Story by Burrell Parmer Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (April 25, 2024) – Operating in extreme artic temperatures can be extremely challenging and performing Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) treatment even more difficult as casualties, donned with large amounts of clothing layers, can make wound assessment and […]
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer Benedict Naval Hospital Bremerton/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton Twenty-three vitally needed units were collected in a blood drive held at Naval Hospital Bremerton, in coordination with Madigan Army Medical Center and the Armed Services Blood Program. “My main concern is getting as much participation from my […]
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Celia Martin Naval Medical Center San Diego Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences Brigade leadership visited Naval Medical Center San Diego to connect with NMCSD leadership and tour the campus, April 24, 2024, During the visit, the USUHS Brigade, including Col. Albert Kinkead, USUHS brigade commander, Lt. Col. Angela […]
Story by Senior Airman Spencer Kanar 377th Air Base Wing KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M.– Putting patients first is the top priority of the 377th Medical Group at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. By fostering an open dialogue with patients and coordinating with local hospitals and members of the Patient Family Partnership Council, the 377 […]
Story by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux 59th Medical Wing JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – As April marks Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, it’s important to acknowledge the issue at hand. A study conducted in February 2018 by RALIANCE, a national partnership dedicated to ending sexual violence, found that nationally, 81 percent of women […]
Story by MaryTherese Griffin Army Recovery Care Program FALLS CHURCH Va., – Army Spc. Joaquin Pina, a water treatment specialist at Ft Drum, New York, has quite the story to share. It was a typical fall day in upstate New York, and typical Army training was in full swing until a very atypical thing happened […]
Story by Erin Perez U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS—U.S. News and World Report ranks several programs at the Fort Sam Houston-based U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence highly in their most recent report on the best graduate health schools. Within the MEDCoE Graduate School, there are 14 […]
Story by Bernard Little Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Four Walter Reed doctors and a specialty care clinic are listed among the Military Health System’s (MHS) Joint Outpatient Experience Survey (JOES) Best of the Best in its first quarter of fiscal year 2024 report (October to December 2023) recently released by MHS officials. To […]
Story by Janet A. Aker Defense Health Agency The Defense Health Agency tracked more than 500 transports from the front lines to hospitals of simulated casualties during the computer exercise Operation Austere Challenge 2024, March 4–14. Austere Challenge is an annual classified exercise in response to a fictional military crisis. It is run by the […]
Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency By V. Hauschild, MPH, Defense Centers for Public Health – Aberdeen More than 20 years ago, military public health scientists warned that service members had higher rates of certain sexually transmitted diseases, known as STDs, than U.S. civilians. The military’s higher risk of STD was reportedly due to aspects of […]