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  • Air Force Medical Service engages patients with online toolkit

    The Air Force Medical Service has launched a new online Patient and Family Engagement Toolkit aimed at engaging patients and their families and providing a “one-stop shop” for all the different ways patients can better partner with their healthcare provider. This toolkit can help patients learn how

  • Life after loss: One Air Force family’s journey to recovery

    Nine months ago, Air Force Lt. Col. Melchizedek “Kato” Martinez, a career tactical communications officer, was welcomed home from another combat deployment, a constant in the Martinez family. His wife, Gail, along with their four children, had planned a family retreat to their second home, the one

  • Brandon Waller: remake your in-shape

    Brandon Waller has a youthful, energetic personality and a goofy sense of humor. His toned facial features suggest a high-energy lifestyle, which fits his new position as director of the 374th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Health Promotion Flight.   The Health Promotion Flight, formerly known as the

  • 5 MDOS: Emergency responders

    The 5th Medical Operations Squadron ambulance services department provides emergency medical response and medical technician support for Team Minot. These Airmen also administer immunizations and assist during aeromedical evacuations. (U.S. Air Force photos/Airman 1st Class Jonathan McElderry)

  • 59 MDW on ‘ALRT’: Medics sustain patient in the air

    The Air Force’s 59th Medical Wing sprang into action Dec. 12 when military medics transported a patient with cystic fibrosis from San Antonio to California.The 59th Medical Wing’s Acute Lung Rescue Transport team provided medical care for a military dependent, during the four-hour flight.Because of

  • Air Force nurses of today lay wreaths to honor nurses of the past

    On Dec. 8, the Society of Air Force Nurses gathered a group of active duty and retired nurses from around the area and headed to Arlington National Cemetery to lay wreaths on the tombstones of the nurses buried there. The Society of Air Force Nurses is a Veterans program with more than 1,500 members

  • Embedded medics protect the health of remote weapon warriors

    The 2016 AMSUS Continuing Education Meeting featured a wide variety of exhibits, speeches from high ranking military officials, and important presentations. One such presentation reflected on the value of embedding medics within the 480th Intelligence, Reconnaissance, and Surveillance Wing. The

  • Special Operations surgical team saves hundreds during deployment

    If they stood on the roof of the abandoned one-story home they were working out of, at night they could see bombs dropping on the city three kilometers north. Limited resources, limited manpower, limited backup, and limited time didn’t stop this Air Force Special Operations Surgical Team from

  • Trusted Care is the path to better medical care

    Trusted Care is all about transforming the Air Force Medical Service into an organization that consistently produces outcomes better than expected no matter what the operational environment. This means training medical Airmen to better engage with their patients, provide better overall care, reduce

  • Medical professionals gather to talk about the future of healthcare

    The 2016 AMSUS Continuing Education Meeting is underway at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor. AMSUS is the Society of Federal Health Professionals and has members throughout the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs and the private sector. The

  • Wounded Warrior Program goes beyond medical needs to provide support

    The Air Force Medical Service provides medical care for Airmen, but sometimes they need  more than healthcare to be whole again. The Air Force’s Wounded Warrior Program leaves medical care to the AFMS and provides an entirely different, but still essential, kind of support to seriously wounded or

  • New Peer-Support Service Launches

    The DoD “BeThere” peer support call and outreach center is staffed by peers who are veteran service members and family members of veterans, and aims to provide support for everyday problem-solving of career and general life challenges.

  • Proper nutrition can help manage diabetes

    Good nutrition is important for any healthy lifestyle, but for diabetics balancing nutrition, activity and medication is vital. Carbohydrates, for example, are nutrients found in bread, milk, starchy vegetables and fruit that turn to sugar in the blood. Other simple carbohydrates found in sweets and

  • Tobacco Cessation Program helps kick the habit

    With the holidays approaching, stress usually follows.  When some people get stressed out, tobacco can be a means for escape.  The tobacco cessation program, located at the base clinic, is in place to help Airmen or family members kick the habit.   Kirk Clark, 341st Medical Group health promotion

  • Empowered Airmen save patients’ time, Air Force money

    Three Airmen at the 59th Medical Wing Family Health Clinic were tasked to come up with a PICO question to improve patient care. Their innovative idea has evolved into a process estimated to save the 59th Medical Wing $61,000 annually.

  • CSAF announces CMSAF #18

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein named Chief Master Sgt. Kaleth O. Wright to serve as the 18th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Nov. 16, 2016.

  • Great American Smokeout aims to douse all types of nicotine use

    Military Health System officials warn that while on the surface smokeless tobacco might appear to be healthier it can do some of the same damage as lighting up cigarettes. “A lot of the effects smoking has on the body – causing blood vessels to narrow, raising blood pressure, and causing several

  • Training to use deployed Electronic Health Records is out there

    The Air Force Medical Service is developing an Electronic Health Record that will enable medical Airmen to treat those who are wounded while deployed in a harsh or isolated environment.  Electronic Health Records track Airmen’s medical needs and document real-time data at every point of the Airman’s