Kentucky Air Guardsmen deploy for Hurricane Maria recovery operations
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Story by Airman 1st Class Daniel Farrell 106th Rescue Wing/Public Affairs Some members of the New York National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing are active guard reserve, full-time technicians and government contractors, however many are not. The majority of the 106th Rescue Wing is comprised of citizen soldiers, often referred to as Minute Men. They are police …
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From the PJ Pool Wizard Series: A quick look at the secret to a good eggbeater technique: the hips. A side-by-side comparison of techniques shows the key comes from smoothness and solid hip rotation.
From the PJ Pool Wizard Series: How to accomplish the 50m underwater. No analyzing in this video, just a solid view of how its done well. Note there is no panicking near the end- usually indicated by faster strokes or looking up to see where the end is (like most 50m attempts), his stroke and …
Doc Menon is an AF Flight Surgeon with prior OEF deployments with Moffet, and a NASA Crew Surgeon. He discusses his background with experience on Mt Everest and in Haiti after the earthquake, and how they impact how he thinks about care in Space and other low resource, austere environments. He then gives us an …
Travis discusses highlights of 2 important mil med meetings in the past month: TCCC Committee and the Military Health Services Research Symposium.
Mike Lauria is a Med student, prior STS PJ turned Flight Medic. He discusses his experiences as they would be relevant to special needs populations during disaster response and his transition to becoming a Flight Medic which is another great career option if you want to stay operational. Look into Kyle Faudree’s training if you …
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Doc Fedor adds a few notes on RSA. In light of civil SAR at Harvey and Irma, we introduce some of the issues surrounding special needs populations. Look for the Winter Pararescue Foundation ski tour in the Rockies if you need some decompression, or know someone who does. Support your foundation at pararescuefoundation.org
Doc Fedor is a civilian Emergency Medicine and EMS Doc who is the Director of the Schoolhouse Paramedic Program. He discusses rapid sequence airway. A technique unique and specific to pre-hospital medicine in which the patient receives a sedative and paralytic, and a supra-glottic device is intentionally placed. There are a few slots left for …