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Smoky Mountain Medical 2017

Senior Airman Desire Mora-Mundt, an optometry technician assigned to the 434th Air Refueling Wing, Grissom Air Base conducts a vision exam on a patient in Swain County during the Smoky Mountain Medical Innovative Readiness Training in Bryson City, N.C., Aug. 5, 2017. The program provides no cost medical, dental, ophthalmologic, and veterinary services to residents of Clay County, Swain County and the surrounding areas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Damien Taylor)
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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)
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African Lion 2017 provides medical care for Moroccan communities

U.S. Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve personnel provide medical and dental care in conjunction with their Moroccan counterparts at Adis, Morocco, April 22, 2017. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Annie Edwards)
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59th Medical Wing Reid Clinic Construction

The 59th Medical Wing’s new Reid Clinic will enhance healthcare delivery for 80,000 patients on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Construction on the two-story, 80,000 square-foot, state of the art facility is well underway and once complete will consolidate most medical care for Airmen in Air Force basic military and technical training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andrew C. Patterson)
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Embracing the uncharted life as an amputee – An Airman’s story of resiliency (Part 2)

Maj. Stephanie Proellochs, a recent amputee, takes some of her first steps in her new prosthesis, Nov. 15, 2017. During her physical therapy appointments, Proellochs engages in various exercises to ensure her comfort and safety with walking in a prosthesis. (U.S. Air Force by Karina Luis)
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Innovative PT program increases readiness downrange

Capt. Eric Walter, 386th Expeditionary Medical Group physical therapy element chief, uses thoracic manipulation to treat Senior Airman Calvin Lourens, 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron passenger service specialist at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Dec. 7, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Louis Vega Jr.)
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Exercise Vigilant Ace 18: Moulage and Medical Care

U.S. Air Force 51st Medical Group first responders triage patients with simulated injuries during exercise Vigilant Ace 18 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Dec. 6, 2017. For exercises like VA18, moulage is applied to personnel during simulated emergency situations to give first responders a sense of realism and urgency to prepare them for wounds they might see in a real-world scenario. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)
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Air Force special operations medics deliver care, rebuild infrastructure after Caribbean hurricanes

Air Force Special Operation Medics returning from St. Maarten aboard a U.S. Air Force aircraft after assisting in relief and recovery efforts from Hurricane Irma. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Marc Villano)
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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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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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Nerve Scrambler Therapy lessens pain for warfighters, Wounded Warriors

Lt. Col Candy Wilson, right, 779th Medical Group nurse practitioner, consults a human anatomy chart to determine where to place a Calmare electrode for treating Carol Celeste Gray, a patient at Joint Base Andrews, Md., May 30, 2017. Gray suffers from chronic regional pain syndrome on the left side of her body that developed after being treated for a broken elbow. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Yanik)
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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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