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DoD adds fentanyl to drug testing panel

David Barajas, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System analytical toxicologist 2, pipettes liquid to reconstitute a substance from the turbovap October 31, 2019 at the AFMES Forensic Toxicology lab. Once reconstituted, the specimen is tested using Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry, where any synthetic cannabinoids, fentanyl or norfentanyl are separated out and identified. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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DoD adds fentanyl to drug testing panel

David Barajas, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Forensic Toxicology analytical toxicologist 2, prepares a vial for testing October 31, 2019 at the AFMES Forensic Toxicology lab. The lab confirms fentanyl and its metabolite, norfentanyl, as well as synthetic cannabinoids, commonly called Spice and K2, for the DDRP labs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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DoD adds fentanyl to drug testing panel

Tiara Evans, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Forensic Toxicology analytical toxicologist 1, pours a small volume of urine to be tested October 31, 2019 at the AFMES Forensic Toxicology lab. The lab provides surveillance testing to Department of Defense and civilian populations to determine current drug trends and confirmation testing for the five service Drug Demand Reduction Program labs. (U.S. Air Force phot by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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DoD adds fentanyl to drug testing panel

Tiara Evans, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Forensic Toxicology analytical toxicologist 1, places a vial into a turbovap October 31, 2019 at the AFMES Forensic Toxicology lab. A turbovap dries the liquid being tested, leaving any potential drug behind. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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An AFMS Look Back at November 2019

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jamie Cristinzio, aerospace medical technician, 141 Air Refueling Squadron, prepares a flu shot at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Nov. 15, 2019. All wing members are required to receive their flu vaccine as a part of their individual medical readiness. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Andrea A. S. Williamson)
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56th OMRS provides care for Luke patients

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Penn, 56th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron advanced oral hygiene technician, performs an annual dental cleaning on Airman 1st Class Angel Baker, 63rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, at the 56th Medical Group dental clinic on Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, Nov. 13, 2019. The 56th OMRS is attached to the 56th Medical Group, which has a mission of providing health care, promoting safety wellness and military wellness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Brooke Moeder)
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Long Ranger Resilience: Col. Dennis Britten

U.S. Air Force Col. Dennis Britten performs a routine health assessment during a unit training assembly at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Nov. 2, 2019. Britten began his career in the enlisted ranks as an aircraft maintainer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ted Daigle)
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Fit to fight: one fighter wing at a time

U.S. Air Force Capt. Michelle Jilek, 633rd Medical Operations Squadron physical therapist, examines Maj. Seth Rumbarger, 71st Fighter Squadron T-38 Talon pilot, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Nov. 13, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tristan Biese)
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Survive & operate evaluation: buddy care

Airmen provide care to a victim’s fractured arm during a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive exercise at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Nov. 7. The Air Force Materiel Command evaluation exercised the Airmen’s ability to meet wartime and contingency taskings of employing and sustaining the force and the ability to survive and operate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)
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Survive & operate evaluation: buddy care

Airmen provide care to a victim’s fractured arm during a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive exercise at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Nov. 7. The Air Force Materiel Command evaluation exercised the Airmen’s ability to meet wartime and contingency taskings of employing and sustaining the force and the ability to survive and operate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)
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Entering the Decontamination Zone

A U.S. Air Force Airman from the 355th Wing is decontaminated after a simulated chemical attack during Exercise Bushwhacker 19-08 at Libby Army Airfield, Arizona, Nov. 6, 2019. The wing is proving the Dynamic Wing deployment concept as it continues to lead the Air Force in operational readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sari A. Seibert)
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Bushwhacker 19-08

