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Tag: medical equipment

Airmen run to a police vehicle as they deploy to help search and rescue efforts following Hurricane Florence.

Sept. 15, 2018

Northern Command Actively Supporting FEMA Hurricane Efforts

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Defense Department website — U.S. Northern Command, the National Guard and military services are actively supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency along with state and local responders in the wake of Hurricane Florence’s landfall.

The multi-channel wound vacuum system is tested on a simulated patient in a C-130 static aircraft display at the 59th Medical Wing, San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 1, 2016. The multi-channel wound vacuum system, which is used to promote wound healing on critical patients, is able to replace the capabilities of four single-channel systems. This smaller, more transportable device makes it easier for aeromedical evacuation crews to deliver en route wound care to patients with multiple wounds. The Air Force Medical Evaluation Support Activity (AFMESA) team was involved in the testing of the multi-channel wound vacuum system, ensuring the device could perform in the operational environment.

Aug. 1, 2018

Air Force tests en route wound care device at 59th Medical Wing

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base San Antonio website — Air Force Medical Evaluation and Support Activity engineers and medics successfully tested a new multi-channel wound vacuum system, a device that would improve aeromedical evacuation crews’ capability to deliver life-saving en route wound care.

New Expeditionary Medical Systems equipment is displayed at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, June 20, 2018. An Expeditionary Medical Systems exercise was conducted to test new collective protection equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Monica Roybal)

June 27, 2018

633rd MDSS tests new Expeditionary Medical Systems equipment

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base Langley-Eustis website — The Air Combat Command Surgeon General Office partnered with representatives from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center to conduct an exercise testing new joint expeditionary collective protection tent systems at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, June 20, 2018.

Saundra Pittman, 23d Aerospace Medical Squadron Central Instrument Processing Center (CIPC) technician, prepares to wrap dental instruments, Jan. 19, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. CIPC technicians are responsible for ensuring all instruments used on patients within the 23d Medical Group are properly sterilized. They wrap the instruments with sensors to ensure the sterilizer reaches proper temperatures and the instruments remain sterile until use. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Janiqua P. Robinson)

Feb. 6, 2018

Moody stays sanitized

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Moody Air Force Base website — The 23d Medical Group is essential for providing health services to Airmen and their Families. One piece of equipment the clinics rely on daily is the sterilizer, which is critical to keeping the dental, family and women’s health clinics up and running.

Tech. Sgt. Richard Smith, 455th Expeditionary Medical Operation Squadron clinical engineering NCOIC, poses for a photo Jan. 15, 2018 at Craig Joint Theater Hospital in Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

Jan. 27, 2018

CJTH Airman keeps medical equipment tickin’

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Forces Central Command website — With today’s technology, providing top-notch healthcare at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan means having top-rate equipment to support medical missions around the operating theater.

Semi-trucks line up on the flightline at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. Sept. 21, 2017 and wait to be offloaded. The trucks transported various supplies from all over the country to Dobbins where they were palletized and loaded onto C-17 Globemaster III aircraft and flown to provide hurricane relief. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kelly Goonan)

Sept. 24, 2017

Dobbins serves as important hub for hurricane relief efforts

DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Dobbins Air Reserve Base website — The flightline resembled a truck stop gas station this week as 18 wheelers were lined up in several rows behind the Transportation Proficiency Center. Trucks carried cargo vital to the relief efforts currently underway in countries lying in the destructive path of Hurricane Maria.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason Bishop, 86th Medical Support Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of clinical maintenance, checks the settings for a nitrogen generator on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 7, 2017. The 86th MDSS recently purchased the generator to replace using tanks that required refilling and two Airmen to safely operate, saving the Air Force man hours and approximately $7,000 a month. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

Sept. 8, 2017

86 MDSS keeps an eye on Ramstein medicine

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Ramstein Air Base website — When an Airman or dependent goes to the doctor, picks up a prescription at the pharmacy, or attends a self-aid buddy care course, they may not think about where the medication, supplies, and equipment come from to make all those things possible.

Lt. Col. Dwayne Rolniak, lab chief, discusses a patient isolation chamber which is being tested by the Aeromedical Test Lab for use on Air Force aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo / Brian Brackens)

Feb. 8, 2017

AFLCMC lab certifies medical equipment for U.S. Air Force aircraft

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base website — Transporting sick and injured military members and dependents by air from areas lacking certain medical requirements is an important part of the Air Force mission.