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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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Air Force Digital Biobank wins Federal Health IT Innovation award

An Air Force Medical Service project to host, manage and analyze health data received a 2018 FedHealthIT Innovation Award, June 12, 2018. The AFMS Digital Biobank seeks to link genomic data collected by the Air Force to other Military Health System and Department of Veteran Affairs heath databases, using a cloud solution. This enables precision medicine and integrate genomic data in health care, helping AFMS researchers and clinicians improve patient care, reduce medical costs, and improve health and readiness of service members and beneficiaries. The FedHealthIT Innovation Awards recognize federal health innovation, technology and consulting sector programs across multiple federal agencies. Awardees are selected by their peers for driving innovation and results in federal health information technology. (Courtesy photo by FedHealthIT)
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Air Force researchers test device capable of detecting dangerous pathogens

The mobile pathogen detection device was demonstrated at the Defense Health Headquarters in Falls Church, Va., Oct. 4, 2017. Staff Sgt. Lee Young shows how a PCR analysis can be completed in a combat setting and in real time. Relying on a small, portable device and a smart phone application makes it possible to easily detect dangerous pathogens downrange and make quicker life-saving decisions.
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Integrated Medical Support

Air Force Medical Service
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USAFSAM working to help Battlefield Airmen beat the heat

An Air Force-invented cooling sleeve for a water bladder and cooling inserts for a specially-designed undershirt are two ways that Dr. Reginald O'Hara and his research team at the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine hope to help Battlefield Airmen and other special operations forces avoid heat-related illness while in hot, humid conditions. (Courtesy photo)
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Wartime Innovation: Battleborn medical device saves lives at home

The REBOA catheter is a device that is inserted into a hemorrhaging vessel and stops or slows the blood flow to that injury while allowing blood flow to continue to vital organs and body parts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Amber Carter)
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Lajes Field Airman, fellow travelers stop attack on French train

Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, 65th Medical Operations Squadron, reacts to a mock medical emergency situation during a briefing by the 65th Medical Group for Maj. Gen. Christopher Bence, 3rd Air Force and 17th Expeditionary Air Force vice commander, on Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal, April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Guido Melo).
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Academy provides 'Falcon Fuel' to Cadet Wing

Jim Knowlton, the U.S Air Force Academy's athletic director, speaks at the Falcon Fuel ribbon cutting ceremony Aug. 5, 2015. The Falcon Fuel program provides cadets with extra nutrition by placing 12 healthy food stations near cadet workout areas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)
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Military hospital's surgical care ranks among best in nation

Surgeons perform a procedure at San Antonio Military Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. SAMMC ranks among the top hospitals in the nation for surgical care, according to a recent report from the American College of Surgeons. (U.S. Army photo)
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AF Surgeon General Message to the AFMS

AFMS Leadership Message 2015 (AF Graphic)
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Comprehensive Airman Fitness on the go

The Wingman Toolkit, an outreach and communication tool designed to ensure Airmen have quick and easy access to the latest Comprehensive Airman Fitness programs and resources, now has a mobile app available to download. (U.S. Air Force graphic)
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Next generation of prosthetics restore capabilities and even a sense of touch

Future generations of prosthetics could include sensors that send signals back to the brain so amputees can feel with their artificial fingers. Photo courtesy Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (DARPA/JHUAPL).
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