April 8, 2010 Chilean, Air Force medical teams share knowledge, experience Air Force and Chilean medics are transitioning duties while sharing knowledge at the emergency medical support hospital here March 22.In its first 10 days of operation, Chilean and Air Force medics worked side-by-side to treat more than 130 patients and perform 16 surgeries. For many of the Airmen
April 8, 2010 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 8, 2010 Blood platelet donations vital in deployed environment When a servicemember is critically injured in Iraq or Afghanistan and in need of a blood transfusion, it is the responsibility of technicians in the 932nd Blood Support Detachment here to ensure units of blood platelets are collected and shipped out to the caretakers tending to the wounded. Medical
April 8, 2010 352nd Special Operations Group medical personnel share ideas during multinational exercise A two-member medical team recently deployed from the 352nd Special Operations Group and briefed local medics on the use of medical equipment in a field environment during Exercise Cold Response 10, an annual multinational training exercise in Norway.Lt. Col. David Luther, 352nd SOG surgeon, and
April 2, 2010 Medical staff removes UXO from patient at Bagram Airfield March 18, 2010, became an anything but normal day for the trauma team at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital here when they were called upon to remove unexploded ordnance from a patient's scalp.The patient, an Afghan National Army soldier, was involved in an improvised explosive device attack and had a
April 2, 2010 Airmen medically treat, evacuate 46 Afghans in mass casualty incident Airmen here responded to a mass casualty incident in Helmand Province March 31 following an improvised explosive device explosion at a local market in Nahr-e Saraj.Shortly after 9 a.m. early reports indicated a large explosion occurred, resulting in a high number of casualties and within 10 minutes
April 2, 2010 Spice: The ticket out I am writing this article, which it hurts to have to write.Since my arrival two months ago, we have been fighting drug use issues on Hill Air Force Base.This week we sent the first of the many soon-to-come Airmen out of the Air Force and off the installation as a civilian for the use of spice. This
April 2, 2010 Disabled veteran trains for inaugural Warrior Games Doctors once told Matthew Bilancia that playing sports and competing in athletic competition would be difficult, if not nearly impossible. But the Air Force veteran is defying those odds with a demanding workout regimen and by being selected to participate in the inaugural Warrior Games slated for
April 2, 2010 Theater hospital wall preserves memory, sacrifice The 20-by 30-foot flag thousands of patients have passed under on their way to the Air Force Theater Hospital at Joint Base Balad often is photographed in military circles. But lesser known, though no less poignant, are the walls of the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility's recreation room.
April 2, 2010 81st Medical Group Hospital "Excellent," awaits TJC accreditation In a word, the 81st Medical Group is "Excellent."That is the result the Headquarters Air Force Inspection Agency (AFIA) passed to a standing-room-only audience of medical group members during the team's official Health Service Inspection (HSI) out brief March 12.A day earlier, surveyors from The
April 2, 2010 Elmendorf hospital adds animal-assisted therapy to arsenal of treatments The U.S. military has partnered with canines to detect drugs, locate explosives and catch criminals since before World War II. However, recent research indicates a new potential for the relationship between dogs and humans.Elmendorf's hospital became the fourth Air Force medical group to offer
April 2, 2010 Kyrgyz military working dog gets root canal at Transit Center medical group All military working dogs work hard and play hard. When they "attack" a ball during training or play time, their teeth often hit the hard ground or rocks. Alicia, a military working dog employed by the Kyrgyz presidential guard, did just that. She hit the ball so hard she broke her lower left canine
March 29, 2010 Air Force Medical Service - Trusted Care Anywhere NOTE: This article was published in U.S. Medicine's "This Year in Federal Medicine: Outlook 2010." It appears here with the publisher's permission."Trusted Care Anywhere" is the Air Force Medical Service's vision for 2010 and beyond. In every domain of Air, Space and Cyberspace, our medics
March 24, 2010 21st MDG receives highest inspection score in the Air Force Less than 10 days after the 21st Force Support Squadron and the Peterson/Thule Chapel was named best in the Air Force, members of the 21st Medical Group cheered with excitement March 19 as the Air Force Inspection Agency medical team chief announced they had received the highest inspection score in
March 16, 2010 Airmen, Chileans treat patients at new expeditionary hospital Just five days after their arrival in Chile, Airmen from an Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support team along with Chilean medics are treating patients at the newly built mobile hospital March 15 here. Chilean surgeons and anesthesiologists worked side-by-side with their Air Force counterparts to
March 9, 2010 Air Force medics deploy to support Chilean medical efforts An Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support team composed of more than 80 Airmen deployed to Chile March 8 from here to aid local medics in their response to victims of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake Feb. 27 in Chile.The Airmen from 13 different bases left Lackland Air Force Base aboard C-17
March 4, 2010 Brain Injury Awareness Month highlights facts about head trauma Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, has been labeled a "signature injury" of the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. It also occurs in non-combat settings in association with motor vehicle accidents, sports injuries, assaults and falls. In 2009, Department of Defense officials reported 20,199
March 3, 2010 617th AOC Airmen orchestrate African aeromedical evacuation When the 617th Air and Space Operations Center's Aeromedical Evacuation Control Team picks up the phone, the clock starts to work against them.AECT Airmen coordinate and transport patients who need a higher level of care from Africa to locations where necessary medical care is available as part of
March 3, 2010 AF cross country teams win Armed Forces title The Air Force men's and women's cross country teams won the Armed Forces Cross Country Championship Feb. 13 at Plantes Ferry Sports Complex, Spokane Valley, Wash."This was the most talented men's and women's team I've been a part of in seven years. I was proud of how well everyone performed," said
March 3, 2010 Kirkuk Airmen train Iraqi medics Members of the 506th Expeditionary Medical Squadron here are helping train Iraqi medics at the K-1 Iraqi medical clinic on basic emergency procedures.Iraqi Expert Field Medical Batch training is a four-week course offered to Iraqi medics in order to provide the experience they will need in