April 15, 2011 332nd EMDG performs unconventional procedure When facing a dire situation, making split-second decisions can lead to mistakes.Indecision, however, could cost lives.With the clock ticking, medical staff of the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group performed an unconventional procedure to help save a patient's life. Members of the Air Force Theater
April 15, 2011 CMSAF discusses quality-of-life, personnel issues on Capitol Hill The Air Force's top enlisted leader testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee here April 13 about personnel and quality-of-life issues impacting the enlisted force.Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy, alongside his sister-service counterparts, highlighted the importance of
April 15, 2011 Kandahar Air Wing achieves medical evacuation milestone A combined team of Afghan air force and coalition members conducted the first dedicated Mi-17 medical evacuation mission April 11 here. The team moved an Afghan National Army officer, who incurred a compound leg fracture, from Camp Bastion back to Kandahar.The planning for the inaugural mission
April 15, 2011 Allergy tests covered for TRICARE beneficiaries Every year millions of Americans suffer from allergies, with symptoms ranging from irritating to life-threatening. TRICARE beneficiaries are eligible to receive care for the testing and treatment of conditions relating to allergies.According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
April 15, 2011 Research examines blast impact on human brain There's little debate about the risk of a brain injury when a service member gets a blow to the head, whether from an enemy round or from crashing against a wall or being inside a vehicle during an explosion.But some of the foremost academic researchers from around the world, working in cooperation
April 15, 2011 Altitude chamber training begins at the new 711th Human Performance Wing complex Altitude chamber training for future flight surgeons began Monday, April 4, 2011 at the new 711th Human Performance Wing complex at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. It is the latest United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine class to transition to WPAFB from Brooks City-Base, Texas
April 15, 2011 Making a difference one prescription at a time A small group of Airmen in the Craig Joint Theater Hospital here is making a difference in service members and Afghans lives filling one prescription at a time. Each day, nine personnel, two Air Force pharmacists and seven technicians, fill hundreds of prescriptions for everything from amoxicillin,
April 11, 2011 Air Force tests new Health Response Team in Trinidad and Tobago More than 40 U.S. Air Force medical personnel from the 60th Medical Group at Travis Air Force Base along with four Contingency Response personnel from McGuire AFB gathered here to test a new Expeditionary Medical Support Health Response Team in support of Fuerzas Alidas Humanitarias (FA HUM 2011) or
April 11, 2011 FA HUM 2011 Kicks Off in Trinidad and Tobago More than 150 U.S. military personnel and military and civilian officials from Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Canada, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, and the Republic of Suriname gathered here to participate in the annual Fuerzas Alidas Humanitarias (FA HUM 2011) or Allied Forces
April 8, 2011 Enlisted medics honored at Armed Services YMCA gala Air Force active-duty, Reserve and Guard enlisted medics were among those from all service components honored at the Armed Services YMCA's 5th Annual Angels of the Battlefield Gala at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center here March 31. Army Gen. Raymond Odierno, the commander of
April 8, 2011 Medical equipment system unfailingly covers wounded warriors You're riding in a convoy in Afghanistan on the way back to your base, joking with your friend about his obsession with "Dancing with the Stars" and daydreaming about eating hot wings for dinner when you notice your vehicle driver squint at the road just before an explosion blacks you out.Someone
April 5, 2011 U.S. military officials contribute to Kyrgyz deworming conference Three U.S. military medical experts including two colonels from the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, attended a conference here on mass deworming April 2 to contribute American health care concepts to the health program this country's medical representatives have successfully started and plan to
April 5, 2011 Intensive care unit nursing patients back to life The beeping of heart rate monitors and dripping of intravenous saline solutions play in the backdrop of the Air Force Theater Hospital, as nurses and technicians check on patients.The base hosts the largest military hospital in Iraq, where all severe medical or trauma related emergencies are routed
April 5, 2011 CMSAF highlights Airman resiliency during hearing The Air Force's top enlisted Airman testified before the House Subcommittee for Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies here March 30, about quality of life in the military.Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy, alongside his sister-service counterparts, spoke about
April 5, 2011 Mass casualty exercise prepares first responders The blaring sirens of first responder vehicles and spinning propellers of a C-130 couldn't drown out the plead for help from Airmen sprawled across the flightline.More than 30 Airmen were doing their part to add realism to a mass casualty exercise by creating a stressful environment for first
March 25, 2011 Operating room makes medical developments The operating room at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital here rivals operating rooms found in the U.S., officials said.The CJTH is a place where advancements are made in medicine every day, said Tech. Sgt. Robert Wick, a CJTH operating room orthopedic technician."We are learning new methods, such as
March 25, 2011 Contingency aeromedical staging facility Airmen get wounded warriors home The transition from the Craig Joint Theater Hospital to home is made easier for wounded warriors with the help of Airmen at the contingency aeromedical staging facility here. Once a patient is in stable condition after receiving care at the joint-theater hospital, they are brought to the CASF, where
March 25, 2011 The value of $1 Having insurance is always good and not spending a lot on the coverage is even better. So, getting $100,000 in traumatic injury life insurance coverage for $1 is great.The Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection program rider provides for payment to service members who are
March 25, 2011 PACOM officials direct distribution of potassium iodide tablets As a precautionary measure, U.S. Pacific Command officials directed distribution of potassium iodide tablets March 22 here. Base officials, however, are stressing there is no indication of increased exposure here. "We want everyone who may need the pills to be prepared, whether it's because of
March 25, 2011 Medical group decontamination team freshens up skills The set-up outside of the 95th Medical Clinic here March 17 looked like a scene from a disaster movie. Medics dressed in plastic suits worked to decontaminate patients while acting as a barrier between the infected and the clean.Fortunately, the scene outside of the medical clinic was simulated. The