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  • Airmen help thousands in Philippines

    Operation Pacific Angel 10-1 officially ended Feb. 22 after seven days of civic assistance projects here that provided medical care to nearly 14,000 patients, veterinary care to more than 3,300 animals, and new classrooms for approximately 480 local children.Operation Pacific Angel is a joint and

  • Air Force officials remain vigilant in PTSD treatment

    With a commitment to taking care of Airmen and their families, Air Force officials said they will maintain a focus on the prevention, mitigation and treatment of deployment-related post-traumatic stress disorder.Air Force officials use a three-pronged approach to promote psychological health and

  • Medical teams, volunteers help patients during weather-related delays

    Airmen from the 375th Aeromedical Staging Flight quickly assembled to receive 44 patients, 22 of them on litters, after an aeromedical flight originating in Germany had to divert Feb. 7, here, because of more than 20 inches of snow in Washington D.C.These 44 patients joined several others who were

  • PACAF commander presents medallion to World War II nurse

    Gen. Gary North, Pacific Air Forces commander, presented a medal to a member of the "Greatest Generation" during a ceremony here Feb. 5.Doris Avery accepted the Noncommissioned Officers' Association World War II Veterans Medallion, for her service as a lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps during World

  • New radiation oncology clinic opens in March

    The staff of Keesler Medical Center's new radiation oncology clinic is gearing up to begin treating patients in March, said Maj. (Dr.) Clayton Chen, 81st Medical Operations Squadron chief of radiation oncology. Plans are already underway for a formal ribbon-cutting for the new facility in the near

  • Medical teams render assistance after Afghanistan avalanches

    A series of avalanches struck a high pass in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan and reportedly killed or injured hundreds of Afghan travelers. The avalanches, which occurred Feb. 8 and 9th, cut off a major route between Kabul and northern Afghanistan. Afghan doctors and coalition members of Task

  • CSTARS trains Air Force trauma teams

    "I can't breathe."Maj. Tiffany Ingham looks down and assesses one of the two critical patients under her charge. One is conscious and communicating his respiratory distress and chest pain. The other is sedated and on a ventilator. The second patient has traumatic brain injury and burns, signature

  • Nurse finds healing from post-traumatic stress

    As a critical care nurse, Lt. Col. Mary Carlisle's focus always has been on helping others. It wasn't until a harrowing deployment to Iraq that the tables turned, and she became the one in need of aid.Colonel Carlisle described her battle with post-traumatic stress disorder and the healing she

  • 2K Filipinos receive medical care during Operation Pacific Angel

    Medical teams from the United States and the Philippines have treated nearly 2,000 Filipino patients since Monday during Operation Pacific Angel, a humanitarian and civic assistance operation scheduled here through Feb. 22. More than 50 U.S. military personnel are particapting in Operation Pacific

  • Buggin' out

    A U.S. Air Force Airman and representatives from the local health department are on a crusade to combat the Dengue virus in barangays, or villages, as part of Operation Pacific Angel, here Feb. 15-22.Maj. Stephen Wolf, one of only 15 entomologists in the Air Force, and Ms. Julie Samson, from the

  • AF SG Asks MHS for "Disruptive Innovation"

    Lt. Gen. Charles B. Green, surgeon general of the Air Force, gave a lecture during the 2010 MHS Conference Jan. 28, introducing a new goal to the military medical community: disruptive innovation. Chief Master Sgt. Charlie Cole spoke alongside him, similarly challenging the audience - which included

  • Air Force medical units merge in San Antonio

    The 59th Medical Wing at Lackland Air Force Base just got bigger. All Air Force medical treatment facilities in San Antonio now fall under a single command structure.Feb. 1 marked the activation of two new medical groups. The 12th Medical Group at Randolph Air Force Base became the 359th Medical

  • Air Force EMEDS provides care, compassion to people of Haiti

    A cement truck rumbles by a group of uniformed Airmen, kicking up a cloud of dust. Unfazed, the group reaches into a waiting van and begins to walk a stretcher towards a group of light-brown tents. It's only 11:30 a.m., but the team has already done this exercise half a dozen times in the sweltering

  • Pay, medical, family issues highlight budget request

    President Barack Obama will request increased funding for military pay, housing allowances, family support programs and care for wounded warriors, as he recognizing the nation's responsibility to support its men and women in uniform and their families, White House officials said Jan.27, here. The

  • Air Force medics evacuating critically ill from Haiti

    A three-person medical team from the Wright-Patterson Medical Center here have deployed to provide aeromedical evacuation support to assist victims of the earthquake in Port au Prince, Haiti.The Critical Care Air Transport or CCAT team is staging from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. with the 45th

  • Official Notes Health System’s ‘Amazing’ Impact

    The Defense Department's Military Health System has never played a clearer or more important role in the security of the nation, the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs said today. "I'm very, very proud of the great strides we all have made to date," Ellen P. Embrey told an audience of

  • Chairman Cites Need for Rapid Health Care Solutions

    Defense Department officials must work quickly to surmount a stigma that's preventing servicemembers from seeking help for the signature wounds of today's wars, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today. "We are clearly just beginning to deal with the long-term effects of the signature

  • Air Force officials select Airmen for physical therapy training

    An Air Force board here selected two Airmen to attend the U.S. Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.First Lt. Ronald Miller of Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., and Tech. Sgt. Aaron Butler of Moody AFB, Ga., were selected to attend the 28-month academic

  • Wilford Hall team heads to Haiti

    A team of more than 30 U.S. Air Force medical personnel, including 13 from the 59th Medical Wing, travelled to Haiti early Jan. 24 to provide medical support to earthquake victims."I feel very honored that we can take the military medical training that we have received and apply it to the needs of