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  • Life can be tough, PHAP makes getting help easy

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Brittney Snider began performing medical procedures on her dolls as a young child and started volunteering at her local hospital at age 13. “My mom said when I cared for my babies, I used to put band aids and fake IVs in them,” said Snider. “I just liked

  • New Air Force health mobile app available for patients

    The Air Force Medical Service has launched a new mobile app to connect Airmen and patients to news and information about the AFMS. The new app is a mobile version of the AFMS website, and lets users customize their experience based on the Air Force military treatment facility (MTF) they use. This

  • MiCare becomes TOL Patient Portal Secure Messaging

    The Air Force MiCare system that lets patients at Air Force hospitals and clinics communicate securely with their health providers is getting a new name. The system is now called TOL Patient Portal Secure Messaging, the same name used by the Army and Navy. This is intended to minimize confusion for

  • Keeping an eye out for patients

    Eyes are one of the most useful tools humans have. They allow people to interact with the world in a way nothing else can and without vision many lives would change forever. Luckily there are skilled individuals ready to safeguard eyesight at a moment’s notice.Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Hubbard, a 354th

  • ACC Military Treatment Facility leadership conference stresses Trusted Care

    Trusted Care, the Air Force’s platform to reach its Zero Harm goal, was a main topic of discussion at the 2nd Annual Military Treatment Facility Leadership Conference at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, April 5-6. The MTF leaders also discussed manning, training and access to care initiatives.

  • The State of Air Force Medicine

    Airman Magazine: What is the state of the Air Force Medical Service in terms of the current mission and what are your priorities?Lt. Gen. Ediger: The Air Force Medical Service is strong. The men and women who serve our Air Force as medical professionals are actively engaged in the three main

  • X-ray technologists put people first

    A U.S. Air Force Airman shuffles into the emergency room gripping his thigh, which is radiating with pain, but he is told, “We don’t know what’s wrong and there’s no way we can help you.” With a furrowed brow, his eyes begin to shift from side to side rapidly. In his shaken state, he questions if

  • New Air Force physical therapy fellowship to offer “pinnacle of training”

    A new Air Force Academy fellowship that trains Airmen to be embedded physical therapists recently received accreditation from the American Physical Therapy Association as an Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy Fellowship, in time for the program’s first students to graduate this summer. The first of

  • Expeditionary aeromedical squadron creates mobile ICU

    BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- The intensive care unit that the 455th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron operates out of the back of a C-130J Hercules is a different scene entirely. An intensive care unit is usually a sterile environment, white hospital walls, pristine floors, bright fluorescent

  • Air Force Medical Service 2016 Award Winners Announced

    The Air Force Surgeon General has announced the recipients of the Air Force Medical Service 2016 individual and team Annual Awards.The nominations submitted reflect the extraordinary quality of the Airmen in the Air Force Medical Service. The accomplishments of those recognized demonstrate

  • Airman and Family Readiness Center hosts EFMP ‘Young Engineer Camp’

    With more than a million brightly-colored building blocks to keep them busy, children and adults spent a few hours constructing racing cars, buildings, a tower and just having fun together during the third annual “Young Engineer Camp” at the Galaxy Club on RAF Mildenhall, Feb. 11, 2017.The Airman

  • Senior mentors volunteer to help young doctors in unique situations

    Even the smallest military treatment facilities need doctors, nurses and technicians trained in a variety of specialties, but it’s not always easy to give them the exact support they need.  The Small Hospital Clinical Skills Enhancement Program is designed to ensure those smaller facilities still

  • 40 Years Ago: Last Nurse Survivor of Bataan Still on Active Duty Retires

    Air Force Lt. Col. Helen M. Hennessey retired Jan. 31, 1967, after 27 years of military service. Hennessey was the last remaining active duty Air Force nurse to have been amongst those who served at the Battle of Bataan in 1941.    Hennessey joined the Army in November 1940 and was assigned to the

  • Biomedical Sciences Corps saves lives through prevention

    This week, January 23-27, is Biomedical Science Corps Appreciation Week, which gives medical communities around the Air Force a chance to recognize these hard-working men and women. The Biomedical Sciences Corps is one of five officer corps in the Air Force Medical Service and the most diverse