Feb. 24, 2011 DIMO Takes Trauma Training to Tajikistan The Defense Institute for Medical Operations, a unit of the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) currently based at Brooks City-Base, San Antonio, presented medical professionals in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan a training course focused on regional trauma and disaster
Feb. 24, 2011 DOD leaders outline health care, family services improvements The Defense Department has taken a number of recent steps to improve health care and family support services for military members and their families, the department's two top leaders told a Senate panel Feb. 17.Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs
Feb. 24, 2011 CMSAF discusses need for strengthened resiliency at symposium The Air Force's senior enlisted leader discussed the importance of resiliency and its impact to the service Feb. 17 here during the Air Force Association's Air Warfare Symposium and Technology Exposition.Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy spoke candidly about the repercussions of a
Feb. 24, 2011 375th AES sergeant trains Afghan medics The Afghan soldier was in trouble. With his eyes sitting heavy and glazed-over in their sockets, his condition had worsened. He now had to be removed from the C-27A Spartan aircraft that had been flown to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, to transport him, and other Afghan National Security Force
Feb. 17, 2011 DOD surgeons general visit Bagram Airfield medics The Department of Defense surgeons general visited the Craig Joint Theater Hospital here Feb. 13.During their brief visit to Afghanistan's most advanced military medical center, Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Charles B. Green, Army Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Eric B. Schoomaker and Navy Vice Adm. (Dr.) Adam M. Robinson Jr.,
Feb. 17, 2011 Air Force officials warn: 'Spice' harmful to health, career A recent spate of incidents involving service members abusing the herbal mixture "spice" has prompted uniformed service leaders to stress the ramifications of using the drug and other prohibited substances, officials said here Feb 11. Marketed and sold as incense, and closely resembling potpourri,
Feb. 17, 2011 Parents of suicide victim share story On May 3, 2010, Joie Gates' boss entered her office and abruptly ordered a co-worker she was chatting with to leave with him. Three uniformed Air Force officers then entered the room and Ms. Gates knew she was about to get some bad news. They told her that her only child, Airman Austin Gates-Benson,
Feb. 17, 2011 DGMC, 615th team up to test EMEDS' 'hospital in box' Three hours after they hit the ground in Trinidad, members of the 60th Medical Group and the 615th Contingency Response Wing at Travis had treated the injured and suffering and delivered a baby. Some 12 hours later, the Expeditionary Medical Support Health Response Team had set up nearly
Feb. 17, 2011 Soldier coaches wife, delivers baby from Afghanistan Alright, listen up all you deployed dads (especially if you're an expectant father): you can take an active role in the birth of your child, even if you're stationed in a combat zone. All it takes is commitment, a little ingenuity, and Skype. Just ask Chaplain (Capt.) Joseph Palermo, who recently
Feb. 17, 2011 Air Force 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' repeal training detailed Air Force officials will soon begin training Airmen in anticipation of the repeal of the law and policy commonly known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." This training will help Airmen understand what is expected in a post-repeal environment, said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz."I know our
Feb. 17, 2011 New, enhanced VA benefits provided to caregivers of veterans Department of Veterans Affairs officials are launching the first of a series of new and enhanced services supporting family caregivers of seriously ill and injured veterans. In May 2010, President Obama signed the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 legislation authorizing VA
Feb. 17, 2011 Athletes vie for spot on Air Force Warrior Games team More than 25 wounded, ill and injured athletes participated in the 2011 Air Force Team training camp here Feb. 7 through 11. In January, Air Force Services Agency officials invited 32 athletes to the training camp. Twenty-five athletes will be chosen to be part of the Air Force team in the 2011
Feb. 17, 2011 ‘Blu-Med’ provides mobile patient reception The 81st Medical Group has a new mobile tool at its disposal to support a variety of disaster field response mission requirements.The "Blu-Med" system consists of a 28-foot trailer and tents that can be erected almost anywhere to support National Disaster Medical System Federal Coordinating Center
Feb. 17, 2011 Psychological health directors help Soldiers, Airmen manage stress National Guard officials have appointed directors of psychological health for each state and territory to ensure a continuance of care for service members and their families.The state directors of psychological health have been assigned to each of the 54 Joint Force Headquarters to serve service
Feb. 17, 2011 Women learn to fight stress from home front During a week in which White House officials pledged a whole-of-government approach to supporting military families, 11 women worked diligently a few miles away to learn to cope with the stresses of their husbands' multiple deployments and the post-traumatic stress that affects many of them when
Feb. 17, 2011 Top doctor cites importance of psychological health Psychological health is among the military's most critical and most promising areas of medical treatment, the Defense Department's assistant secretary for health affairs said Feb. 8.Speaking at the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury's Warrior Resilience
Feb. 17, 2011 Global Strike Airmen save lives by employing the wingman concept Two Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen employed the wingman concept recently when they alerted base security forces to the suicidal thoughts of their friend and got him the help he needed."A life was saved in our command that day because immediate action was taken by two wingmen who were paying
Feb. 9, 2011 The Air Force Medical Service – What’s Next? EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was published in U.S. Medicine's "This Year in Federal Medicine - Outlook 2011." It is re-published here with the publisher's permission.We in the Military Health System have made ourselves a tough act to follow. Our achievements have changed the face of war. We can
Feb. 3, 2011 Air Force Medical Service officials launch new Facebook page Air Force Medical Service officials announced the launch of a new Facebook page Feb. 2. This communication tool will provide a venue for service members and their families, retirees and their families, and interested organizations and individuals to receive health-related information and resources
Jan. 25, 2011 Joint-service, civilian team makes medical history In an unprecedented Air Force, Army and civilian medical move, the longest recorded adult extracorporeal oxygenation transport to date was conducted from Hawaii.ECMO is a medical treatment that provides both cardiac and respiratory support to patients whose heart and lungs are so severely diseased,