[Matman]

Depends. In this hypothetical situation, is there still an IED threat?? Whats my security look like? These are all variables.

Typically, a triggerman who is injured must be checked for explosives, and then only after he is cleared, I can treat him. If its a hypothetical case, and he has no explosives, no deadman trigger for IED number 2, there's no sniper threat, ect... then yes, I will treat him always before treating my driver. This is medical protocol. This is International Law. This is the moral law that I follow. Matman, you already know the answer to this, you've been in charge of medics before. You know Geneva Conventions, and have probably even taught classes on it before. I'm junior to you, and I teach classes on it regularly. So this leads me wonder, why are you asking me? Its obviously NOT because you're uneducated on the subject. ...

I ask because we had the same situation. It was somewhat an unfair and loaded question. Because i know what is taught and i know the Geneva Convention. That same situation happened to us. We hit an IED. My truck. We took down the trigger man. My driver was talkative and aware. We had a team dismount and check the trigger man. We all said we were ok to our medic. He said he would still check us out first even though the enemy was bleeding out. Luckily he did. My driver turned out to have a traumatic brain injury along with internal bleeding. He seemed ok at first but he got worse and we had to medivac him. At first glance he was fine. But during the extra time he spent with us the driver started acting different. He spent the next year at Walter Reed hospital and is fine today. The enemy died. The medic thought out side the box and it paid off. I believe in the rules of war but sometimes they need interpritation.