An official website of the United States government
A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization in the United States.
A lock (lock ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
HomeNewsPhotos

 

 

 

Clear Filters | 1 - 20 of 20 results

USAFSAM readies operational mental health care providers

Tech. Sgt. Michael Tryon, non-commissioned officer in charge, Aeromedical Operational Psychology at the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, prepares to teach a course for Integrated Operational Support mental health care providers, technicians and social workers, Aug. 30, 2018. The IOS mental health care training program prepares providers going into IOS positions, focusing on how to support the entire squadron to improve performance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)
Details Download

AF researchers test digital stethoscope for en route care

The digital noise-immune stethoscope, currently being evaluated by researchers with the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, connects into existing headsets used by aeromedical evacuation crews and critical care air transport teams. Traditional stethoscopes are difficult to use during en route care due to an aircraft’s noise environment. This noise-immune stethoscope aims to address that issue. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brittany Fouts)
Details Download

AF researchers test digital stethoscope for en route care

Melissa Wilson (left), a nurse research scientist with the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, demonstrates the noise-immune stethoscope to Col. Tami Rougeau, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the director of healthcare operations, Air Force Medical Support Agency, October 2016, Nashville, Tenn. The noise-immune stethoscope would improve on traditional stethoscopes as it would account for the challenging noise environments associated with en route care. (Courtesy photo)
Details Download

AF researchers test digital stethoscope for en route care

Dr. David Burch, a research biomedical engineer and the medical technology solutions team lead for En Route Care Medical Technology Solutions Research Group with the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, collects data on vibration profiles while flying aboard a C-130J Super Hercules with the support of the 146th Airlift Wing Air National Guard, Feb. 9, 2018. This data will help improve and tailor noise-immune stethoscope technologies to ensure they can function during patient transport. Prior to such devices, use of a traditional stethoscope did not function as it was intended due to the dynamic, high-noise environment of an aircraft. (Courtesy photo)
Details Download

AF researchers test digital stethoscope for en route care

Researchers with the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, evaluate the noise-immune stethoscope on mock patients, Sept. 15, 2016. Prior to noise-immune stethoscope technologies, traditional stethoscope would not function properly due to the dynamic, high-noise environment of an aircraft. (Courtesy photo)
Details Download

Battlespace acoustics branch protects hearing, human performance

Dr. Eric Thompson, a research engineer with the Warfighter Interface Division, Battlespace Acoustics Branch, part of the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, sits inside their Auditory Localization Facility (ALF). The facility allows researchers to test 3-D audio software that spatially separates sound cues to mimic real-life human audio capabilities. The application allows operators in complex communication environments with multiple talking voices to significantly improve voice intelligibility and communication effectiveness. The technology, which consists primarily of software and stereo headphones, has potential low-cost, high-value application for both aviation and ground command and control communication systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)
Details Download

USAFSAM Instructors

Staff Sgt. Travis Largent, Critical Care Air Transport Team initial course instructor, observes as students load critical patient-manikins in the back of a simulator fuselage. Largent and other instructors teach students how to package all the equipment needed for the patient to sustain treatment while being transported. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)
Details Download

USAFSAM Instructors

Staff Sgt. William Ensrud, aerospace physiology technician and assistant course director for aerospace and operational physiology apprentice course, listens to a student’s question during the course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)
Details Download

USAFSAM Instructors

Tech. Sgt. Ricardo Lemos Rodriguez, noncommissioned officer in charge of the Force Health Management Branch, mentors the Public Health apprentice students to prepare them for the operational Air Force. He discusses how they can navigate the Air Force Portal to locate information on Air Force priorities, career development and education. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)
Details Download

USAFSAM Instructors

Tech. Sgt. Ashley Jordan, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine Bioenvironmental Engineering Occupational Health Measurements Course director, second from right, instructs bioenvironmental engineering apprentice students on how to operate the HAPSITE ER portable gas chromatograph and mass spectrometer. The students are learning how to assemble the probe to the unit, install the gas canisters, install the battery, and prepare the system to identify and quantify trace amounts of an unknown substance that was captured from the air. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)
Details Download

Lighter, leaner, lifesaving

Air Force researchers from the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, test a compression undershirt called PHYSIO, which allows continuous monitoring of aircrews. The compression shirt monitors multiple vital signs while in flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)
Details Download

Lighter, leaner, lifesaving

Air Force researchers from the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, test a compression undershirt called PHYSIO, which allows continuous monitoring of aircrews. The compression shirt monitors multiple vital signs while in flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)
Details Download

Lighter, leaner, lifesaving

Anthony Turner, a research consultant with the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, wears PHYSIO, a compression undershirt, during lab testing. The undershirt is designed to provide continuous monitoring of multiple vital signs while in flight to enhance aircrew safety. (Courtesy photo illustration)
Details Download

Lighter, leaner, lifesaving

Researchers with 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio worked jointly with a private company, to develop a small, soft, injectable tissue oxygenation sensor that would let medics get a patient’s clinical information from the point of injury and throughout the continuum of care. The idea behind such wearable medical technology is to advance deployed medical capabilities while minimizing adding burden on Airmen (Courtesy photo)
Details Download

Lighter, leaner, lifesaving

Air Force researchers from the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, test a compression undershirt called PHYSIO, which allows continuous monitoring of aircrews. The compression shirt monitors multiple vital signs while in flight. (Courtesy photo)
Details Download

Safety perspective has allowed Human Systems Integration program to thrive

Maj. Shawnee Williams (second from right) stands with her team (from left) - Maj. Bryan Jackson, Dr. Daniel Mountjoy, Mr. Corey Shanahan, and Capt. Dan Neal - in the newly renovated anthropometry lab at the 711th Human Performance Wing's Human Systems Integration Directorate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rick Eldridge)
Details Download

Airman’s project receives top honor for improving patient care

Staff Sgt. Sara Yonek, 88th Inpatient Operations Squadron medical technician and supervisor shift leader, is the first enlisted Airman to win first place for her project during the Ohio State University Center for Transdisciplinary Evidence-Based Practice course held at the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine. Evidence-based practice is an approach to improve a process for patient care based on current data and practices. (U.S. Air Force photo by Stacey Geiger)
Details Download

Airman’s project receives top honor for improving patient care

Staff Sgt. Sara Yonek, 88th Inpatient Operations Squadron medical technician and supervisor shift leader, is the first enlisted Airman to win first place for her project during the Ohio State University Center for Transdisciplinary Evidence-Based Practice course held at the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine. Evidence-based practice is an approach to improve a process for patient care based on current data and practices. (U.S. Air Force photo by Stacey Geiger)
Details Download

Trusted Care Heroes are all of us

Airman Justin Morris, 88th Medical Group Dental Assistant Technician apprentice, was named an Air Force Medical Services’ Trusted Care Hero for his efforts toward increasing patient safety and doing Zero Harm in August 2017. Morris, based out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, brought a possible contamination issue to his supervisor that led to the Air Force adopting new procedures with dental tool kits. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Harrington)
Details Download

The 88th Medical Operations Squadron perform an Endobronchial Ultrasound Sampling Fine Needle Aspirate procedure inside the operating room at Wright-Patt

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Clarissa Ernst, left, Cardiopulmonary technician and Airman 1st Class Elliot Sotnek, right, Aerospace Medical Technician, 88th Medical Operations Squadron, remove tissue from a patient’s Endobronchial Ultrasound Sampling Fine Needle Aspirate inside the operating room at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center, June 26, 2017. The tissue is then smeared onto a glass slide and examined under a microscope by a pathologist. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michelle Gigante)
Details Download