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Air Force supports improved method for transporting traumatic brain injury patients
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Scientists with the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) are playing an important part in the testing and evaluation of a novel aeromedical evacuation stretcher designed to safely transport traumatic brain and spinal injury patients in air and ground vehicles.Ohio-based Cornerstone Research
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11/23
2016
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Protect Your Personal Information
Don’t wait for fraud against TRICARE beneficiaries to be in the news. Always protect your personal information! Whether you’re active duty or retired, don’t share your uniformed service identification card, or personal or family information with someone you don’t know. Protecting your personal information is vital to your privacy, and prevents
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11/22
2016
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Proper nutrition can help manage diabetes
Good nutrition is important for any healthy lifestyle, but for diabetics balancing nutrition, activity and medication is vital. Carbohydrates, for example, are nutrients found in bread, milk, starchy vegetables and fruit that turn to sugar in the blood. Other simple carbohydrates found in sweets and sugared drinks are the first to limit when
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11/18
2016
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Tobacco Cessation Program helps kick the habit
With the holidays approaching, stress usually follows. When some people get stressed out, tobacco can be a means for escape. The tobacco cessation program, located at the base clinic, is in place to help Airmen or family members kick the habit. Kirk Clark, 341st Medical Group health promotion coordinator, says his version of tobacco cessation
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11/18
2016
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This Month in AFMS History: Medical Red Flag Begins
The first Medical Red Flag program, a week-long training program in battlefield casualty management, was conducted Nov. 26-30, 1979, at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. It was sponsored by the Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Paul W. Myers. In the late 1970s, efforts to improve medical readiness took on an added urgency due to the rise in worldwide
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11/18
2016
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Empowered Airmen save patients’ time, Air Force money
Three Airmen at the 59th Medical Wing Family Health Clinic were tasked to come up with a PICO question to improve patient care. Their innovative idea has evolved into a process estimated to save the 59th Medical Wing $61,000 annually.
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11/18
2016
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CSAF announces CMSAF #18
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein named Chief Master Sgt. Kaleth O. Wright to serve as the 18th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Nov. 16, 2016.
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11/17
2016
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Great American Smokeout aims to douse all types of nicotine use
Military Health System officials warn that while on the surface smokeless tobacco might appear to be healthier it can do some of the same damage as lighting up cigarettes. “A lot of the effects smoking has on the body – causing blood vessels to narrow, raising blood pressure, and causing several cancers – are the same for smokeless tobacco,” said
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11/17
2016
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Get Ready for the Great American Smokeout
Smokers across the country are preparing for the third Thursday in November, when they will make more time to breathe easy by quitting smoking or at least making a plan. This year’s Great American Smokeout will be on November 17, 2016. This event challenges smokers to quit for just 24 hours, in the hopes that they will make the decision to quit
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11/16
2016
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Training to use deployed Electronic Health Records is out there
The Air Force Medical Service is developing an Electronic Health Record that will enable medical Airmen to treat those who are wounded while deployed in a harsh or isolated environment. Electronic Health Records track Airmen’s medical needs and document real-time data at every point of the Airman’s journey from when the injury occurred, to
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11/16
2016
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