A U.S. Air Force Pararescueman from the 48th Rescue Squadron draws blood from another Airman during a walking blood bank demonstration at Dynamic Forward Adaptive Base-Rescue during Exercise Bushwhacker 19-08 on Fort Huachuca, Arizona, Nov. 5, 2019. While operating at DFAB-R, rescue Airmen took time to demonstrate the importance of a walking blood bank to those wounded in an austere and contested environment. This exercise enabled Davis-Monthan Air Force Base to lead the Air Force in dynamic force employment, which is now a critical requirement for mission success. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cheyenne A. Powers)
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180606-F-IZ433-0056

U.S. Army Maj. Julie Rizzo, center, burn surgeon and team lead from San Antonio Military Medical Center in Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, directs personnel while loading patients onto an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during a humanitarian mission, June 6, 2018. The C-17 Globemaser III aircrew from the Mississippi Air National Guard's 172nd Airlift Wing, transported six children from Guatemala to receive medical treatment in Galveston, Texas, for burns and other injuries sustained during the recent Fuego Volcano eruption, which started June 3. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Keyonna Fennell)
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190818-F-QB902-229

A critical care air transport team tends to a patient during a 20-hour direct flight from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 18, 2019. The service member was cared for by a joint service team of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation specialists, an aeromedical evacuation team as well as CCATT in order to maintain the highest level of care possible during transport. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Mancuso)
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180518-F-SK304-2166

Critical care air transport teams and aeromedical evacuation teams provide medical care and attention to patients onboard a C-17 Globemaster III from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., after leaving Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 18, 2018. The C-17 was configured by an AE aircrew to provide aerial transport of patients throughout the Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lan Kim)
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150606-F-KZ812-350

During an engine-running offload, a litter-carry team moves a simulated critically ill patient out of a C-130J Super Hercules to a waiting ambulance bus during 349th Air Mobility Wing Air Force Specialty Code training June 6, 2015, at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. In preparation for the training, the 349th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron transformed the four-engine tactical transport into a flying hospital. In turn, the CCATT teams from the 60th Surgical Operations Squadron and the 349th Aeromedical Staging Squadron established onboard what was essentially a portable intensive care unit dedicated to one very ill, simulated, "patient." The C-130 was from the California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing, Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, California. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Robert Couse-Baker/Released)
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151027-F-NA975-272

A U.S. Air Force Critical Care Air Transport Team practices monitoring life support equipment in preparation for simulated transport missions at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Miss., during Exercise Southern Strike 16, Oct. 27, 2015. The exercise emphasizes air-to-air, air-to-ground and special operations forces training opportunities. The CCATT is made up of U.S. Air Force Guard, Reserve and active duty Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marianique Santos)
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150509-F-LH521-150

U.S. Air Force Capt. Deann Hoelscher, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team physician deployed from the 60th Medical Group at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., checks on a patient’s status during an aeromedical evacuation mission aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 9, 2015. The 455th EAES’ CCATT is a three-person, highly specialized medical team consisting of a physician who specializes in an area of critical care or emergency medicine, a critical care nurse and a respiratory therapist. The CCATT is charged with providing critical care to the sick and wounded as they are moved thousands of miles onboard U.S. cargo aircraft to receive full-time care elsewhere. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Tony Wickman/Released)
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150508-F-LH521-206

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Natalie Hives, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team respiratory therapist deployed from the 60th Medical Group at Travis Air Force Base, California, relays her patient’s oxygen statistics prior to an aeromedical evacuation mission aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 8, 2015. The 455th EAES’ CCATT is a three-person, highly specialized medical team consisting of a physician who specializes in an area of critical care or emergency medicine, a critical care nurse and a respiratory therapist. The CCATT is charged with providing critical care to the sick and wounded as they are moved thousands of miles onboard U.S. cargo aircraft to receive full-time care elsewhere. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Tony Wickman/Released)
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120203-F-LR266-730

Capt. Suzanne Morris and Maj. Michael Mackovich, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team nurses, connect a patient to CCATT medical equipment at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 21, 2013. A CCATT crew consists of a physician, intensive care nurse and a respiratory therapist, making it possible to move severely injured or gravely ill servicemembers by air. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Chris Willis)
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