March 5, 2019 Project ECHO: Using telehealth to maintain a ready medical force Project ECHO was developed by the University of New Mexico. The AFMS began using a modified version in 2012 to improve the ability to connect medical Airmen with specialty providers at other MTFs.
Jan. 29, 2019 Virtual training platform maintains, improves military surgeon’s skills The Air Force is working with sister services to study a virtual training platform called Crowd-Sourced Assessment of Technical Skills, or C-SATS.
Jan. 28, 2019 AFMS recognizes Biomedical Sciences Corps Week The Air Force is recognizing the achievements of the men and women who comprise the Biomedical Sciences Corps by designating Jan. 28 through Feb. 1, 2019, as BSC Week.
Jan. 28, 2019 C-17 Globemaster III: An aircraft as versatile as AE crews Larger, faster and flexible - a flying ICU. Since joining the U.S. Air Force fleet in 1993, the C-17 Globemaster III has significantly expanded aeromedical evacuation capabilities.
Jan. 17, 2019 Growing Air Force’s space medicine culture Medical Airmen within U.S. Air Force Space Command are making sure space operators are ready for future readiness requirements.
Jan. 11, 2019 This Month in AFMS History: The Iranian hostages arrive in Wiesbaden, 38 years ago On Jan. 20, 1981, two Air Force C-9 Nightingale aerovac aircraft touched down at Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, to cheering crowds.
Jan. 4, 2019 From Just Cause to Iraqi Freedom: Nurse recounts time through three wars U.S. Air Force Capt. Carol Vermillion felt no fear while flying to Panama in December 1989 as part of Operation Just Cause, the first of three conflicts where she served as a nurse.
May 9, 2018 An AFMS look at aeromedical evacuation An AFMS look at an aeromedical evacuation mission from the 11th Medical Group Aeromedical Staging Facility at Joint Base Andrews, Md.
May 9, 2018 AF tests en route wound care device Air Force Medical Evaluation and Support Activity engineers and medics successfully tested a new multi-channel wound vacuum system, a device that would improve aeromedical evacuation crews’ capability to deliver life-saving en route wound care.