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U.S. and ROK Medical train for trauma

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Yanill Pierna Rodriguez, 51st Medical Group (MDG) emergency medical technician, delivers oxygen to Kwang Pil Pak, 51st MDG warrior medicine clinic administrator and simulated trauma patient, in the back of an ambulance enroute to urgent care on Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 28, 2023. Pierna Rodriguez treated the simulated patient who was a victim of multiple stab wounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Aaron Edwards)
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U.S. Air Force service members from the 86th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron perform stretches together in the wellness room located within the physical therapy office at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 15, 2023. Members with referrals can work on physical wellness as a group to maximize outreach. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tabatha Chapman)
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18th Air Force command team connects with MacDill Airmen

Maj. Gen. Corey Martin, 18th Air Force commander, takes part in a virtual reality demonstration at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Feb. 23, 2023. The 6th Medical Group’s virtual reality training utilizes realistic scenarios to simulate a hostile deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Foster)
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Contingency response

U.S. Air Force Capt. Shailey Dao, flight nurse, receives in-flight contingency response training from a Royal Australian Air Force service member while aboard a C-27J Spartan during exercise Cope North 2023 near Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 14, 2023. The U.S., Australia and Japan displayed the coalition’s interoperability and airpower resilience and survivability across the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jao’Torey Johnson)
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Cadet earns leadership award, scholarship to attend medical school

Cadet 1st Class Sirri Akaya, winner of the Black Engineer of the Year Award for Military Student Leadership, examines a specimen in the biology lab at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Jan. 31, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Pacheco)
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Courtney Saunds, Air Expeditionary Squadron, medical logistics noncommissioned officer in charge, puts a puzzle together with a student from the Johan Chelius School in Redi Doti, Suriname, Feb. 13, 2023. As students were served by dental technicians from the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team, other members of LAMAT were able to engage with them through various games and activities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexus Wilcox)
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U.S. Air Force Capt. Daniel Reid, Air Expeditionary Squadron dentist, operates on a patient from the local community in Redi Doti, Suriname, Feb. 13, 2023. Dental personnel from the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team operated on dozens of patients ensuring the local community was set up for success in pursuing enhancing access to medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexus Wilcox)
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AASAB medical evacuation training enhances coalition partnership, skillsets

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 386th Expeditionary Medical Squadron and the 405th Expeditionary Air Evacuation Squadron and a Danish coalition partner load a litter with a simulated K-9 casualty onto the clamps of a C-130J Super Hercules at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Feb. 8, 2023. Airmen from the 386th EMDS, 405th EAES, U.S. Army 109th Medical Detachment Veterinarian Support Services, and coalition partners from Italy and Denmark teamed up to learn how to prepare and load patients onto a C-130J Super Hercules. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nicholas Larsen)
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AASAB medical evacuation training enhances coalition partnership, skillsets

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 386th Expeditionary Medical Squadron and the 405th Expeditionary Air Evacuation Squadron load a litter onto the clamps of a C-130J Super Hercules at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Feb. 8, 2023. Airmen from the 386th EMDS, 405th EAES, U.S. Army 109th Medical Detachment Veterinarian Support Services, and coalition partners from Italy and Denmark teamed up to learn how to prepare and load patients onto a C-130J Super Hercules. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nicholas Larsen)
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AASAB medical evacuation training enhances coalition partnership, skillsets

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 386th Expeditionary Medical Squadron and the 405th Expeditionary Air Evacuation Squadron move a litter onto a C-130J Super Hercules at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Feb. 8, 2023. Airmen from the 386th EMDS, 405th EAES, U.S. Army 109th Medical Detachment Veterinarian Support Services, and coalition partners from Italy and Denmark teamed up to learn how to prepare and load patients onto a C-130J Super Hercules. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nicholas Larsen)
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Bringing the bite to the fight

A prosthodontic team, 355th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron, performs surgery at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Feb. 9, 2023. A prosthodontic team includes a prosthodontist and their assistant. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jhade Herrera)
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Edward Smith, 7th Health Care Operations Squadron diagnostic imaging technologist, reviews a program during an X-ray machine demonstration at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Feb. 8, 2023. The Dyess Radiology Clinic ensures military personnel and their families receive quality health care by taking X-ray images that are digitally transmitted through the picture archiving and communication system to be read by a radiologist at Travis AFB, California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Hayman)
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Critical care in the air

The Critical Care Air Transport Team from the 15th Medical Group carry a mock casualty on board a C-17 Globemaster III during a Neonatal and Critical Care Air Transport Team training at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Feb. 6. 2022. The Hickam CCAT team provides airborne critical care capabilities throughout the Pacific in collaboration with the Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Makensie Cooper)
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Critical care in the air

Master Sgt. Maynard Galves, Pacific Air Forces Critical Care Transport Team superintendent, secures equipment and a mock casualty during a Neonatal and Critical Care Air Transport Team training at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Feb. 6, 2022. The CCAT team is a three-person team that helps prepare, monitor and transport critically injured patients to receive the care they need, turning an aircraft into a flying intensive care unit. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Makensie Cooper)
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From the battlefield to the football field: Air Force surgeon’s skills knows no bounds

Lt. Col. Valerie Sams, director of the Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills, or C-STARS, program in Cincinnati, poses for a photo at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio on Jan. 31, 2023. Sams was the surgeon on call the evening Buffalo Bills’ safety, Damar Hamlin, was admitted when his heart stopped during the game on Jan. 2, 2023. (Courtesy photo by the University of Cincinnati Medical Center)
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MacDill Olympian earns AMC's Athlete of the Year

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Evon Pennington, a public health technician assigned to the 6th Medical Group, poses for a photo at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Jan 31, 2023. Pennington has been a bodybuilder for nine years and has known since she was young that she was meant to be an Olympian. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Killian)
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49th Medical Group train Airmen with Medic-X initiative

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Shelby Vande Zande, 49th Medical Group education and training flight chief, grabs equipment from a supply closet at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Jan. 27, 2023. The 49th MDG’s main goal in using the Medic-X program is implementing its training courses ensuring that both civilians and airmen working at the group can pitch in during dire situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Isaiah Pedrazzini)
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36 MDG conducts DECON training

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 36th Medical Group apply decontamination procedures during a Patient Decontamination course at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Jan. 19, 2023. The outdoor training teaches and refreshes medical personnel on DECON procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Breanna Christopher Volkmar)
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633 MDG celebrates BSC week

Appa, a great pyrenes service dog, greets Airman 1st Class Josselyn Gabriela Gonzalez Munoz, 633d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron technician, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Jan. 25, 2023. Appa is a service dog, who goes around to different medical communities to bring cheer to patients, service members and patrons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikaela Smith)
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U.S. Air Force Capt. Shaun Cooley, 86th Occupational Medical Readiness Squadron public health officer, receives an eye examination at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Jan. 27, 2023. Regular eye examinations are important as they help detect problems at their earliest and most treatable stages. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Lauren Jacoby)
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