I was surprised to see the PJ go for a hand driven IO on this kid. He was alert to pain and moving around. I would have grabbed the drill and hammered it. But hindsight is 20/10 since we all see better than the Operator in the moment.
NCart: Pedro is chose usually due to the armament they bring with them and the fact that they carry up to 3 highly trained medics. No offense but a regular MEDEVAC medic can't match these guys in their knowledge, experience and training. Not trying to piss you off, it's just facts. And I know there are great MEDEVAC medics out there but they just aren't as good and their birds don't rock MK-44' and M-2's. As for your FOB being the "busiest in theatre"...Everyone tries to claim this. I helped at an FST in 2011 that rocked 100+ ATLS patients a month all summer. Sounds like you are jaded from being benched. I haven't seen them do anything that was bad medicine; they don't make the decisions, they just execute.