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  • Center pumps blood to medical facilities in AOR

    When servicemembers are wounded in battle, they are transported to a nearby medical facility where they receive the necessary medical care. One of the most important parts of this care is ensuring these servicemembers have the right type and amount of blood needed to keep them alive. The 379th

  • Air Force nurses receive readiness verification skills training

    More than 25 active duty nurses from the 59th Medical Wing received Readiness Verification Skills training Sept. 9 in the Wilford Hall Medical Center simulation center. The hands-on RSV training program is conducted quarterly at Wilford Hall to verify nurses are proficient in the basic to

  • Afghan medical technicians learn lab techniques

    Air Force mentors are developing Afghan hematology knowledge and practices every day at the Kabul national military hospital. "The (medical embed training team) mission strengthens the (Afghan national army's) healthcare system's ability to improve medical care with trained and experienced medical

  • Army doctors on Keesler staff

    Keesler Medical Center now boasts two Army physicians among its "Dragon Medics." Capt. (Dr.) Leslie Weeks is one of the newest obstetrician/gynecologists assigned to the 81st Surgical Operations Squadron Women's Health Clinic. She joined Maj. (Dr.) Amanda Bell, chief of the 81st Medical Operations

  • American medical advisers guide Iraqi army back into patients' trust

    American medical advisers at Camp Ur are helping Iraqi army members run a clinic efficiently here as well as getting Iraqi soldiers to use the medical care available to them. Camp Ur boasts a fully functioning medical clinic complete with a three-bay emergency room, pharmacy, dentist, radiology

  • Medical exchange program benefits military, civilian community

    The 3rd Medical Group's Family Practice clinic staff here and Providence Alaska Medical Center are working together to bring more hands-on training to medical residents. Members of the 3rd MDG began an exchange program with Providence to allow medical residents to come here and work alongside Air

  • Airmen stand up medical squadron to support training exercise

    Airmen built and set up the 458th Expeditionary Medical Squadron here in early September to support a multinational medical exercise. The expeditionary squadron is in Nis to support the 2009 Military Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe, or MEDCEUR, that began Sept. 2 and ended

  • Air Force doctors perform first stem cell transplant in DoD

    On Sept. 10 Maj. (Dr.) Dustin Stevenson, medical director for bone marrow transplants at Wilford Hall Medical Center here, was the first physician to perform a stem cell transplant involving a matching unrelated donor in a Department of Defense hospital. Stem cell transplants from a donor's bone

  • Welcoming home a fallen Soldier

    It was a day that would be described as not out of the ordinary for an August morning at Peterson Air Force Base. Pikes Peak stood boldly in the back drop as she normally does, looking majestically down on Colorado Springs as the bright sun warmed the morning skies. People went about their business

  • Forum discusses medicine's future

    Community leaders from academia, private industry, Veterans Affairs and the Air Force gathered for a medical leadership forum during Air Force Week Sacramento. Held on the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, an audience of more than 200 active duty, regional medical school deans and

  • 45th MDG civilian earns top AFA award

    Mr. Gary Parker, a retired Air Force master sergeant and current 45th Medical Group medical manpower analyst, was recently named the Air Force Association's "Civilian Program Specialist of the Year." His supervisor, while proud as she can be, wasn't caught off guard by this outstanding achievement.

  • Fast action saves Airman’s life

    An Airman is recovering from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident, due in large part to wearing proper personal protection equipment and the fast actions of the emergency room staff at the David Grant USAF Medical Center. Airman Erin Lukemire, 60th Maintenance Squadron aerial repairman, and

  • Wilford Hall doctor selected for AMSUS award

    The Association of Military Surgeons of the United States will present Maj. (Dr.) Vikhyat Bebarta this year's Donald F. Hagen Young Physician Award at their 115th annual meeting in St. Louis, Nov. 15. The Donald F. Hagen Young Physician Award recognizes early accomplishments and demonstrates future

  • Surgical residency receives full ACGME accreditation

    Keesler's 81st Medical Group, which boasts the largest Air Force surgical training residency program, has received full ACGME accreditation as a joint training platform. The program was evaluated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the governing body for all United States

  • Defense Department to start H1N1 flu vaccinations

    All military personnel will be vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus, and the vaccine will be available to all military family members who want it, a Defense Department health affairs official said Sept. 2 here. The H1N1 vaccination program will begin in early October, said Army Lt. Col. (Dr.) Wayne

  • NCO donates kidney, begins 'donor chain'

    Valinda Jones, a nurse in Woodland Hills, Calif., has endured more than 14,500 hours of dialysis throughout the last five years -- that's eight hours a day, every day -- relying on a machine to filter impurities from her blood. Thanks to Master Sgt. Nicole Lanstrum, Ms. Jones is back to living a

  • Tinker man uses painful past to educate others about suicide

    When 27-year-old Gordon Joel "Joey" Dunham died, his father wanted to die, too. "I've had every emotion possible," said Rocky Dunham, a tools and parts attendant with the 552nd Commodities Maintenance Squadron. "I had no idea what suicide was about until it touched me when my son died last year.