[Matman]

My quick thinking allows me to bend his knees to take pressure off the injured abdomen. I apply moist sterile guaze to the wounds, and cover them occlusive dressing. I think check to make sure the suspect is still not moving and unable to cause any further injury to anyone who is in the area. By now, the medivac has arrived and my buddy is gonna be ok after a few weeks in germany... meanwhile, the perpetrator has died from a tension pnuemothorax as a result of the penetrating chest wounds. I'm a hero, I just killed a would-be assassin, and saved the life of an American Soldier. Right? Wrong. I just broke international law (as a soldier), as well as federal and state laws (as a result of paramedic certification and medical provider laws). The UN, Geneva Convention, and UCMJ were not followed, because as a Medic, I have to be blind and not see what uniform the wounded are wearing. The only thing people I can discriminate against, are those who are less severely wounded. When I triage wounded soldiers, whether they be soldiers of Allah, or soldiers of Freedom.. I first have to dismiss those who are expected to die regardless of treatment. My next priority, is the most severely wounded remaining. If it is an American soldier, he gets first treatment. If its the terrorist, I must step overtop of my guy, and ignore his pleas for help... and do everything within my power to save the life of the man or woman who was just trying to kill some of my own. If I fail to do this, I will have set myself up for a possible trial in the international criminal courts, violated my own values, and ignored what I believe to be a God given duty to treat the worst first. How hard is it to do? You will never have a clue. But its my job.

Lets say your in a battlefield and you hit an IED. You see the trigger man and your gunner shoots him with a 240B. The man is still alive and unarmed but he is bleeding out. The driver is wounded but concious and moving. Would you pass up the driver to go help the trigger man?