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Aeromedical Evacuation

U.S. Air Force Capt. Thomas Hagan, a 123rd Medical Group critical care air transport team nurse, looks on as a patient is consoled by their family inside a C-17 Globemaster III flying over the Pacific Ocean from Travis Air Force Base, California, May 18, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lan Kim)
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U.S. Air Force Maj. Christopher Segura, 346th Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron pediatrician, speaks to a family May 11, 2018 in the Coclé Province of Panama. The medical team participated in Exercise New Horizons 2018, a joint training exercise focused on civil engineer, medical, and support service personnel’s ability to prepare, deploy, operate, and redeploy outside the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dustin Mullen)
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New Horizons Embedded Health Engagement provides unparalleled training

U.S. Air Force Capt. Charles Hutchings, 346th Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron pediatrician, explains health information to a local woman near Meteti, Panama, April 17, 2018. Hutchings was part of an Embedded Health Engagement Team, which gave him a unique learning experience by submerging him into local clinics. The team participated in Exercise New Horizons 2018, which assisted communities in Panama by providing medical assistance and building facilities such as schools, a youth community center and a women’s health ward. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dustin Mullen)
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New Horizons Embedded Health Engagement provides unparalleled training

U.S. Air Force Capt. Charles Hutchings, 346th Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron pediatrician, checks the heartbeat of a child in Meteti, Panama, April 17, 2018. Hutchings participated in Exercise New Horizons 2018, which assisted communities in Panama by providing medical assistance and building facilities such as schools, a youth community center and a women’s health ward. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dustin Mullen)
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Air Force ramps up flying ICU teams

The “High Bay” at the USAFSAM lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, April 25, 2018. The 711th Human Performance Wing trains new Critical Care Air Transport Team crew members using two C-130 and one C-17 training airframes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)
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U.S. Air Force Capt. Roxanne Buffano, an optometrist assigned to the 927th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, MacDill AFB FL, conducts an eye exam April 17, 2018 in support of Arctic Care 2018, at the Kivalina Clinic, Kivalina, Alaska. Arctic Care 2018 is an Innovative Readiness Training exercise comprised of a joint and multi-national force, providing medical, dental, optometry and veterinary care for underserved villages in the Maniillaq Service Area April 16-24. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Joe Simms)
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Air Force lab puts medical devices through their paces

Lt. Col. Brandi Ritter and Lt. Col. Lewis Wilber, the Chief and Deputy Chief, Air Force Medical Evaluation Support Activity, examine the lights above a surgical table at the AMESA test facility at Ft. Detrick, Md. on Feb. 15, 2018. AFMESA investigated whether new, light-emitting diode (LED) lights could replace traditional surgical lights for use in deployed environments, but found that under the LEDs, surgeons could not determine if a patient’s flesh was necrotic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Shireen Bedi)
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Air Force lab puts medical devices through their paces

Lt. Col. Brandi Ritter, chief, Air Force Medical Evaluation Support Activity, demonstrates a field hospital lighting system at the AMESA test facility in Ft. Detrick, Md. on Feb. 15, 2018. AFMESA tested the lights to ensure they work in the field and can survive the rigors of deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Shireen Bedi)
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Air Force lab puts medical devices through their paces

A 10-bed Expeditionary Medical Support Hospital (EMEDS+10) set up at the Air Force Medical Evaluation Support Activity testing facility at Ft. Detrick, Md. AFMESA tests medical devices to ensure they will work in the field and survive the rigors of deployment. Many devices tested by AFMESA are used in EMEDS facilities, making it a critical testing location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Shireen Bedi)
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Air Force lab puts medical devices through their paces

An aeromedical evacuation test pad at the Air Force Medical Evaluation Support Activity testing facility at Ft. Detrick, Md. AFMESA tests medical devices to ensure they will work in the field and survive the rigors of deployment. This test pad helps test whether medical devices can operate effectively during flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Shireen Bedi)
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CCATTs adapt to deliver critical care in the air

