Air Force lifts blogger into Iraq
January 23rd, 2009
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His most recent post says:
"As we start to board our C-17 for the the six-hour flight down to Balad, Iraq, another Aeromedical Flight roars off the rain soaked runway and rises into the mist from the US military airfield at Ramstein,Germany.The C-17 is plotted to San Antonio,Texas and on board is a soldier severely burned in the line of duty.The flight we are taking handles critical care and ambulatory patients who will, for a time, be treated at the now legendary Landstuhl Medical center, the military operated hospital.When necessary, in extreme burn cases, the Air Force flies patients directly to the burn center in San Antonio. The patient is suspended in a stretcher, connected to life support equipment. A team of doctors and nurses fly standing up at his side all the way if necessary. Surgeries have been performed on these aircraft. The speed with which the critically injured are flown to treatment is remarkable.In the first Gulf War, it would take 10 days for a badly injured soldier to be brought to Europe or the U.S. for treatment. Now, it is 72 hours, and in the case of the soldier being flown to San Antonio, an even shorter time."
Thank you Mr. Malloy to working with Air Force PA to help share our Air Force story with the blogosphere.
Posted by Capt. David Faggard, Air Force Public Affairs.
His most recent post says:
"As we start to board our C-17 for the the six-hour flight down to Balad, Iraq, another Aeromedical Flight roars off the rain soaked runway and rises into the mist from the US military airfield at Ramstein,Germany.The C-17 is plotted to San Antonio,Texas and on board is a soldier severely burned in the line of duty.The flight we are taking handles critical care and ambulatory patients who will, for a time, be treated at the now legendary Landstuhl Medical center, the military operated hospital.When necessary, in extreme burn cases, the Air Force flies patients directly to the burn center in San Antonio. The patient is suspended in a stretcher, connected to life support equipment. A team of doctors and nurses fly standing up at his side all the way if necessary. Surgeries have been performed on these aircraft. The speed with which the critically injured are flown to treatment is remarkable.In the first Gulf War, it would take 10 days for a badly injured soldier to be brought to Europe or the U.S. for treatment. Now, it is 72 hours, and in the case of the soldier being flown to San Antonio, an even shorter time."
Thank you Mr. Malloy to working with Air Force PA to help share our Air Force story with the blogosphere.
Posted by Capt. David Faggard, Air Force Public Affairs.
