2/11/2013 - SOUTHWEST ASIA – Operating room technicians prepare a patient for surgery Feb. 7. The patient’s hand was fractured requiring the operating room team to put the patient to sleep while they perform restorative surgery on it. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brendan Kavanaugh)
2/11/2013 - SOUTHWEST ASIA - Maj. James Walsh, 379th Expeditionary Medical Group surgeon, scrubs in before surgery Feb. 7. It is imperative each member of the operating team is clean as possible to prevent an infection from developing in the patient from surgery. Walsh is deployed from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brendan Kavanaugh)
2/11/2013 - SOUTHWEST ASIA – Maj. Aretha Murray, 379th Expeditionary Medical Group nurse, preps the extremity of the patient’s hand to decrease the chances of the surgical site gaining an infection Feb. 7. Murray is deployed from Nellis AFB, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brendan Kavanaugh)
2/11/2013 - SOUTHWEST ASIA – Senior Airman Edward McCrory, 379th Expeditionary Medical Group diagnostic imaging technologist, watches as the surgeon places pins in the patient’s fractured hand Feb. 7. McCory’s job during the surgery is to provide real-time intraoperative X-ray images. McCory is a native of Atlanta, Ga., and is deployed from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brendan Kavanaugh)
2/11/2013 - SOUTHWEST ASIA – Maj. James Walsh, 379th Expeditionary Medical Group surgeon, sets pins in the patient’s hand to keep the fractured bones together Feb. 7. Walsh is deployed from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brendan Kavanaugh)
2/11/2013 - SOUTHWEST ASIA – The operating room team uses a C-arm fluoroscopy, which uses X-rays to obtain real-time moving images of the patient so the surgeon can see where he is setting his pins Feb. 7. The patient’s hand was fractured requiring the OR team to set pins to align the fractured bones. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brendan Kavanaugh)
2/11/2013 - SOUTHWEST ASIA – Maj. James Walsh, 379th Expeditionary Medical Group surgeon, puts a cast on a patients after surgery to immobilize it. Walsh is deployed from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brendan Kavanaugh)
