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CBRN sim tests medics’ crisis response skills

Decontamination team members from the 2d Medical Group carry a simulated chemical attack victim on a litter during a decontamination exercise on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 15, 2017. Home station medical response includes decontamination, triage and a security team which uses the PAPR, a power air purified respirator suit which provides protection against CBRN agents. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)
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724th EABS medical team teahes hygiene to local Women's Association

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Becky Smith (center right), 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron surgical technician, teaches basic hand washing methods during a women’s hygiene class for the Association of Nigerien Women Against War in Agadez, Niger, Aug. 14, 2017. Topics such as the importance of proper hygiene and how to combat communicable diseases were covered during the class. (Courtesy photo from the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron medical section)
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Providing Reinforcement: Air Force family helps amputee Airmen return to duty

U.S. Air Force Captain Ryan McGuire, C-17 Globemaster III pilot with the 535th Airlift Squadron, lost his right leg below the knee from a boating accident in 2009, thanks to his squadron leadership, friends and family, Capt McGuire was able to rehabilitate with a prosthetic and finish his pilot training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Perry Aston)
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Providing Reinforcement: Air Force family helps amputee Airmen return to duty

U.S. Air Force Captain Ryan McGuire, C-17 Globemaster III pilot with the 535th Airlift Squadron, adjusts his prosthetic before a training flight, Sep 12, 2017 on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. McGuire brought his prosthetist into a C-17 simulator, to make sure his prosthetic can properly push the rudder pedals.
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Providing Reinforcement: Air Force family helps amputee Airmen return to duty

Since her accident U.S. Air Force Capt. Christy Wise has participated in wounded warrior games, the Invictus games, with this year leading the USA team as captain. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Perry Aston)
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Providing Reinforcement: Air Force family helps amputee Airmen return to duty

After losing her right leg above the knee in a boating accident. U.S. Air Force Capt. Christy Wise, an HC-130 pilot. Never doubted her self that she would return to serving her country and flying.
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Staff sergeant shows resiliency in fight with cancer

Staff Sgt. Teresa Monteon, 60th Medical Group training manager from San Jose, Calif., poses for a photo with her Reebok Spartan Race medals outside David Grant USAF Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 22. After a five month battle with cancer, Monteon completed three Spartan races. She plans on running her fourth Spartan race on Sept. 30 in Olympic Valley, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman)
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Staff sergeant shows resiliency in fight with cancer

Staff Sgt. Teresa Monteon, 60th Medical Group training manager from San Jose, Calif., displays some of her Reebok Spartan Race medals outside David Grant USAF Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 22. After a five month battle with cancer, Monteon completed three Spartan races. She plans on running her fourth Spartan race on Sept. 30 in Olympic Valley, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman)
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Waterline break tests team response, cohesion

Senior Airman Jordan Loveless, 28th Medical Operations Squadron Bioenvironmental Engineering special surveillance program manager, tests the pH of a water sample inside a lab at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Oct. 27, 2017. Bioenvironmental Airmen are responsible for monitoring water quality on base monthly, as well as during contingencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Randahl J. Jenson)
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347th Rescue Group initiates new medical, survival training

Staff Sgt. Cory Newby, 347th Operations Support Squadron Independent Duty Medical Technician paramedic, observes a student applying Tactical Combat Causality Care during training, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Oct. 25, 2017. The new, three-day combined training is designed to merge many smaller courses and seamlessly tie together skills that could be used in the event that Airmen become isolated during a mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Snider)
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EMEDS team deploys to support hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico

Airmen assigned to the 633rd Medical Group load a bus heading to the passenger terminal to deploy to provide aid to Puerto Rico from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Oct. 17, 2017. Approximately 90 JB Langley-Eustis Airmen deployed as a global response force to provide expeditionary medical care to Puerto Rico residents. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rasheen Douglas)
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AF medical teams provide hurricane relief in Puerto

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 633rd Medical Group deploy from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Oct. 18, 2017. Approximately 90 Langley Air Force Base Airmen deployed as a global response force to provide expeditionary medical care to Puerto Rico residents. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Natasha Stannard)
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Nellis AFB surgeons, UMC combine efforts to treat Las Vegas shooting victims

Lt. Col. Jason Compton and Maj. Charles Chesnut, 99th Medical Group general surgeons, pose for a portrait in the Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Oct. 3, 2017. The surgeons were two members of the team that took in trauma patients at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada during the Las Vegas shooting, Oct. 1, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kevin Tanenbaum)
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AETC Airmen honored at AFA

Maj. Matthew Brock, 59th Medical Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, receives the Paul W. Meyers award at the Air Force Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept. 18, 2017. Chairman of the Board F. Whitten Peters, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth Wright presented the awards. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wayne Clark)
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Offutt Airman saves newborn minutes from death

Senior Airman Taylor Scherff, 55th Medical Group Pediatric Clinic medical technician, takes Isabelle Kittel’s temperature as her mom, Casey, holds her in the Ehrling Berquist Clinic, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., Sept. 12, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rachelle Blake)
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First cold storage platelet unit collected in Southwest Asia

The apheresis team collected the first cold storage platelet unit in Southwest Asia, Aug. 16, 2017. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Scott Thibodeau (right) was the first donor. (Courtesy photo)
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Hurricane Harvey

A patient receives care at a field hospital from Capt. Jerrod Taber, a physician's assistant, and Senior Airman Micah Battistoni, a medical technician, with the 149th Medical Group, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 3, 2017. The field hospital set-up in the parking lot of the Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas as the hospital was only taking medical emergencies due to damage caused by Hurricane Harvey. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Joshua L. DeMotts)
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Military working dogs keep their bite with the help of Air Force dentists

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Brent Waldman, left, assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group, performs a root canal on Arthur, a military working dog, after he fractured his tooth during a training exercise. U.S. Army Pfc. Landon Kelsey, right, a military working dog handler assigned to the 1st Armored Division, accompanies Arthur during the procedure in an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Aug. 30, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Jonathan Hehnly)
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Exercise Beverly Morning 17-05

Emergency responders from the 374th Medical Group transport a simulated victim during an active shooter exercise, Aug. 16, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The top priority after an active shooter event is tending to victims to prevent further loss of life. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donald Hudson)
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Patriot Warrior 2017

Capt. Vincent Alipio, assigned to the 349th Medical Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., takes a break during exercise Patriot Warrior to check out the total solar eclipse at Young Air Assault Strip, Fort McCoy, Wis., Aug. 21, 2017. This was the first total solar eclipse in 38 years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez)
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