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An AFMS look back at March 2020

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cynthia Ford, 145th Medical Group technician, readies a needle in preparation for giving an immunization at the North Carolina Air National Guard Base, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, March 7, 2020. Senior Airman Ford works as a traditional Guardsman, but also serves, in her civilian life, as a Manager for the Department of Juvenile Justice in Marion, South Carolina. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Laura Montgomery)
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Two sides of the rescue coin

Airman 1st Class Sinéad Brosnan, 27th Special Operations Health Care Operations Squadron aerospace medical technician, uses a fire hose to put out the embers of a fire in Florida, New York, in 2016. Originally Brosnan was a volunteer EMT but began volunteering as a firefighter when New York state passed a law requiring certification to be an EMT. (Courtesy Photo)
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Two sides of the rescue coin

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Sinéad Brosnan, 27th Special Operations Health Care Operations Squadron aerospace medical technician, checks the heart rate of Airman 1st Class Brandon O’Bryant, 27 SOHCOS aerospace medical technician, at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, March 3, 2020. To further her career, Brosnan plans on applying for the Independent Duty Medical Technician program to become a Special Operations Forces Medical Element member. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Vernon R. Walter III)
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Two sides of the rescue coin

Medical technicians from Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., hold their trophies for second place at the 2019 Medic Rodeo closing ceremonies at Cannon Air Force Base, Sept. 20, 2019. Airman 1st Class Sinéad Brosnan, 27th Special Operations Health Care Operations Squadron aerospace medical technician, led her team and lost only by a tenth of a point. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Washburn)
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Two sides of the rescue coin

Airman 1st Class Sinéad Brosnan, 27th Special Operations Health Care Operations Squadron aerospace medical technician, checks the heartrate of an actor during a stab victim scenario at the 2018 EMT Rodeo at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Aug. 8, 2018. Brosnan was the team leader for Cannon’s team at the 2018 EMT Rodeo and the 2019 Medic Rodeo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Vernon R. Walter III)
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Air Force partnership readies Airmen for infectious disease response

Bob Valentine (far left), The Center for the Sustainment of Trauma Readiness Skills Omaha administrator, manages and observes a simulated scenario as Maj. Kisha Wood, C-STARS deputy director, Lt. Col. Elizabeth Schnaubelt, C-STARS Omaha director, and Tech. Sgt. Victor Kipping, public health non-commissioned officer in charge, assess a simulated patient and communicate their course of action at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, Jan. 3, 2020. The U.S. Air Force’s C-STARS Omaha program, which was established in 2018, partners with The University of Nebraska Medical Center, focusing on advancing the training of medical Airmen in infectious diseases that they might see during deployment. (Courtesy photo)
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Air Force partnership readies Airmen for infectious disease response

(From left) Maj. Kisha Wood, The Center for the Sustainment of Trauma Readiness Skills Omaha deputy director, Tech. Sgt. Victor Kipping, public health non-commissioned officer in charge, Bob Valentine, C-STARS Omaha administrator, and Lt. Col. Elizabeth Schnaubelt, C-STARS Omaha director, pose for a photo in front of The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, Jan. 3, 2020. The U.S. Air Force’s C-STARS Omaha program, which was established in 2018, partners with the University of Nebraska Medical Center, focusing on advancing the training of medical Airmen in infectious diseases they might see during deployment. (Courtesy photo)
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Air Force partnership readies Airmen for infectious disease response

(From left) Tech. Sgt. Victor Kipping, public health non-commissioned officer in charge, Maj. Kisha Wood, The Center for the Sustainment of Trauma Readiness Skills Omaha deputy director, and Lt. Col. Elizabeth Schnaubelt, C-STARS Omaha director, assemble the portable patient isolation device on Bob Valentine, C-STARS Omaha administrator, to prepare for transport at The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, Jan. 3, 2020. The U.S. Air Force’s C-STARS Omaha program, which was established in 2018, partners with The University of Nebraska Medical Center, focusing on advancing the training of medical Airmen in infectious diseases that they might see during deployment. (Courtesy photo)
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Air Force partnership readies Airmen for infectious disease response

(From left) Lt. Col. Elizabeth Schnaubelt, The Center for the Sustainment of Trauma Readiness Skills Omaha director, Tech. Sgt. Victor Kipping, public health non-commissioned officer in charge, and Maj. Kisha Wood, C-STARS deputy director, demonstrate on Bob Valentine, C-STARS Omaha administrator, the proper techniques used to move the patient from the portable patient isolation device to the hospital bed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, Jan. 3, 2020. The portable patient isolation device is used in the transportation of a potentially infectious patient. (Courtesy photo)
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Eyes on it: optometry clinic ensures mission readiness

