July 6, 2018 This Month in AFMS History: The air transportable “Flying Lung” On July 23, 1953, Airman Third Class Warren Beatty of Detroit, Michigan, became the first iron lung patient evacuated by air from the Korean War theater.
June 28, 2018 EMEDS Training at Exercise Maroon Surge To project forward medical capability into deployed settings, the Air Force uses Expeditionary Medical Support System.
June 25, 2018 AZ Guard Airmen train to operate patient decontamination station A community’s ability to cope with a mass casualty event depends on the capabilities of its first responders and public health professionals to handle a sudden surge in demand of patients with resource-intensive and specialized medical needs. For the members of the 161st Air Refueling Wing’s Medical
June 22, 2018 Joint training keeps Air Force medics ready to use varied platforms When medical Airmen deploy to the battlefield or humanitarian missions, they are often side-by-side with elements from other U.S. service branches. Many of these units use different platforms to deliver medical care and transport patients.
June 14, 2018 Aeromedical Squadron recognized AFRC’s best The 446th Airlift Wing Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron was recognized as the Air Force Reserve Command’s Squadron of the Year, Outstanding AFRC Aeromedical Aircrew Officer of the Year and Outstanding AFRC Aeromedical Aircrew SNCO of the Year.
June 13, 2018 Air Force supports Guatemala volcano relief efforts Volcán de Fuego (Spanish for "Volcano of Fire") erupted in Guatemala, near the village of San Miguel Los Lotes, on June 3, 2018, leaving more than 100 dead, 200 injured, and thousands displaced and in need of support. Air Force medical personnel and aircraft from many units are involved in relief
June 1, 2018 BEEliners enable AE mission It’s a Sunday morning on Travis Air Force Base, California, and a flight line normally buzzing with activity is unusually void of the sounds one would expect from the busiest military air terminal in the United States. The lull does not last long.
May 9, 2018 An AFMS look at aeromedical evacuation An AFMS look at an aeromedical evacuation mission from the 11th Medical Group Aeromedical Staging Facility at Joint Base Andrews, Md., the primary East Coast hub for aeromedical evacuations, returning sick or injured patients from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East to the U.S.
May 9, 2018 AF tests en route wound care device Air Force Medical Evaluation and Support Activity engineers and medics successfully tested a new multi-channel wound vacuum system, a device that would improve aeromedical evacuation crews’ capability to deliver life-saving en route wound care. AFMESA routinely performs operational testing of
May 2, 2018 59th Medical Wing executes five missions at once The 59th Medical Wing orchestrated five air transport missions simultaneously during the week of April 16th through the 20th. The Air Force's premier healthcare, medical education and research, and readiness wing flexed global capability by delivering expert healthcare to patients in multiple
March 29, 2018 Care in the air: Teams deliver patient care in challenging environments The back of an aircraft is a challenging place to deliver medical care. For Air Force medical crews, treating patients in the air is just part of the job.
March 22, 2018 Trusted Care brought order to chaos after Hurricane Maria Soon after hurricanes struck the Caribbean and southern U.S. in the fall of 2017, Air Force medics deployed to the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands and brought along their Trusted Care culture to help evacuate patients safely and effectively from the storm ravaged island.
March 15, 2018 The evolution of aeromedical evacuation capabilities help deployed medicine take flight Evacuating patients injured in combat and transporting them to higher levels of care requires a team of trained medics with the capability to keep patients stable in-flight. The Air Force’s Aeromedical Evacuation system has been a staple of transporting wartime casualties since World War II.
March 7, 2018 Care in the air: USAFSAM’s Flight Nurse and Aeromedical Evacuation Technician Course grounded in reality At 1420, Jan 29, 2018, the situation aboard a C-130H, configured for Aeromedical Evacuation and cruising at 20,000 feet was uneventful. The two teams, each comprised of two flight nurses and three technicians, attended to their six patients varying needs in the dim green glow of the aircraft’s cargo
March 7, 2018 The “Cadillac of medevac”: The C9A’s lasting mark on the aeromedical evacuation system Making its debut in August of 1968, the C-9A was the U.S. Air Force’s first specially designed aeromedical evacuation aircraft. The C-9A answered the increased demand for effective aeromedical patient transport as U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War escalated.
Jan. 25, 2018 Air Force Medicine during the Vietnam War By the height of the Vietnam War in the late 1960’s, the U.S. Air Force had 1,900 medics conducting medical operations in Southeast Asia. The steady aeromedical evacuation and in-theater care performed by the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) in Southeast Asia drove innovation and evolution in flight
Jan. 23, 2018 Aeromedical Evacuation Symposium demonstrates partnership capabilities Members of the 10th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight, assigned to Ramstein’s 313th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron, demonstrated their capabilities, Jan. 17, at U.S. Air Forces in Europe’s first multinational aeromedical evacuation symposium.
Jan. 19, 2018 This Month in AFMS History: Lt Elsie Ott and the First Official Aeromedical Evacuation Flight In January 1943, 2nd Lt. Elsie S. Ott, a 29-year-old Army nurse with barely a year of military service, took on a mission to demonstrate the value and feasibility of aeromedical evacuation. Ott, serving in Karachi, in what was then India, was selected to escort five seriously ill patients from India
Jan. 19, 2018 USAFE to host first-ever 13 nation Partnership Flight Symposium The office of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa Surgeon General will host the first-ever African and European Partnership Flight Aeromedical Evacuation Symposium to share best practices and enhance cooperation between allied and partner countries Jan. 16-19.
Jan. 2, 2018 455 EAES Airman provides critical care anywhere When injured Airmen need to be transported, medical care can’t stop mid-flight and it is the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Airmen who make sure that doesn’t happen.