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,
Jan. 25, 2011 Airman named Air Force Male Athlete of the Year; sets sight to 2012 Olympic Games Captain James Bales, 21st Force Support Squadron orthopedic surgeon currently on staff at the U.S. Air Force Academy Hospital, has been named U.S. Air Force Male Athlete of the Year for 2010. He received the award at the annual Air Force Sports Directors Conference in San Diego in December. Captain
Jan. 25, 2011 TRICARE officials improve online communication, access Additions to the TRICARE military health plan's website are giving beneficiaries easier access to their personal health data, more convenient appointment scheduling and better communication with their health care providers, the top TRICARE official reported.TRICARE Online, the military health
Jan. 25, 2011 'Virtual world' helps with post-traumatic stress Defense Department officials are using virtual-world interactivity to educate and help warfighters and others who are reluctant to seek more direct care to deal with post-traumatic stress, said an official at the National Center for Telehealth and Technology, also known as "T2."During a recent
Jan. 25, 2011 No Airman left behind: Pursued by anxiety A young man lifts weights in a crowded gym. All of a sudden, a lion appears in the doorway, locks eyes with the young man and bursts into full pursuit. That surge of adrenaline and panic is what one Airman here felt while performing normal everyday tasks."I'm going through this feeling of a lion
Jan. 25, 2011 VA officials developing innovative patient-centered model of care for veterans Department of Veterans Affairs officials are creating a new office to develop personal, patient-centered models of care for veterans who receive health care services at VA's more than 1,000 points of care across the nation."VA has become one of the nation's leaders in quality health care and is
Jan. 25, 2011 386th EMDG Airmen boast garden oasis In the vast desert, it's hard to believe for many that anything can grow besides tumbleweeds. One provider with the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group has shown that with effort, determination and a little ingenuity, anything can grow anywhere. Lt. Col. Reynold D'Lima, along with other members of the
Jan. 20, 2011 Critical care air transport team brings ICU to battlefield He walks into the Kandahar Air Hospital with his medical bags in tow. Minus a few dusty footprints at the doorway from the outside environment, it resembles any other hospital complete with a clean, sterile smell -- a scent absent anywhere else on the airfield in Afghanistan which is noted for its
Jan. 20, 2011 TRICARE officials announce Young Adult program The Department of Defense announced Jan. 13 its introduction of the premium-based TRICARE Young Adult Program which extends medical coverage to eligible military family members to age 26. Expected to be in place later this spring, TYAP implements the National Defense Authorization Act of fiscal
Jan. 20, 2011 386th EMDG Airmen boast garden oasis In the vast desert, it's hard to believe for many that anything can grow besides tumbleweeds. One provider with the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group has shown that with effort, determination and a little ingenuity, anything can grow anywhere. Lt. Col. Reynold D'Lima, along with other members of the
Jan. 20, 2011 Deployed dentists have four-legged patients Capt. Matt Synder was only in country for three days when he learned his Saturday morning patient was a military member of another species -- the canine variety. Working hand-in-hand with Army Capt. Daniel Skirvin, the veterinarian deployed here, the members of the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group
Jan. 20, 2011 'Medical home' concept improves care, controls costs Wouldn't it be fantastic to get the old-fashioned kind of health care, in which the doctor knew you and your family and kept track of your medical condition, but with the additional convenience and access to health care information that modern technology provides?That's exactly what the TRICARE