Episode #96: Weekly News Roundup for July 29

Filed under DoD News, Emerging Media by on July 29, 2011 at 2:33 pm {2 comments}

In the “This Week in the DoD” podcast for July 29:

After 102 years of serving the medical needs of service members, Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., is closing. Its patients and services have been relocated to new facilities at the expanded National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the law banning openly gay people from serving in the military, will be repealed September 20.

Retired Army Gen. John Shalikashvili passed away recently at the age of 75 after suffering a stroke. He served in the U.S. Army from 1958 to 1997; from 1993 to 1997 he served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The Army Corps of Engineers is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide temporary housing to residents of Joplin, Mo., who lost their homes when the town was struck by a tornado May 22. Nearly one third of the town was destroyed.

Listen to the podcast here.

 

‘Day in the Life’ Seamless Transition, Patient Care

Filed under DoD News by on July 28, 2011 at 2:12 pm {2 comments}

By Bradley Cantor
Defense Media Activity, Social Media Operations

As final preparations are underway to move patients currently at Walter Reed Army Medical Center to National Naval Medical Center, the Department of Defense is ensuring staff are properly trained for the transition.

One such training exercise, Day in the Life, provides staff with hands on experience dealing with several different patient scenarios. This particular exercise began with a 20-year-old mock patient who checked in with abdominal pain.

Staff and the trainees then determined that the patient needed surgical admission. As they escorted the patient through the standard systems and processes associated with treatment including admissions paperwork, radiology and lab tests, the Day in the Life concluded with the mock patient’s admission to a surgical unit for treatment. (more…)

Episode #94: Weekly News Roundup for July 15

Filed under DoD News, Emerging Media by on July 18, 2011 at 10:21 am {one comment}

In the “This Week in the DoD” podcast for July 15:

On Tuesday, July 12, President Barack Obama awarded Army Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry the Medal of Honor. On Wednesday, Petry was also inducted into  the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes.

One of the world’s most high-profile military couples, Great Britain’s Prince William and his wife Catherine, visited some 1,500 veterans and military spouses attending a job fair in Culver City, Calif., July 11.

This week, the White House announced the 2011 SAVE Award. Now Federal employees may submit cost-saving ideas to the Office of Management and Budget. The person with the best idea will get the opportunity to present their plan to President Obama.

Officials overseeing the upcoming BRAC move from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Wash. D.C., to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., expect the transfer to happen in a matter of hours.

And finally, this week the U.S. Women’s National Soccer team is training in Heidelburg, Germany, for this Sunday’s World Cup final match against Japan. They invited fans from nearby U.S. military installations to watch them practice.

Listen to the podcast here.

Walter Reed Planning Smooth Transition for Wounded Warriors

Filed under DoD News by on June 26, 2011 at 9:14 am {no comments}

Walter Reed Army Medical Center

By Rob McIlvaine, Army News Service

WASHINGTON (NNS) — Many of the approximately 430 wounded warriors, along with their family members and staff, visited Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) June 22 to hear about their upcoming move to one of two refurbished medical centers in the National Capital Region.

During the weekends of August 12 and 19, patients now at Walter Reed will move to either the newly named Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., or the new Fort Belvoir Community Hospital in Virginia.

The existing WRAMC, which has been active since 1909, will close its doors Sept. 15. Some of the 113 acres of that facility will be transferred to the Department of State; the rest will go to the District of Columbia.
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Video: Wounded Marine Goes Home

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joshua Himan spent 18 months at Walter Reed Army Medical Center recovering from injuries suffered from an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan. The attack left him paralyzed from the chest down. He returned home to Dale City, Va., where fellow Marines and volunteers worked to renovate his family’s house to allow him to easily adapt to living with his wheelchair.

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