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Air Force Medical Evacuation System Makes Miracles Happen, General Says
American Forces Press Service ^ | Feb 1, 2006 | Sgt. Sara Wood, USA

Posted on 02/01/2006 4:35:56 PM PST by SandRat

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2006 – The Air Force's aeromedical evacuation system is unlike any system that's ever been fielded and has contributed greatly to the joint service team, the Air Force surgeon general said here today. Since the war on terror began, the Air Force has moved more than 31,000 patients back to the U.S. for treatment and has saved countless lives, Air Force Lt. Gen. (Dr.) George Peach Taylor Jr. said at the State of the Military Health System 2006 Annual Conference.

"When you couple an expeditionary medical team with a great air evacuation system, miracles can happen," he said.

The air evacuation system requires all the military services to work together, as someone in the Navy might be evacuated by the Air Force to an Army hospital, Taylor said. The way the services cooperate during this process proves the developing theory about the effectiveness of a joint service effort, he said.

"This capability ties together a seamless interservice team," he said.

About 60 percent of deployed Air Force medical assets are working with joint activities, providing support to other U.S. services, coalition and Iraqi forces, Taylor said. In fiscal 2005, the Air Force averaged 365 surgeries and 758 procedures per month at their eight deployed facilities, he said. Of these, U.S. casualties accounted for only 20 to 25 percent of those treated, he said.

"Not only do American forces rely on these medical capabilities, but coalition forces and Iraqi security forces know the capability we bring to support them," he said. "You want to know joint, look at the medical service."

The Air Force further proved the competence of the evacuation system during Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, Taylor said. Because of the large number of injured people, officials had to modify their strategy and were able to move 750 to 800 people a day without setting up a typical field hospital, he said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airforce; evacuation; happen; iraq; medevac; medic; medical; miracles; system; usaf; wia

1 posted on 02/01/2006 4:35:57 PM PST by SandRat
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To: pissant; Dashing Dasher; Steve Newton

This is what I do..........


2 posted on 02/01/2006 4:38:23 PM PST by marmar (Pray for our Warriors...they are the greatest there is............)
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To: marmar

You're a peach, and a great American.


3 posted on 02/01/2006 4:42:20 PM PST by condi2008
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To: SandRat
Great article!

Thanks for posting it.

4 posted on 02/01/2006 4:42:29 PM PST by andyandval
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To: SandRat

Sir: those girls and boys of the Air Force, Sir they aren't general, Sir. As are you Sir, outstanding.

and that's how I stayed in the civilian population.


5 posted on 02/01/2006 4:44:04 PM PST by no-to-illegals
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To: marmar

ARRS bump


6 posted on 02/01/2006 4:55:48 PM PST by notpoliticallycorewrecked ( God Bless our Military)
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To: marmar

You are our little miracle worker!

Thank you for your service!


Dasher


7 posted on 02/01/2006 5:13:15 PM PST by Dashing Dasher (Feb 01, 1790, The U.S. Supreme Court convened for the first time in New York City.)
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To: condi2008

I am a blessed women......I was born in America...what more could you ask for...Bring these Warriors home is the best thing I've done in the USAFR........


8 posted on 02/01/2006 5:51:28 PM PST by marmar (Pray for our Warriors...they are the greatest there is............)
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To: Dashing Dasher
Pissy, is working on a thread, for the $$ you guys sent, for the Wounded Warriors.....he said he would have it out soon. You know I love what I do.......even if I have a real job now. I know, that later on, they will let me deploy again. When the time is right.......
9 posted on 02/01/2006 5:53:51 PM PST by marmar (Pray for our Warriors...they are the greatest there is............)
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked

Question...what does AARS stand for????


10 posted on 02/01/2006 5:57:05 PM PST by marmar (Pray for our Warriors...they are the greatest there is............)
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To: marmar

Sorry, I thought that you would know. When I was in, the sqadrons that did air medical evacs were called Air Rescure and Recovery Squaderon or AARS


11 posted on 02/01/2006 9:26:21 PM PST by notpoliticallycorewrecked ( God Bless our Military)
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked

sqadrons = squadrons


12 posted on 02/01/2006 9:27:32 PM PST by notpoliticallycorewrecked ( God Bless our Military)
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked
We are in the Air Mobility Command and the CASF which are the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facilities. I am not a flier, I am on the ground and we prepare the guys to go home.
13 posted on 02/02/2006 7:42:54 AM PST by marmar (Pray for our Warriors...they are the greatest there is............)
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To: marmar

Even tho I was part of the Medic Evacs I was a lab tech. Our command told us that we would still be flying with the team if we were pulled to activate duty. That would have been fine with me since at the time I was a nursing student, so I would have helped with patient care.


14 posted on 02/02/2006 8:33:51 AM PST by notpoliticallycorewrecked ( God Bless our Military)
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