Aug. 27, 2009 DGMC recommended for VPP "Star" status Wrapping up an intense week, the executive leadership of David Grant USAF Medical Center anxiously sat and waited, holding their collective breath. After enduring an Occupational Safety and Health Administration outbrief where minutes seemed like hours, Peter Wilsey, OSHA Region IX team leader
Aug. 21, 2009 Airmen rescue motorcyclist from raging fire As the fire quickly consumed the 4-foot-tall crops and anything in its path, Chief Master Sgt. James Eggers knew what he had to do. His first priority was to quickly locate the motorcyclist laying somewhere in the field. It was late July when Chief Eggers, the 31st Medical Group superintendent here,
Aug. 21, 2009 Clinic traffic downrange shows need for hearing protection When gearing up for a mission in Afghanistan, servicemembers don't forget their helmets, gloves, weapons, eye protection or body armor. But what about hearing protection? Staff Sgt. Lee Adams, an ear, nose and throat technician here, said more than half of the patients seen in the ENT walk-in
Aug. 21, 2009 U.S., Vietnam host Asia-Pacific military nursing symposium The United States and Vietnam co-hosted more than 200 nurses from 14 countries during the 3rd Annual Asia-Pacific Military Nursing Symposium in Hanoi, Vietnam Aug 3 through 7. The five-day conference, hosted by officials from the U.S. Pacific Command and the Vietnam People's Army, focused on nursing
Aug. 20, 2009 Air Force aeromedical evacuation teams give British soldier fighting chance Three Air Force aircraft along with multiple aircrews, aeromedical evacuation teams, and agencies from around the world gave a British soldier a fighting chance at life in late July after the soldier sustained multiple gunshot wounds and had his blood supply replaced more than 10 times at a military
Aug. 20, 2009 Medic Academic ace selected for AECP Senior Airman Oruaro Idudhe, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron Physical Medicine Flight, is well on his way to becoming an Air Force officer; he has been accepted into the Airman Education and Commissioning Program. AECP allows active-duty enlisted members to attend college full time without loss of
Aug. 20, 2009 Iraqi official tours Joint Base Balad medical facilities The Iraqi deputy governor of the Salah Ad Din Province visited the Air Force Theater Hospital and Sgt. Ivory L. Phipps Clinic here Aug. 5 to develop ideas for improving health care within his district. Ahmed al-Krayem toured units within the facility and talked to several members of the hospital.
Aug. 20, 2009 Obama: Health Care Reform Won't Impact VA, TRICARE In ongoing discussions about health-care reform, President Barack Obama offered assurance to those receiving medical care through TRICARE or the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): Your benefits are safe. Eligibility for health care under VA or TRICARE "will not be affected by our efforts at
Aug. 20, 2009 Obama: VA outreach aims at seamless transition The days of Department of Veterans Affairs officials waiting passively for veterans leaving the military to come and seek benefits and services are over, President Barack Obama told military reporters Aug. 4 here. Today's VA is reaching out, while servicemembers are still in uniform, to make sure
Aug. 20, 2009 Tricare deputy director highlights new programs Tricare officials are enhancing programs and services as part of an ongoing commitment to provide quality health care for military families, the new deputy director of Tricare Management Activity said. One of the key Tricare initiatives is to enhance the contact beneficiaries and their family
Aug. 20, 2009 Ophthalmology residency program receives top accreditation The San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium Ophthalmology Residency Program at Wilford Hall Medical Center here has obtained the highest level of accreditation. Officials with the Accreditation Counsel for Graduate Medical Education have awarded the residency program a five-year
Aug. 20, 2009 Operation Lone Star a success Operation Lone Star, which provided health care to more than 11,000 South Texas residents in just two weeks last year, has expanded this summer to provide free health clinics in even more locations. Military personnel, state and county officials and hundreds of volunteers provided free health
Aug. 20, 2009 Timorese islanders receive 'house call' Four U.S. Air Force and three Royal Australian Regiment medical personnel provided basic family care support to 283 people in the tiny fishing village of Bikeli, Atauro in Timor Leste, July 22, in support of Operation Pacific Angel 09. The small group was flown to the island by the International
Aug. 20, 2009 Physical therapists keep servicemembers in the fight Aircraft mechanics make sure the airframes they are assigned to are in impeccable condition, fine tuning them, ensuring there isn't any excessive wear and tear so these precision machines are ready to do their part in the today's fight. The human body is also a precision machine and needs to be well
Aug. 20, 2009 Lackland officer wins Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Award The operating room flight commander at the 59th Surgical Operations Squadron here recently was selected the 2009 recipient of the Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Military Award in the field grade officer category by the Tuskegee Airmen Incorporated. Lt. Col. Jacqueline Mudd was presented the award at the
Aug. 20, 2009 Defense, Veterans Affairs officials collaborate on brain injuries More than half of U.S. servicemembers seriously injured in Iraq or Afghanistan and admitted to Walter Reed Army Medical Center here, suffer from traumatic brain injury, according to Defense Veterans Brain Injury Center officials. "The most common injury that we see is, of course, traumatic brain
Aug. 20, 2009 Enlisted Airman diagnoses, treats patients Military patients are used to having officers or civilians with doctorates of medicine as their primary care providers; however, patients sometimes take a second or third look as they see enlisted Airmen performing diagnosis and providing treatment, functions normally performed by doctors. Those
Aug. 20, 2009 59th Dental Group provides care to Guyanese patients Members of the 59th Dental Group, Wilford Hall Medical Center, participated in "New Horizons," a humanitarian mission to Guyana July 19 - 31 to give routine dental care to the locals. A team of six doctors and 14 enlisted airmen brought mobile dental equipment needed for the two week rotation to
Aug. 20, 2009 Recognize the warning signs Those of us who serve or work for the miltiary receive training on suicide prevention, but how many of us really apply what we learn? Are we watching for warning signs? Do we know who is at risk and how we can help them? Do we know what we can do to help? I don't know about you, but I always thought
Aug. 20, 2009 Graduation of endodontics residents another post-Katrina milestone Keesler marked another landmark in its recovery from Hurricane Katrina with the June 29 graduation of Keesler Medical Center's residency in endodontics class. Lt. Cols. (Drs.) David Bowers and Gerald Kaban were honored in the first graduation ceremony for endodonics residents since 2005, when the