May 8, 2012 Health professionals offer cool advice Anyone who has gone through Basic Military Training knows how seriously the instructors take "hydrating," but do the trainees really know why they are forced to drink water on what seems like a minutely basis?The human body's main goal is to maintain homeostasis, or balance, in all aspects of
May 8, 2012 ACC confident in F-22 Gen. Mike Hostage, commander of Air Combat Command, talked with media here April 30 about the national security imperative for the F-22, the status of efforts to identify a root cause for unexplained physiological incidents, and risk mitigation efforts since the Raptor's return to flying operations
May 7, 2012 AMC aims to increase casualty survivability in Afghanistan Air Mobility Command is working jointly with other U.S. military services to improve emergency care for service members critically injured in combat by employing newly-developed Tactical Critical Care Evacuation Teams, or TCCETs. These three-member teams, comprised of a highly-trained emergency
May 7, 2012 National Nurses Week celebrated May 6-12 All across the United States, registered nurses and medical technicians are being saluted. Every year, National Nurses Week focuses attention on the diverse ways America's 3.1 million registered nurses work to save lives and to improve the health of millions of individuals. Because of the phenomenal
May 2, 2012 Pacific Angel med team gets real-life trauma care education With a swing of the axe, Neng Yong Ya's life took a dramatic turn for the worse. The 30-year old Lao farmer was at work, April 24, trying to remove a tree stump from a field when a Vietnam-era unexploded ordnance blew up. The force of the blast threw him, and caused trauma to his chest and stomach.
April 30, 2012 Consolidated METC medical tech, corpsman training celebrates one year One year ago on April 27, 2011, the Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program (BMTCP) officially opened its doors to its first 194 students at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) on Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Not only was this a significant milestone for the department of defense, but for
April 24, 2012 11 nations share lessons learned at medical symposium Representatives of the military medical community from 11 Partnership for Peace and NATO countries met to discuss common problems and solutions within the career field here April 18 - 20.The three-day International Health Symposium addressed the topics of medical logistics, enlisted force
April 23, 2012 Medical Group Tech. Sgt. awarded Purple Heart Tech. Sgt. Angela Blue, 355th Medical Group non-commissioned officer in charge of education and training, was awarded the Purple Heart here, April 13.Sergeant Blue was deployed to Forward Operating Base Sweeney in Shinkai District, Afghanistan in June of 2011 as a medic for Provincial Reconstruction
April 19, 2012 Afghanistan: Nebraska Air Guard members hand over nursing program to local Afghans Two Nebraska Air National Guard officers are wrapping up the U.S. role in an Afghan military nurse training program in Kabul and handing the initiative over to coalition forces.The program, which has graduated 100 nurses, has been "one of the most successful" for NATO's training mission at Kabul's
April 19, 2012 Developing ways to strengthen family health, well-being Military families face some unique challenges. They experience specific stressors that can place them at risk for maltreatment of one another.Those stressors include isolation from extended family, deployments and high levels of job stress.However, families can implement and establish protective
April 18, 2012 Saving lives one day at a time Sirens blaring, speeding through the streets, cars scurrying to the side, all-the-while preparing equipment for the unknown. Nothing less than a lifestyle for the Abilene MetroCare paramedics, 7th Medical Group Airmen at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, now have the opportunity to put their skills to
April 6, 2012 MRI machine boosts Bagram patient care A magnetic resonance imaging machine approved and funded by the U.S. Congress was delivered to Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, October 2011. The machine was placed at Bagram to assist in the rapid assessment of neurological injuries and to allow for research in the
April 6, 2012 Hospital performs high-tech heart procedure The Keesler Hospital's Catheterization Lab team has marked another milestone in patient care with a recent state-of-the-art procedure conducted on a Department of Veterans Affairs patient.Lt. Col. (Dr.) Steve Kindsvater, 81st Medical Operations Squadron chief of cardiovascular services, said the
April 6, 2012 Mobile Surgical Team builds relationships, hones skills one surgery at a time Performing surgery is never easy. Even in perfect circumstances, one thing gone wrong, can literally mean a life or death situation. The Mobile Surgical Team constantly trains for this reality, but also hones their skills for situations that the average team never faces.The MST, assigned to the
April 5, 2012 Airman receives Bronze Star medal for heroism in combat Senior Airman Michael J. Malarsie was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor for heroism on March 30, 2012 during a ceremony at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center.Maj. Gen. Byron Hepburn, commander, 59th Medical Wing, presented the award to Malarsie for his actions while deployed as a
April 4, 2012 Keesler nurses selected to prestigious programs Two Keesler nurses have been selected for prestigious programs.Col. Dwayne Wilhite, perioperative nursing master clinician with the 81st Surgical Operations Squadron, was named military perioperative nurse consultant to the Air Force surgeon general. First Lt. Bethany Casper, an 81st MSGS registered
March 26, 2012 Medical team goes Lean to save Do you like long waits for medical appointments? I didn't think so. The 56th Medical Group doesn't like you waiting either, and they chose to do something about it.They decided to get "Lean."More than 40 students from a handful of Air Force bases attended the Lean For Healthcare course taught March
March 6, 2012 Air Force expands drug testing program to include abused prescription drugs The Air Force and other military services will expand their drug testing to include testing for commonly abused prescription drugs beginning May 1, 2012.On Jan. 31, 2012, the Secretary of Defense gave a 90-day advance notice of the drug testing expansion which aims to counter the nation's growing
Feb. 23, 2012 EMT 'rodeo' sharpens emergency response skills Being deployed overseas can sometimes be challenging for an emergency medical technician, especially since there could be situations that one wouldn't normally see on city streets in the U.S.This is why the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group developed the EMT Rodeo, which creates various challenges
Feb. 21, 2012 First African-American woman to earn commercial pilot's license challenged racism head-on A Chicago registered nurse would go on to become the first African-American female to hold a commercial pilot's license.Janet Bragg was born in March of 1907 in Griffin, Ga., and after graduation from an Episcopal school, attended college at Spelman Seminary in Atlanta where she earned a registered