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An AFMS look back: Air Force provides medical, humanitarian support after hurricane devastation

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Alavarado, 41st Rescue Squadron special mission aviator, gives evacuees food and water after being rescued from their home due to flooding and destruction left by Hurricane Harvey in the Houston Texas area, Aug. 31, 2017. Hurricane Harvey formed in the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall in southeastern Texas, bringing record flooding and destruction to the region. U.S. military assets supported FEMA, as well as state and local authorities in rescue and relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Keith James)
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An AFMS look back: Air Force provides medical, humanitarian support after hurricane devastation

Flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in Southeast Texas can be seen from the air, Aug. 31, 2017 (Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel J. Martinez)
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An AFMS look back: Air Force provides medical, humanitarian support after hurricane devastation

A Chemical Emergency Response Force Package comprised of Texas Air National Guard Airmen with the 149th Medical Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, and Texas National Guard Soldiers, Fort Worth, Texas, with the 949th Brigade Support Battalion combined to set up this field hospital in the parking lot of the Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas Beaumont as the hospital was only taking medical emergencies due to damage caused by Hurricane Harvey. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nicholas Dutton)
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An AFMS look back: Air Force provides medical, humanitarian support after hurricane devastation

Nebraska Air National Guard Airman from the 155th Medical Group, Lincoln Air National Guard Base, Nebraska, set up a field hospital in Vidor, Texas, to assistant local residents with medical care after Hurricane Harvey, Sept. 5, 2017. The field hospital, set up in the parking lot of Vidor High school, allowed residents easy access to medical care in areas heavily affected by Hurricane Harvey. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nicholas Dutton)
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An AFMS look back: Air Force provides medical, humanitarian support after hurricane devastation

Nebraska Air National Guard Capt. Ryan Becker, 155th Medical group out of the 142nd Infantry Regiment, Lincoln, Nebraska, gives a local Vidor, Texas, resident medical Treatment, Sep. 5, 2017. The field hospital, set up in the parking lot of Vidor High school, allowed residents easy access to medical care in areas heavily affected by Hurricane Harvey. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nicholas Dutton)
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An AFMS look back: Air Force provides medical, humanitarian support after hurricane devastation

A damaged house in the municipality of Orocovis, Puerto Rico, Oct. 13, 2017. Hurricane Maria formed in the Atlantic Ocean and affected islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. U.S. military assets supported FEMA as well as state and local authorities in rescue and relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Larry E. Reid Jr.)
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An AFMS look back: Air Force provides medical, humanitarian support after hurricane devastation

An aerial view of damaged homes near Añasco, Puerto Rico, Oct. 31, 2017. Hurricane Maria formed in the Atlantic Ocean and affected islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. U.S. military assets supported FEMA as well as state and local authorities in rescue and relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Larry E. Reid Jr.)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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This Month in AFMS History: The air transportable “Flying Lung"

Airman 3rd Class Warren Beatty in a “flying lung” aboard a 374th Troop Carrier Wing C-54 Skymaster, cared for by 1st Lt. Shirley C. Warren, a flight nurse, and Staff Sgt. Lawrence Kiger, a medical technician, en route from Korea to Japan, July 23, 1953. Beatty, stricken with a lung ailment while stationed at Inchon Harbor, Korea, was the first iron lung patient to receive an airlift from the Korean theater. (Photo courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration)
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This Month in AFMS History: The air transportable “Flying Lung"

The “flying lung” designed at the U.S. Air Force School of Aviation Medicine in 1952. A flight nurse adjusts and prepares to disconnect the battery used during transport from the hospital to the aircraft, January 29, 1953. Once aboard, the pressure pump plugged directly into the plane’s electrical system to power the flying lung during flight. (Photo courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration)
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Multi-channel wound vacuum system improves life-saving en route care

The multi-channel wound vacuum system is tested on a simulated patient in a C-130 static aircraft display at the 59th Medical Wing, San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 1, 2016. The multi-channel wound vacuum system, which is used to promote wound healing on critical patients, is able to replace the capabilities of four single-channel systems. This smaller, more transportable device makes it easier for aeromedical evacuation crews to deliver en route wound care to patients with multiple wounds. The Air Force Medical Evaluation Support Activity (AFMESA) team was involved in the testing of the multi-channel wound vacuum system, ensuring the device could perform in the operational environment. (Courtesy photo)
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Multi-channel wound vacuum system improves life-saving en route care

An Airman straps on the multi-channel wound vacuum system during training at the 59th Medical Wing, San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 30, 2016. The multi-channel wound vacuum system, which is used to help promote wound healing on critical patients, is able to replace four single-channel systems. This smaller, more transportable device makes it easier for aeromedical evacuation crews to deliver en route wound care to patients with multiple wounds on the back of an aircraft where space is limited. The Air Force Medical Evaluation Support Activity (AFMESA) team was involved in the development and testing of the multi-channel wound vacuum system, ensuring the device could perform in the operational environment. (Courtesy photo)
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