March 15, 2012 Deployed officer comes to aid of coalition partner An Air Force officer came to the aid of a Coalition partner who suffered a seizure after falling at Kabul International Airport, Feb. 18.Air Force Capt. William Boland, force support adviser with the 439th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, said he was on his lunch break when he noticed a runner
March 13, 2012 Bloody Saturday: Eglin Airman, team help save Soldier The memory of meeting 1st Lt. Nicholas Vogt for the first time will never leave Maj. Raynae Leslie's mind or her heart.Leslie, the 96th Medical Support Squadron's chief of clinical laboratory services here, was deployed last year to the Role 3 multi-national unit hospital at Kandahar Air Base,
March 13, 2012 Peterson AFB clinic wins Air Force patient safety team award Patients with appointments at the Peterson clinic receive some of the best care the Air Force has to offer. This was recently validated when it was announced that the 21st Medical Group received the Air Force Medical Services 2011 Best Ambulatory Clinic Patient Safety Team Award."This is the third
March 13, 2012 JTF-B medics provide care to 370 in San Juan The team from Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, saw more than 370 people on their first day in San Juan, Honduras, during the medical readiness and training exercise March 9. This brings the total to more than 950 patients seen by the MEDRETE team over the past three days. The
March 13, 2012 JTF-Bravo medics see 1,000 patients Members from Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, saw more than 1,000 villagers during the four-day medical readiness and training exercise in the Montana de la Flor region March 7-10. "It was a very successful MEDRETE," said U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. William Fecke, deputy commander
March 12, 2012 Whiteman Airman shares experience at president's home President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hosted a White House tribute to Iraq War veterans and their families Feb. 29, 2012, to honor them for their service, sacrifice and commitment to the nation.Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta,
March 9, 2012 Air Force invests in robust Spice testing The Air Force is currently conducting urinalysis testing for Spice chemicals through a civilian laboratory and will field an in-house urinalysis testing capability for Spice in mid-March.Spice is a name brand and also a generic term for a large family of chemically unrelated "synthetic cannabinoids"
March 8, 2012 Adenovirus vaccine cuts rate of BMT upper respiratory infections Adenoviruses have been an important cause of upper respiratory infections, or URIs, in basic military training for decades. There are 50 different variations of adenovirus, called serotypes, and they cause a variety of illnesses, including the common cold, conjunctivitis, and pneumonia. Even though
March 8, 2012 Warrior Transition Battalion complex opens The Warrior Transition Battalion's Company A held its official opening ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson March 2. The WTB's new Warrior Transition Complex was celebrated by members of the battalion and the 673d Medical Wing, Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell, and various organizations from the
March 8, 2012 New departments have come to USAF Hospital Langley: Part 2 Pulmonology Editor's Note: U.S. Air Force Hospital Langley has been identified by the Air Force Surgeon General as one of seven Air Force Medical Service currency platforms, a full-spectrum location to receive and provide for patient needs in an encompassing medical environment. To fulfill the currency platform
March 7, 2012 Air Force "Doc" moonlights as Spokane "SWAT" He's dual-hatted, serving his country as an Air Force doctor and his community as a member of the Spokane County Sheriff's Department Special Weapons and Tactics team.Simply known as "Doc" to his SWAT team colleagues, Lt. Col. Thatcher Cardon, a 92nd Medical Group doctor, has been a SWAT doctor for
March 7, 2012 Innovations in eye care So which is really better, "1" or "2"? That question can cause a lot of anxiety for 21st Medical Group optometry clinic patients. Many patients are fearful that they will be stuck with a bad pair of glasses if they give the wrong responses during their exam. The truth is often that neither "1" nor
March 7, 2012 Heads Up! March is Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month Traumatic brain injury is defined as a blow, jolt or other injury to the head that disrupts the functioning of the brain. Not all blows or jolts to the head result in a TBI. A TBI can occur from exposure to blasts, falls, gunshot wounds, and motor vehicle accidents. Blasts are the leading cause of
March 6, 2012 Keesler genetics lab helps doctors, patients fight Many times, medicine is a war - doctors helping patients or parents of patients fight against whatever disease or condition they may be up against. If that's true, geneticists would be your CIA operatives, your undercover agents providing valuable intelligence on the adversary.And here at Keesler,
March 6, 2012 Air Force expands drug testing program to include abused prescription drugs The Air Force and other military services will expand their drug testing to include testing for commonly abused prescription drugs beginning May 1, 2012.On Jan. 31, 2012, the Secretary of Defense gave a 90-day advance notice of the drug testing expansion which aims to counter the nation's growing
March 5, 2012 48th MDG makes it three in a row The 48th Medical Group continued its winning streak for the third consecutive Air Force Surgeon General's Best Hospital of the Year award, a feat some among the group thought was unlikely."It is unheard of that a hospital could win three years in a row," said Col. Joseph Legan, 48th MDG commander.
Feb. 28, 2012 Major receives German award for moral courage "There was no time to think; I just did it ... it was about helping someone out and doing the right thing."Maj. Deron Warren, an emergency room physician for the Landstuhl Regional Medical Facility in Germany, stopped a robbery at a restaurant in Kaiserslautern, Germany, in April 2011. For his
Feb. 27, 2012 Air Force is Worsham family business It's not unusual for a married active-duty Air Force couple to be assigned together. But there are three Worshams wearing blue at Keesler, all members of the 81st Medical Operations Squadron.First Lt. Angelica Worsham is a physician assistant in the family health clinic. Her husband, Tech. Sgt.
Feb. 23, 2012 EMT 'rodeo' sharpens emergency response skills Being deployed overseas can sometimes be challenging for an emergency medical technician, especially since there could be situations that one wouldn't normally see on city streets in the U.S.This is why the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group developed the EMT Rodeo, which creates various challenges
Feb. 21, 2012 First African-American woman to earn commercial pilot's license challenged racism head-on A Chicago registered nurse would go on to become the first African-American female to hold a commercial pilot's license.Janet Bragg was born in March of 1907 in Griffin, Ga., and after graduation from an Episcopal school, attended college at Spelman Seminary in Atlanta where she earned a registered