May 1, 2013 AF, Army train Serbians on PTSD programs Two Serbian military members and one Serbian doctor visited the 86th Medical Group and Landstuhl Regional Medical Center March 25 to 27 to become familiarized with mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder programs.They were given the requirements for establishing and sustaining their own
April 25, 2013 Indonesian, U.S. forces practice humanitarian evacuation After two days of in-class lectures, U.S. and Indonesian service members and civilians from the Muhammadiyah Disaster Management Center participated in an aeromedical evacuation subject-matter expert exchange here, April 24.During the exchange, a disaster scenario was simulated in which patients
April 22, 2013 Keesler member uses buddy care in emergency Self-aid and buddy care training proved useful for Senior Airman Paul Calica when he came upon a traffic accident April 4.The 81st Aerospace Medicine Squadron bioenvironmental engineering technician was returning to Keesler around 9:30 a.m. after dropping off his wife at home following an
April 22, 2013 Medical Education and Training Campus awarded national accreditation The Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) has been granted accreditation status by the Commission of the Council on Occupational Education (COE). The announcement was made by Gregory Garrett, COE chair, following a meeting in Kissimmee, Fla. Feb. 16-18. The award of accreditation status was
April 18, 2013 New medical evacuation training may save lives As the second group of graduates left Air Mobility Command's Aeromedical Evacuation school recently, the streamlined curriculum they experienced promised Total Force medical crews who are even better prepared to work together to save lives.Thirty days of streamlined training at Wright-Patterson AFB,
April 5, 2013 Tips for preventing child abuse, neglect More than 1.5 million children are abused or neglected in the United States each year. Each abused or neglected child costs the taxpayers more than $67,000 per year.Americans spend more than $80 billion annually on the direct and indirect costs of child abuse and neglect.Child abuse and neglect are
Oct. 2, 2012 METC bi-service team wins Air Force EMT competition Air Force and Navy instructors with the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) were overall winners in the 2012 Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Rodeo held Sept. 22 at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. Five EMT instructors for METC's Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program (BMTCP) competed
Sept. 11, 2012 New commandant sets anchor at the Medical Education & Training Campus Navy Rear Adm. William M. Roberts became the second commandant of the Medical Education & Training Campus (METC) during an Assumption of Commandant ceremony September 7. Among the distinguished guests were Roberts' wife, Patricia, inaugural METC commandant, retired Rear Adm. Bob Kiser and his wife,