Nov. 19, 2020 SAMHS accepting volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine trial A kick-off event to commemorate the San Antonio Military Health System beginning Phase 3 of the AstraZeneca vaccine trial as part of Operation Warp Speed was held Nov. 18, 2020, at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Feb. 13, 2018 Medical Education and Training Campus instructor a mentor to students, instructors Eighteen years ago, when Master Sgt. Robert George walked into an Air Force recruiting office in his hometown of Binghamton, N.Y., he was asked by his recruiter to pick three medical occupations that he would consider if he were to join the Air Force.
Nov. 8, 2017 Burn Center offers new pain management approach for patients Doctors at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston are utilizing a novel method of administering pain medication to burn patients in the burn intensive care unit in hopes to mitigate opioid addiction and other complications associated with
Aug. 26, 2017 Medical Education and Training Campus uses hologram technology to train combat medics Students in Combat Medic Training program Alpha Class 70-17 at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston gathered around Alonzo Gonzales, an emergency medical technician course instructor, Aug. 21 as he explained the morning’s lesson.
June 19, 2017 59th MDW opens new hyperbaric medicine facility on JBSA Designed from the ground up to provide outstanding patient care, the 59th Medical Wing’s new, state-of-the-art facility near the San Antonio Military Medical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston expands the wing’s capability to provide hyperbaric medicine and wound care.
Oct. 4, 2016 Air Force officer leads SAMMC Emergency Department “Trauma team to the trauma room; trauma team to the trauma room.”