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  • Air Force Col. (Dr.) Kimberly Pietszak, interim chief, Department of Quality Services, and assistant chief, Department of Medicine, examines Air Force Col. Patrick McCain at San Antonio Military Medical Center, Aug 26, 2015. Getting regular checkups are vital step in maintaining one’s Individual Medical Readiness and aids an Airman’s ability to support the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Corey Toye)

    10 ways the AFMS is improving access to care

    Over the last year, the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) has been working to improve patient access to care. “We’ve always focused on and provided high quality and safe care,” explained Lt. Col. Donald Lofton, Director of Access to Care with the Air Force Surgeon General’s Medical Support Division. “Now access is getting a lot of
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    Medical Materiel Airman orchestrates 27th SOMDG success

    Like stage managers orchestrating a production, members of the 27th Special Operations Medical Support Squadron work behind the scenes at the 27th Special Operations Medical Group to facilitate excellent care during every phase of patient treatment.The Air Force recruiting website, airforce.com, puts it in layman’s terms: You can’t bandage a wound
  • Staff Sgt. Christina Begeal, 22nd Medical Group aerospace medical technician, poses for a photo, Jan. 13, 2016, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Begeal saved the life of an individual at a local restaurant who suffered a seizure during his work shift.

    Airman gives the gift of life on Christmas

    "I didn't think what happened that day would have happened so quickly," said Michael Hamilton a local restaurant cook and incident victim. "If she hadn't been here, there would have been more questioning, more chaos and less stability."It was this past Christmas and the restaurant was near empty. Hamilton fell to the ground during his shift. The
  • Lt. Col. Ethiel Rodriquez, Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron Laboratory Flight Commander and laboratory technician SSgt. John Reeves brief the Air Force Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger and the Chief, Medical Enlisted Force, CMSgt. Jason Pace during their visit to the Wright-Patterson Medical Center on Jan. 13, 2015.

    Air Force Surgeon General visits Wright-Patterson

    Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, Air Force Surgeon General, visited Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Jan. 13-14. As part of his visit, Lt. Gen. Ediger toured the Wright-Patterson Medical Center, where he received various briefings on hospital services and capabilities. He also held an All Call for hospital personnel and recognized several of them for their
  • Medical personnel use litters to transport Cpl. Richard Ramirez, 1st Marine Division, and other wounded to a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The patients are being medically evacuated from Al-Jubayl Air Base to Germany for treatment of wounds received during Operation Desert Storm.

    The AFMS in the Persian Gulf War and the need for critical care

    January 2016 marks the 25th anniversary of Desert Storm, it also marks a turning point in Air Force Medical Service’s Critical Care Transport Teams (CCATT). “We were not serving the Army as well as we could have in the Air Force,” explained Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Paul K. Carlton, a former Air Force Surgeon General who had been working on the concept of
  • U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Flores, 8th Medical Operations Squadron physical therapy technician, demonstrates arm exercises during a therapy session at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 7, 2016. A physical therapy technician's job is to assist the commander and return active duty members to full duty status, making them fit to fight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ashley L. Gardner/Released)

    If it’s broke, physical therapy can mend it

    If an Airman is injured, staying in the fight could be difficult. The physical therapists here help members of the Wolf Pack recover from their injuries in an expedient manner so that they are ready to “Take the Fight North”, while also educating and give them the tools needed to prevent future injuries.A physical therapy technician’s job is to
  • The 349th AMW Recruiting Squadron Flight logged their first enlistment of 2016 when Staff Sgt. Courtney Miller, 349th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aerospace medical service apprentice, was sworn in by Lt. Col. Will Link, 349th AMW resource manager, Jan. 7, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ken Wright)

    First Enlistment of calendar year 2016 at 349th AMW:

    The 349th Air Mobility Wing Recruiting Squadron Flight logged their first enlistment of 2016 when Staff Sgt. Courtney Miller, 349th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aerospace medical service apprentice, was sworn in by Lt. Col. Wil Link, 349th AMW process manager, Jan. 7, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ken Wright)
  • Dolli Lane, 96th Medical Group laboratory technician, reviews a sample through the microscope Nov.19 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Lane spotted a rare spirally-twisted bacteria when reviewing a sick patient’s malaria smear. The sample provided by the 96th MDG lab was the first-ever human-blood sample of a spirochete bacteria, known to cause tick-borne relapsing fever to be cultured at the Centers for Disease Control.

    Medical Group first to find bacteria unseen in humans

    The 96th Medical Group's laboratory provided the first-ever human-blood sample of a spirochete bacteria, known to cause tick-borne relapsing fever to be cultured at the Centers for Disease Control.The bacteria, borrelia turicatae, had previously only been cultured in animals, according to Maj. (Dr.) Benjamin Stermole, Eglin's infectiologist.The
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    A New Year, New You: January's Health Month

    The new year is a perfect time to work on a new you. While people know that healthier eating, tobacco free living and physical exercise contribute to a better life, many do not know how to get started.Some of the best methods for achieving personal performance goals include goal setting, self-monitoring, and problem solving to reach goals based on
  • A C-17 Globemaster sits on the runway as a patient load exercise is performed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 10. The 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron performed a patient load exercise to practice loading critically wounded members onto the C-17 for evacuation. The ASTS works closely with the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron to accomplish the mission of loading patients and caring for them in flight. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Liddicoet)

    Medical Reservists conduct patient-transport exercise

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