Emergency Medical Training Exercises

Images depict medical professionals engaged in emergency response training, showcasing teamwork and patient assessment in a clinical setting, highlighting lifelike scenarios.

Support by the firemen of the department 80 and the teams of the SMUR of Abbeville, emergency doctor, State certified nurse anesthetist (IADE) and paramedic of a person victim of a fall at his home. The dislocation of the shoulder will be reduced by the emergency doctor at the hospital.Diagnosis and care carried out by SMUR teams and firefighters and transfer of the patient to the hospital. The treatments are carried out in a box dedicated to the non-COVID 19 patient. The dislocation of the shoulder will be reduced by the emergency physician at the hospital. The elderly person will return home the same evening with the arm and shoulder in a splint. Since deconfinement the emergency department of the hospital and the SMUR of Abbeville take care of more and more domestic accidents.

220102-N-YS140-008Fort Pickett, Va. (Jan. 02, 2022) Kathie Matthews from Rhino Medical Services conducts COVID-19 tests with Task Force Pickett personnel. Daily COVID-19 testing is required for individuals who leave Fort Pickett and then return. Testers are using both rapid and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests as appropriate. Cmdr. Wendy Arnold, Navy Expeditionary Medical Facility, cites the infectious rate of the omicron variant as a catalyst for increased testing. The Department of Defense, through U.S. Northern Command, and in support of the Department of Homeland Security, is providing transportation, temporary housing, medical screening, and general support for at least 50,000 Afghan evacuees at suitable facilities, in permanent or temporary structures, as quickly as possible. This initiative provides Afghan personnel essential support at secure locations outside Afghanistan.

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (August 1, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Mercedez James, from Buckeye, Arizona, right, teaches a local medical student with Puerto Princesas health office how to operate a machine used for red blood cell deglycerolization aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) in the ships blood lab during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

June 29, 2022, Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune participated in Exercise Vigilant Response, a simulated, full-scale exercise hosted by Marine Corps Air Station New River and supported by Onslow County Emergency Service and other various, local partners. The exercise provided realistic training opportunities to increase community emergency response efforts during a mass casualty event. Exercises like these are important for the Medical Center's teams to identify strengths and areas for improvement in order to perform at an expert level during any mass trauma situation.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Kelsey Lisitsyn (foreground), an Emergency Department nurse at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and native of National Park, New Jersey, prepares intravenous solution for a patient while U.S. Air Force Maj. Tiffany Winston, an Emergency Department physician and Dallas native, assesses the patient at LRMC, Aug. 10. Lisitsyn and Winston, two of 33 LRMC Soldiers, Airmen, Civilians and Veterans who participated in the annual De 4Daagse (International Four Day Marches Nijmegen), quickly responded to a medical emergency during the 75-mile march this summer.

Support by the firemen of the department 80 and the teams of the SMUR of Abbeville, emergency doctor, State certified nurse anesthetist (IADE) and paramedic of a person victim of a fall at his home. The dislocation of the shoulder will be reduced by the emergency doctor at the hospital.Diagnosis and care carried out by SMUR teams and firefighters and transfer of the patient to the hospital. The treatments are carried out in a box dedicated to the non-COVID 19 patient. The dislocation of the shoulder will be reduced by the emergency physician at the hospital. The elderly person will return home the same evening with the arm and shoulder in a splint. Since deconfinement the emergency department of the hospital and the SMUR of Abbeville take care of more and more domestic accidents.

221031-N-VJ326-1037 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 31, 2022) - Hospitalman Rubi Perezcruz, from Oaxaca, Mexico, administers a flu shot to a patient aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Oct. 31, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Laura Sellers, a medical technician assigned to the 193rd Medical Group, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, takes a community member's blood pressure at the Mitchell Pauole Community Center, Molokai, Hi., during Tropic Care for Maui County 2018, Aug. 11, 2018. Tropic Care Maui County 2018 provides medical service members and support personnel hands-on” readiness training to prepare for future deployments while providing direct and lasting benefits to the people of Maui, Molokai, and Lanai, August 11-19.

AMARILLO, Texas. - U.S. Army Sgt. Tyler Bardo, a practical nurse specialist, out of Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, puts on proper protective equipment in preparation to enter a patients room at Northwest Texas Healthcare System in Amarillo, Texas, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. Army medical team is deployed in support of continued Department of Defense COVID response operations to help communities in need. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing flexible U.S. