April 19, 2022 AFRL leaders, Kettering Health network celebrate new Enlisted Critical Care Training Center at Soin Medical Center The U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine and the Kettering Health Network celebrated the official opening of the Enlisted Critical Care Training Center located at Soin Medical Center on April 13, 2022.
April 18, 2022 Spark Tank idea comes to life through AFRL engineers Imagine a kitchen without a countertop or a garage without a space for its tools and nothing but the floor as a workspace. This is how Ground Surgical Teams have worked for years, but engineers from the 711th Human Performance Wing, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, are addressing this
April 15, 2022 Air Force medical policies for aviators are research-based, data-driven The Air Force continuously assesses the medical policies surrounding its aviators, updating policies as new data and research emerge. This commitment to data driven medical decisions and policy updates keep Airmen flying safely and the mission on track.
April 14, 2022 For the first time at Aviano AB the 31st MDG integrates with 31st SFS for “Trauma Care Under Fire” training For the first time at Aviano Air Base, approximately 40 31st Medical Group technicians conducted joint ‘trauma care under fire’ training with the 31st Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog K-9 unit, at Aviano Air Base, Italy, April 12, 2022.
April 13, 2022 DAF updates leave program; includes support for fertility treatments, transition assistance programs Championed by the Women’s Initiative Team, the Department of the Air Force Instruction 36-3003, Military Leave Program, now includes time for Airmen and Guardians who want to participate in a fertility treatment program at a military medical treatment facility.
April 12, 2022 Air Force health services management career field named 2021 Chief Richard L. Etchberger award winner For the second year in a row, an Air Force Medical Service career field is bringing home the esteemed Chief Master Sgt. Richard L. Etchberger award. This year, the award has been granted to the health services management career field, also known as 4A0s among medics.
April 12, 2022 National Guard winds down COVID-19 support, remains ready With COVID-19 case counts and positivity rates decreasing, the Department of Defense ended its active-duty component’s support for coronavirus missions last week. But Defense Department Press Secretary John Kirby recently noted the mission is not yet complete for the National Guard.
April 12, 2022 Air Force clarifies policies for pregnant aircrew These changes, implemented in 2019, represent data-driven policy adjustments, to include pushing some authorities down to the lowest level possible.
April 11, 2022 US, UK military clinical currency program reaches milestone, strengthens partnership The 48th Medical Group at Royal Air Force Lakenheath surpassed two decades of partnership with the United Kingdom’s National Health Service where Air Force medics integrate within U.K. hospitals.
April 11, 2022 OKNG Soldiers, Airmen hold SPP knowledge exchange with Azerbaijan OCC Battalion Five doctors with the Azerbaijan Operational Capabilities Concept Battalion participated in a medical knowledge exchange at the Oklahoma National Guard Regional Training Institute in Oklahoma City, March 28 - April 1, 2022.
April 5, 2022 445th ASTS partners with Navy to enhance medical training A group of 19 Airmen from the 445th Aeromedical Staging Squadron consisting nurses, medical technicians and medical administration specialists arrived in San Diego March 14, 2022 to perform their two-week annual training at Naval Medical Center San Diego.
April 5, 2022 Tyndall fire’s first EMT course The 325th Civil Engineer Squadron hosted Tyndall Air Force Base’s first emergency medical technician course and produced 10 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician certified firefighters last month.
March 31, 2022 Braving the Last Frontier: Recounting the ITI 1,000-mile ultramarathon Frozen air whips by, sinking its teeth into any inch of exposed skin it can find. Snow pushes in from all sides, forcing its way through waterproofed layers and attempting to soak everything beneath. Dozens of pounds of gear are pulling and dragging and begging to stop as they are carried ever
March 30, 2022 The language of medicine: Coalition partners tour the 405th EAES The 405th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron opened its doors for the Italian Air Force Aeromedical Evacuation counterparts on March 23, 2022, showcasing its capabilities, processes and set up of the C-130 Hercules aircraft for medical evacuations.
March 30, 2022 Air advisors train Ghanaian Armed Forces in aeromedical evacuation for UN deployment Airmen assigned to the 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron recently trained six medical members with the Ghanaian Armed Forces on aeromedical evacuation in preparation for a U.N. deployment.
March 30, 2022 JBER lab team increases capabilities, postured for future The 673d Medical Group Laboratory team greatly increased its capabilities to test for the COVID-19 virus and other respiratory infections when it acquired two high-capacity analyzers - one in November 2021, and another in January 2022.
March 28, 2022 AFMS looks at role on National Vietnam War Veterans Day Each year on March 29 the nation honors the service and sacrifices of Vietnam War veterans for National Vietnam War Veterans Day. This date marks the day the last U.S. combat troops departed Vietnam, on March 29, 1973.
March 25, 2022 Air Force Surgeon General’s priority is creating high performing Airmen, Guardians (Part 1) The Air Force Surgeon General’s top priority is creating and sustaining high performing Airmen and Guardians who are medically ready for the future fight.
March 25, 2022 Travis AFB medics train with UC Davis Health U.S. Airmen assigned to the 60th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron partnered with service members from UC Davis Health, California, to hone in AE and Critical Care Air Transport Team procedures, at Travis Air Force Base, California, March 22, 2022.
March 21, 2022 Air Force delivers last isolated containment chamber Almost two years after the Air Force developed and fielded the first Negatively Pressurized Conex and NPC Lite, the service delivered the final NPCL to Air Mobility Command, during a ceremony on March 1.