THE BUMRUSH

According to this article, a man by the name of Paxton Galvanek helped rescue two victims from an overturned SUV on the North Carolina interstate. He was the first one on the scene and safely removed both individuals from the smoking vehicle and treated their wounds. The crazy thing about the story: His medical background and knowledge came entire from playing as a medic in the video game America's Army. A quote from Galvanek:

In the case of this accident, I evaluated the situation and placed priority on the driver of the car who had missing fingers... I then recalled that in section two of the medic training, I learned about controlled bleeding. I noticed that the wounded man had severe bleeding that he could not control. I used a towel as a dressing and asked the man to hold the towel on his wound and to raise his hand above his head to lessen the blood flow which allowed me to evaluate his other injuries which included a cut on his head."

I know America's army has received a lot of crap since its introduction as a recruiting tool disguised as a game for the US Army. And I’m not going to argue that point, but after all the negative shit that gets said about video games, it is cool to see them get some positive press as a learning mechanism for real world knowledge.

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