U.S. Air Force Capt. Arik Carlson, 10th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation flight critical care air transport team (CCATT) nurse, explains the role of CCATT to Partnership Flight Symposium participants at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Jan. 17, 2018. The CCATT’s mission is to operate an intensive care unit in an aircraft during flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rachelle Coleman)
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Trusted Care brought order to chaos after Hurricane Maria

Members of a U.S. Air Force En Route Patient Staging System team from the 375th Medical Group based at Scott Air Force Base rush a patient to a waiting aircraft during Hurricane Maria relief efforts at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, near Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands on Sept. 25, 2017. (Photo by Lt. Col. Elizabeth Anderson-Doze)
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Trusted Care brought order to chaos after Hurricane Maria

Staff Sgt. Tiffany Dewese, 375th Medical Group based at Scott Air Force Base, helps a patient eat during staging for aeromedical evacuation in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands on Sept. 24, 2017. Dewese was part of a U.S. Air Force En Route Patient Staging System team that operated out of Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, near Christiansted in St. Croix to evacuate patients after Hurricane Maria. (Photo by Lt. Col. Elizabeth Anderson-Doze)
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Trusted Care brought order to chaos after Hurricane Maria

Members of the 375th Medical Groups and a U.S. Transportation Command manpower team, part of a U.S. Air Force En Route Patient Staging System team, transport a patient during Hurricane Maria relief efforts to a waiting aircraft after arriving at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, near Christiansted in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands on Sept. 23, 2017. On the first day, patients were carried nearly a quarter mile from the staging location to awaiting aircraft. Following Trusted Care huddles, where process improvements were discussed, teams obtained rickshaws to provide more efficient transport and reduce the risk of injury to patients and staff. (Photo by Lt. Col. Elizabeth Anderson-Doze)
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Trusted Care brought order to chaos after Hurricane Maria

Maj. Kisha Wood, a medic with the 375th Medical Group based at Scott Air Force Base, assists an elderly patient after Hurricane Maria at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, near Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Sept. 24, 2017. Wood was part of a U.S. Air Force En Route Patient Staging System team that deployed to St. Croix to help evacuate patients off the island. The team created an aeromedical evacuation staging area for patients to evacuate, fostering a safe environment. (Photo by Lt. Col. Elizabeth Anderson-Doze)
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Trusted Care brought order to chaos after Hurricane Maria

Damage caused by Hurricane Maria on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands seen from the air, Sept. 23, 2017. (Photo by Lt. Col. Elizabeth Anderson-Doze)
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Trusted Care brought order to chaos after Hurricane Maria

Members of a U.S. Air Force En Route Patient Staging System team from the 375th Medical Group based at Scott Air Force Base at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, near Christiansted in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands load the first patients onto an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, Sept. 23, 2017. The team deployed to St. Croix to provide aeromedical evacuation support following Hurricane Maria. Patients began arriving at the airport less than an hour after the team arrived. (Photo by Lt. Col. Elizabeth Anderson-Doze)
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Trusted Care brought order to chaos after Hurricane Maria

Members of a U.S. Air Force En Route Patient Staging System team from the 375th Medical Group based at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, set up an aeromedical staging location for Hurricane Maria relief efforts after arriving at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, near Christiansted on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept. 23, 2017. (Photo by Lt. Col. Elizabeth Anderson-Doze)
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Trusted Care brought order to chaos after Hurricane Maria

Members of a U.S. Air Force En Route Patient Staging System team, made up of Airmen from the 375th Medical Group from Scott Air Force Base and members of U.S. Transportation Command, pose for a photo on Oct. 4, 2017, at the end of a deployment following Hurricane Maria in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. (Photo by Lt. Col. Elizabeth Anderson-Doze)
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U.S. Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force participate in Cope North exercise

U.S. Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and Royal Australian Air Force members utilize a USAF C-130J Super Hercules to perform logistical re-supply, medical evacuation, troop movement and humanitarian assistance during exercise COPE NORTH 18 at Tinian, U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, Feb. 19, 2018. Through exercises and engagements during COPE NORTH, USAF, Koku Jieitai and RAAF increase interoperability for humanitarian assistance/disaster relief operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Quail)
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