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Photo: Members of the of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron assist patients on a C-17 Globemaster III medical transport flight out of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 21, 2013. With help from the Critical Care Air Transport Team, the crew can turn a regular medical transport aircraft into a flying intensive care unit, making it possible to move severely injured or gravely ill servicemembers by air. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chris Willis

After The Battle: The Flying ICU

Posted on April 22, 2013 by bniegel

Three critically injured patients need immediate transfer. For 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team, this is go-time.
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Photo: Capt. Mario Ramirez and Capt. Suzanne Morris, members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team, confirm a patient's identity and prepare to administer a blood transfusion during a flight out of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 21, 2013. A CCATT crew consists of a physician, intensive care nurse and a respiratory therapist, making it possible to move severely injured or gravely ill servicemembers by air. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chris Willis

Worth A Thousand Words: Transfusion in Flight

Posted on April 8, 2013 by bniegel

U.S. Air Force Capts. Mario Ramirez and Suzanne Morris confirm a patient’s identity and prepare to administer a blood transfusion during a flight out of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 21, 2013.
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Medical Monday: Air Force Nurse Lt. Shauna Ricci

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Josiah Wilson

1st Lt Shauna Ricci tells her story of going from an enlisted Airman to an In-Patient Pediatric Nurse and what’s so rewarding about her work in the U.S. Air Force.
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Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Ken Metzger, left, and Hospitalman Nicole Marcario, right, administer immunizations to a patient in the medical office of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell. McCampbell is underway to conduct exercise Foal Eagle 2013. U.S. Navy photo Petty Officer Declan Barnes

Worth a Thousand Words: No Pain, No Gain

Posted on March 25, 2013 by kfinley

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Ken Metzger, left, and Seaman Nicole Marcario, right, administer immunizations to a patient in the medical office of the guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell underway near the Korean Peninsula, March 18, 2013.
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Photo: Lt. Brandon Geddes reviews a patients X-ray aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower on Feb. 25, 2013. Dwight D. Eisenhower is deployment in support of Maritime Security Operations and Theater Security Cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Andrew Schneider

Worth A Thousand Words: Premolar Appraisal

Posted on March 4, 2013 by bniegel

Lt. Brandon Geddes reviews a patients X-ray aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower on Feb. 25, 2013.
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