Dec. 19, 2011 AF Wounded Warrior Program helps Airmen transition, become self-sufficient For wounded warriors who are being medically retired, the fear of leaving the service can be a frightening reality. Unfortunately, there are many more hurdles they must face during their transition.While the Air Force has many programs in place to help these Airmen, the Wounded Warrior Program care
Dec. 13, 2011 Air Force Surgeon General visits Offutt U.S. Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. C. Bruce Green visited the 55th Medical Group here, Nov. 30 - Dec. 1.The visit included a tour of medical facilities and to inform Airmen of Air Force Medical Service priorities and plans for the future. "The Air Force Medical Service vision is in continuing
Dec. 9, 2011 Balad hospital closes while redefining combat medicine It was a place of hope. A place where terrible effects of combat were sent so heroes in hospital garb could work their magic, perform lifesaving surgeries and get our brothers and sisters in arms headed home for more intensive medical care. Military members are alive today because of the warriors
Dec. 9, 2011 METC instructors selected for AETC Award Two instructors with the Medical Education & Training Campus (METC) were selected for Air Education and Training Command (AETC) 2011 Medical Service Awards. Lt. Col. James Kutner, the Air Force Dental Assistant Program Director for METC, won the Air Force Dental Educator of the Year Award for his
Dec. 8, 2011 75th MDG Patient Centered Medical Home excellence Recently, the 75th Medical Group was ranked the Air Force Surgeon General's number 2 out of 29 Patient Centered Medical Homes. The Patient Centered Medical Home is the Air Force's premier primary care medicine program. Its purpose is to create a partnership between the medical staff and the patients
Dec. 7, 2011 U.S., Honduran partners help more than 1,100 flood victims More than 20 medical personnel from Joint Task Force-Bravo provided general medical care to more than 1,100 flood victims Nov. 29 and 30 at Choluteca, Honduras. The JTF-Bravo team collaborated with their Honduran medical partners, including the Honduran Ministry of Health, to provide care to
Dec. 6, 2011 Medical leaders build SAMHS framework With the government's need to reduce costs, gain efficiencies, and improve effectiveness, Base Realignment and Closure 2005 directed many changes around the world, with a deadline of Sept. 15, 2011 for implementation. One requirement resulted in the creation of the San Antonio Military Health
Dec. 6, 2011 Healthy eating during a gluttonous season Humans tend to shove their faces full of delicious food that surrounds us during the holidays.Knowing what types of food to eat and how much to eat can help prevent that dreaded holiday weight gain that normally ends up as a New Year's resolution January 1. "For the holidays, anything is fine in
Dec. 5, 2011 55th MDG member wins federal level award A 55th Medical Group member was announced earlier this month as the winner of a federal level nursing award for her work as a healthcare clinical nurse.Robbin Alex, 55th MDG chief of quality services, was named the federal nurse of the year by the Association of Military Surgeons of the United
Dec. 5, 2011 Simulated reality prepares first responders "Move it!" the on-scene commander yelled. "This is bad; it's real bad!"The medical response team rushed in while the commander continued shouting, "Someone was hit with an IED and it's bad! We need you to save his life!"A door was thrown open, giving them access to the victim.The simulated carnage
Dec. 5, 2011 Enhancing the health care experience at the clinic In the last two years, the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) has been gradually implemented at bases across the country and December 2011 signals the launch of the program at Hanscom. Officials say PCMH will offer many positive changes for active duty members, dependents and medical staff.
Nov. 30, 2011 A new kind of Air Force nurse - the flight nurse clinical nurse specialist The Air Force Nurse Corps is developing a new kind of clinical expert - Flight Nurse Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS). Nurses with flight experience accepted into the program will immerse in a clinically rigorous curriculum with advanced flight nursing skills and disaster nursing. CNSs operate out
Nov. 30, 2011 Military residents win national neurosurgery competition Two military doctors recently won first place during a national neurosurgery competition. Air Force Maj. Sven Hochheimer and Army Capt. Corey Mossop formed a team that took top honors during the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Challenge, held during the CNS annual meeting in Washington, D.C., Oct.
Nov. 30, 2011 US, Kyrgyz officials participate in joint exercise Emergency responders from the Kyrgyz Ministries of Emergency Services, Interior and Defense participated in a joint explosive ordnance disposal and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives response exercise with their American counterparts Nov. 22 here.The exercise was
Nov. 30, 2011 Program reduces disability benefits waiting period after separation Air Force officials held a training conference recently to teach those operating the Integrated Disability Evaluation System how to process service members who, because of medical conditions, may no longer be able to serve in the Air Force. The conference, held jointly between the Air Force
Nov. 30, 2011 Wounded warrior program cares for injured Airmen When his convoy was hit Sept. 15, 2009, by an explosively formed penetrator blast, .50-caliber gunner Staff Sgt. Phillip Newlyn was taken back to his forward operating base in Baghdad, Iraq, then evacuated to Balad Air Base before being transported to Landstuhl, Germany, and onward to Walter Reed
Nov. 30, 2011 A life for a life: By saving her, he saved himself Rescue: to free from confinement, danger or evil. - Merriam-Webster DictionaryTen years ago when former Senior Airman David Sharpe adopted a pit bull puppy from a rescue shelter, he thought he was saving her life. In a dramatic twist of events just a few months later, she ended up saving his.Sharpe
Nov. 28, 2011 Recycling saves Keesler hospital $62,000 The Keesler Hospital's operating room is once again "going green."In 2004, Capt. Wendy Wilkins, an 81st Surgical Operations Squadron operating room nurse, began reprocessing the Flowtron compression hoses used in the operating rooms. Unfortunately, the reprocessing program wasn't re-established
Nov. 23, 2011 Air Force leaders issue holiday safety message Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy send the following holiday safety campaign message to all Air Force personnel:"'Safety never takes a holiday' is the theme of this year's holiday safety
Nov. 21, 2011 Luke, friends honor WWII nurse When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941, and the United States entered World War II, there were fewer than 1,000 nurses in the Army Nurse Corps. Anna "Det" Dorsey was one of them. She would go on to serve 22 years as an Air Force nurse, retiring as a major. Now 98, Det, a childhood