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Air Force Medical Service

PACAF critical care

Published Sept. 26, 2022
By Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker
15th Wing Public Affairs

Personnel assigned to the 735th Air Mobility Squadron transport a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite from an Alaska Air National Guard 144th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III with a Tunner 60K loader at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. The AK ANG transported a patient from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, to Hickam, where the 535th Airlift Squadron aircrew continued the transport to California. Airmen from the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 18th Medical Group provided patient care on the aircraft, while the 15th Medical Group provided an En Route Patient Staging System during the aircraft swap. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker) — PACAF critical care

Personnel assigned to the 735th Air Mobility Squadron transport a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite from an Alaska Air National Guard 144th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III with a Tunner 60K loader at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. The AK ANG transported a patient from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, to Hickam, where the 535th Airlift Squadron aircrew continued the transport to California. Airmen from the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 18th Medical Group provided patient care on the aircraft, while the 15th Medical Group provided an En Route Patient Staging System during the aircraft swap. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)

Airmen ready a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite for an infected patient on a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. The NPCL is designed to treat and transport high-consequence infectious disease patients to minimize the risk of contamination and exposure. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker) — PACAF critical care

Airmen ready a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite for an infected patient on a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. The NPCL is designed to treat and transport high-consequence infectious disease patients to minimize the risk of contamination and exposure. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)

Personnel with the 15th Medical Group provide medical care for an infected patient with an En Route Patient Staging System during an aircraft swap at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. The patient, housed in a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite, was cared for by 15th MDG personnel while waiting for the NPCL to be placed on a Hickam C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker) — PACAF critical care

Personnel with the 15th Medical Group provide medical care for an infected patient with an En Route Patient Staging System during an aircraft swap at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. The patient, housed in a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite, was cared for by 15th MDG personnel while waiting for the NPCL to be placed on a Hickam C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)

Senior Airman Adrian Jarin, 18th Medical Group public health journeyman, assists Staff Sgt. Cameron Schmidt, 18th Medical Support Squadron biomedical equipment technician, with connecting power from the C-17 Globemaster III to a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. Jarin ensured contamination protocol was followed to minimize any or all infection while Schmidt ensured the NPCL was operational. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker) — PACAF critical care

Senior Airman Adrian Jarin, 18th Medical Group public health journeyman, assists Staff Sgt. Cameron Schmidt, 18th Medical Support Squadron biomedical equipment technician, with connecting power from the C-17 Globemaster III to a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. Jarin ensured contamination protocol was followed to minimize any or all infection while Schmidt ensured the NPCL was operational. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)

Maj. Emmy Greenhill, 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron critical air transport team member, dons personal protective equipment before attending to a patient within a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. Members assigned to the 18th AES and 18th Medical Group accompanied the patient from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, to San Diego, California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker) — PACAF critical care

Maj. Emmy Greenhill, 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron critical air transport team member, dons personal protective equipment before attending to a patient within a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. Members assigned to the 18th AES and 18th Medical Group accompanied the patient from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, to San Diego, California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)

A critical air transport team from the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 15th Medical Group personnel escort a patient into a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite during an aircraft swap at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. This was the first instance within the U.S. Pacific Air Forces area of responsibility that an NCPL was moved from one aircraft to another while carrying a patient. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker) — PACAF critical care

A critical air transport team from the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 15th Medical Group personnel escort a patient into a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite during an aircraft swap at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. This was the first instance within the U.S. Pacific Air Forces area of responsibility that an NCPL was moved from one aircraft to another while carrying a patient. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)