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6 January 8, 2016
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Air Force Medical Service’s Year in Review
By Kevin M. Hymel
Air Force Surgeon General Public Affairs
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — In 2015,
the doctors, nurses and technicians of
the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS)
made a difference in the Air Force’s mis- ford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center,
sion, while new AFMS technologies and
training exercises ensured air and space
superiority.
By working with overseas partners,
and helping the Resolute Support Mis-
sion in Afghanistan, AFMS aided the
Air Force in rapid global mobility and
precision engagements. Meanwhile, the
service reinforced the Air Force’s core
values at home and abroad during a
leadership transition.
Technology
The AFMS saw advances in technol-
ogy. In January, the U.S. Transportation
Command launched the Transport Iso-
lation System, which allows airplanes to
move multiple patients with infectious
diseases; and a computer-aided design
and computer-aided machining helped
the 779th Dental Squadron at Joint Base
Andrews, Maryland, make same-day
crowns and other tooth restorations,
which used to take four to six weeks.
News
In February, a usable sweat sensor
prototype, a Band-Aid-like device used
to analyze a person’s biometrics, under-
went the first successful human trials at master III was shipped in parts to the U.S. Operation Pacific Angel, a humani-
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
In September, the 59th Medical Wing
Emergency Medical Services at the Wil-
Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, be-
came the first Air Force unit to use the
Perfusor Space Infusion Pump System to
administer IV medications to patients on
board ambulances.
And BATDOK (Battlefield Airmen
Trauma Distributed Observation Kit),
a computer program that runs on a
smartphone, or other devices, and can
monitor multiple patients and alert
medics to someone needing critical care,
went through more testing with the 711th
Human Performance Wing, Human
Effectiveness Directorate, at Wright-
Patterson AFB.
Training
The year also saw continuous training
around AFMS as well as innovations in
teaching and new programs to teach
clinical teams.
In late January, the first six Sus-
tained Medical and Readiness Trained
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(SMART) program students graduated Air Base, Qatar, to enhance their ability
from the course at Nellis AFB, Nevada. to jointly respond to medical emergen-
To better teach students, a C-17 Globe- cies. In March, AFMS participated in
Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine’s tarian assistance operation in Quang
Aeromedical Evacuation Training Facil- Ngal, Vietnam, which ensured the two
ity at Wright-Patterson AFB. countries’ militaries could work together
in a crisis. AFMS also participated in
AFMS teams trained in various exer- Pacific Angel 15-4 in Goroka, Papua
cises: Operation Joint Medic, a training New Guinea, providing medical care
exercise at the Silver Flag Alpha range for 3,895 patients, refurbishing three
complex in Nevada; Ultimate Cadeceus schools for 3,000 students, and helping
2015 at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve two local hospitals overhaul their ability
Base in New Orleans on April 16, where to respond to emergencies.
teams conducted aeromedical evacua-
tion training; MEDBEACH 2015, a joint As the Ebola crisis in West Africa
service exercise at Patrick AFB, Florida, receded, the Air Force wound down
which prepared military medical per- Operation United Assistance, which
sonnel for deployments; and the annual provided an air bridge into Liberia.
EMT Rodeo, where 21 medical teams After an earthquake hit Nepal on April
of elite emergency medical technicians 25, a team from the 36th Contingency
competed in 19 categories of competi- Response Group assisted with communi-
tion over two days at Cannon AFB, New cations between the U.S. Air Force, U.S.
Mexico. Department of State and the U.S. Agency
for International Development with the
Overseas Nepalese army.
Throughout the year, AFMS Airmen
helped partners from other nations train Possibly the greatest overseas con-
and also lent a hand in crises. tribution came from Airman 1st Class
In January, Airmen from the 379th Spencer Stone of the 65th Air Base Group
Expedition Medical Group trained with
their Qatari counterparts at Al Udeid _______ See MEDICAL, on page 8
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