May 9, 2012 Nighttime medics This article is in preparation of nurse/tech appreciation week May 7 through 11. The Air Force consists of a varied group of individuals and a diverse assortment of careers. Additionally, each career field contributes to mission success in different ways. Whether turning a wrench in a torrential
May 9, 2012 My big fat story: Healthy eating, exercise key to improved lifestyle One day after coming home from work I sat on the bed because I felt like my heart was pounding out of my chest. I felt extreme chest pressure and I was scared. My wife took me to the Chest Pain Clinic at South Georgia Medical Center where I was kept overnight for a cardiac catheterization.
May 9, 2012 59th MDW decontamination team exceeds standards The 59th Medical Wing patient decontamination team prepare to move a simulated patient during an emergency management exercise April 19 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The team must set up and be ready to decontaminate patients within 20 minutes of activation in order to receive a passing rate.
May 9, 2012 Final touches made to new AF dental school and clinic Workers lay the final touches and work to complete the landscape at the new Air Force Post Graduate Dental School and Clinic at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, May 3, 2012. The building is a $38 million project that began in 2010 and has now opened its doors to start receiving patients.
May 9, 2012 Leaders sign last steel beam for WHASC phase 1 Another milestone was reached today in the construction of the new Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, part of the San Antonio Military Health System's objective to improve its military health care facilities and provide better access to care and treatment for its beneficiaries and their family
May 9, 2012 U.S., New Zealand air force medical experts exchange ideas, build partnerships When disaster strikes in the Pacific - whether natural or man-made, the U.S. relies heavily on its partners throughout the region to help respond, save lives and provide comfort to those requiring assistance. Leading the efforts are specially-trained international aeromedical personnel charged with
May 9, 2012 Beware of the binge I always enjoy starting an article with the cliché, "It's that time of year ..." It is, though. It is, in fact, that time of year to consider how you want to spend your summer.It's the time of year for barbecues, beverage-filled coolers, beaches and bouncy castles. It's time for cozies and bathing
May 9, 2012 AF joins international battle against HIV, AIDS The armed forces for the defense of Mozambique, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program and U.S. Africa Command, is hosting the third International Military HIV/AIDS Conference from May 7 to 10. More than 445 military and civilian delegates from 77 nations
May 8, 2012 Americans, Italians take fight to cancer, aid survivors More than 3,000 U.S. and Italian citizens took the fight to cancer April 28 raising more than $14,000 for research and aiding survivors and their families during a 12-hour 'Relay For Life' event hosted by a group of base Airmen at Area D here.This is the second year members from 31st Fighter Wing
May 8, 2012 Health professionals offer cool advice Anyone who has gone through Basic Military Training knows how seriously the instructors take "hydrating," but do the trainees really know why they are forced to drink water on what seems like a minutely basis?The human body's main goal is to maintain homeostasis, or balance, in all aspects of
May 8, 2012 ACC confident in F-22 Gen. Mike Hostage, commander of Air Combat Command, talked with media here April 30 about the national security imperative for the F-22, the status of efforts to identify a root cause for unexplained physiological incidents, and risk mitigation efforts since the Raptor's return to flying operations
May 7, 2012 AMC aims to increase casualty survivability in Afghanistan Air Mobility Command is working jointly with other U.S. military services to improve emergency care for service members critically injured in combat by employing newly-developed Tactical Critical Care Evacuation Teams, or TCCETs. These three-member teams, comprised of a highly-trained emergency
May 7, 2012 National Nurses Week celebrated May 6-12 All across the United States, registered nurses and medical technicians are being saluted. Every year, National Nurses Week focuses attention on the diverse ways America's 3.1 million registered nurses work to save lives and to improve the health of millions of individuals. Because of the phenomenal
May 4, 2012 How does high blood pressure cause stroke? Did you know that one in every three U.S. adults has suffered from high blood pressure, a major risk factor for stroke? And, stroke is the third leading cause of death in the U.S.Those facts came straight from the American Stroke Association and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
May 4, 2012 Tying healing to recovery A local branch of a much larger group is promoting fly fishing as a way to help combat veterans recover from their physical and emotional wounds.Project Healing Waters is a nonprofit organization that provides fly-tying, fly-casting, and fishing instruction classes to wounded service members and
May 3, 2012 Keesler Medics join Bataan Memorial March Four "Dragon Medics" and several family members were among the almost 7,000 participants in the 23rd annual Bataan Memorial Death March held March 25 at New Mexico's White Sands Missile Range.They were Nelson Viniegra and Nicholas Conger, 81st Medical Operations Squadron; Norites Bittig, 81st Dental
May 3, 2012 Keesler dentist wins award at 'Hinman' meeting A member of the 81st Dental Squadron Advanced Education in General Dentistry one-year residency program was recognized at the prestigious Thomas P. Hinman Dental Meeting March 22-24 in Atlanta, the program's 100th anniversary.Capt. (Dr.) Thomas Heidenreich, who received his dental degree from the
May 3, 2012 Potential to save lives inside all: Airmen share accounts of donation Boxes were piled high with cotton swabs and registration forms as numerous people took the first step to become bone marrow donors at a registry drive April 28 held in conjunction with Incirlik's Spring Fling. In doing so, those registrants rang in the spring season by increasing the odds for
May 3, 2012 Cancer survivor receives second service dog A Team Fairchild community member received his second service dog from Canine Assistants during an event at the base commissary here April 27.Daniel Swanson, an 18-year-old Spokane, Wash., resident, was diagnosed with a brain tumor when he was 7 years old. Since then, he's struggled with reduced
May 2, 2012 81st Medical Group selects 'Star Performers' The Keesler Top III has selected Senior Airman Jeremy Blakey, 81st Medical Support Squadron, for their Airman category "Star Performer" Award for January-March 2012.Master Sgts. Robert LeBlanc, 333rd Training Squadron and chairman of the Top III "Star Performer" program, and Mark Jegel, Mathes NCO