Paxton Galvanek i USA kan være stolt av seg selv da han reddet en person uten virkelig trening for hvordan han skulle gi førstehjelp i en trafikkulykke. Dette lærte han nemlig gjennom dataspillet America's Army.

Da Paxton Galvanek og hans kone ankom til et ulykkessted dro han nytte av at han hadde spilt America’s Army, han viste umiddelbart hva han skulle gjøre. Mens kona ringte 911-sentralen dro Paxton to personer ut av bilen og visste nøyaktig hva han skulle gjøre når han ga dem førstehjelp.

Det amerikanske forsvaret sier dette er svært god reklame, spillet er beregnet til å rekruttere ungdommer inn i forsvaret mens det samtidig inneholder spille svært realistiske scener for medisinsk trening under forskjellige senarioer. Mer om hva Paxton sa kan du lese under på engelsk.

“I have received no prior medical training and can honestly say that because of the training and presentations within America’s Army, I was able to help and possibly save the injured men. As I look back on the events of that day, the training that I received in the America’s Army video game keeps coming to mind.”

I remember vividly in section four of the game’s medic training, during the field medic scenarios, I had to evaluate the situation and place priority on the more critically wounded. 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.”