Dr. Courtney Humphrey, 633rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron optometrist, holds a lens used to look into a patient’s eye at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Jan. 27, 2020. Humphrey is one of three doctors in the Langley AFB optometry clinic, treating active duty personnel from all branches. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sarah Dowe)
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21st Space Wing leadership visits Schriever

U.S. Air Force Maj. Steven Savage, 21st Medical Squadron general dentist, demonstrates the Sirona Unit Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Milling Crown unit to Col. Thomas Falzarano, 21st Space Wing commander, during his visit to the 21st MDS at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, Jan. 22, 2020. With the help of the unit, the 21st MDS is able to provide patients who need crowns the same day at Schriever AFB. This technology reduced the amount of Schriever Airmen on dental profiles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Amanda Lovelace)
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Biomedical Sciences Corps Appreciation Week

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Syndi Breitenbach, 9th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Bioenvironmental technician, left, and 2nd Lt. Rebecca Smith, 9th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Deputy Flight Commander of Bioenvironmental Engineering, conduct HazMat ID training at Beale Air Force Base, California, Jan. 24, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jenell Brown)
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19th AW conducts ATSO Rodeo

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jajuan Erby, 19th Medical Group bioenvironmental technician, is inspected for simulated radiation during a radiological aircraft recovery training exercise at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Jan. 23, 2020. The decontamination line allows for any member who has possibly been exposed to radiation to be safely checked then decontaminated. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jayden Ford)
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47th Medical Group participates in Ready Eagle exercise at Laughlin

47th Medical Group medics wearing powered, air-purified respirator suits roll a stretcher carrying a volunteer patient to the in-place patient decontamination during the Ready Eagle exercise at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 17, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Anne McCready)
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Bioenvironmental Engineering Airmen are ‘jack of all trades’

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Gregory Rackley, 56th Occupational Medicine Readiness Squadron bioenvironmental engineering technician, instructs Senior Airman Joseph Bowden, 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, on the procedure to tighten a gas mask during a fit test at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, Jan. 14, 2020. The technicians administer fit tests for individuals who are deploying, and individuals perform various movements while wearing the gas mask to test how well it fits to their face. Bioenvironmental engineering’s mission is to provide reliable health risk expertise to optimize human performance and prevent adverse health effects of Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brooke Moeder)
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Exercise Frozen Defender: 435 SFS secures airfield

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Taylor Sutton, 435th Security Forces Squadron ground combat readiness training center instructor, leads the way during the simulated casualty exercise, Frozen Defender, in Grostenquin, France, Jan. 14, 2020. Frozen Defender tests the squadron’s capabilities in a contested environment under harsh conditions. The Defenders faced scenarios requiring self-aid and buddy care practices. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Devin Boyer)
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AF surgeon general speaks to JBSA medics

U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Dorothy A. Hogg, speaks to doctors, nurses and technicians during a visit to Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 9, 2020. Airmen from BAMC and Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center gathered for a town hall to hear Hogg’s perspective on the future of military medicine and ask questions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Katherine Spessa)
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Essential Medicine Experts

U.S. Air Force Maj. Andrea Russell, 9th Medical Support Squadron pharmacy element chief, pours pills into a medicine counting machine at the clinic at Beale Air Force Base, California, Jan. 9, 2020. Through teamwork, innovation and efficient utilization of resources, the pharmacy plays an integral part in the 9th Medical Group’s mission to support worldwide operational readiness and the 9th Reconnaissance Wing U-2/RQ-4 high-altitude mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Valentina Viglianco)
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Always believe in yourself, the rest will follow

Airman 1st class Sahira Contreras, 47th Health Care Operations Squadron referral management technician, stands in her office where she helps patients at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 9, 2020. She was awarded Senior Airman Below the Zone in December 2019, giving her privilege of donning her next stripe and the next level of responsibility six months earlier than normal. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Anne McCready)
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Walking Blood Bank

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Duncan, 332d Expeditionary Medical Group medical technician, performs a blood typing test at the 332d Air Expeditionary Wing, Dec. 20, 2019. The 332 EMDG started the first walking blood bank for military members to provide blood in case of an emergency medical care incident. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew Satran)
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