or is suffering from blood loss that can’t be controlled by conventional means at the scene of a crash.

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SERT was established in 2016, according to the release.

In addition to SERT, Beavercreek Twp. Fire Department, Xenia Fire Division, Kettering Transportation Services, and MedFlight will be holding training exercises.