sábado, 8 de agosto de 2015

Friday Health.mil News Round-Up: USNS Comfort arrives for first mission in Dominica; FDA approves cold-stored platelets for resuscitation; Medics vie for expert field medic badge

Friday Health.mil News Round-Up: USNS Comfort arrives for first mission in Dominica; FDA approves cold-stored platelets for resuscitation; Medics vie for expert field medic badge



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USNS Comfort

USNS Comfort arrives for first mission in Dominica

The joint-military crew and non-governmental organization (NGO) volunteers serving aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort commenced humanitarian-civil assistance operations recently in Dominica as part of Continuing Promise 2015 (CP-15). Read More ...


FDA



FDA approves cold-stored platelets for resuscitation

Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of cold-stored apheresis platelets for the resuscitation of bleeding patients. Apheresis platelets are removed from a donor's blood that has been passed through a device that separates the platelets and returns the blood back to the donor. Read More ...


Medics

Medics vie for expert field medic badge

The Expert Field Medical Badge is a unique distinction worn only by the most battle-ready and elite medical personnel in the military. Every year at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, a two-week intensive testing event is set up to qualify eligible service members from around the country for the right to wear the coveted badge. This year, eight Reserve Airmen from the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron out of McChord Field, Washington, rose to the challenge, training non-stop since March to prepare for the grueling challenge. 

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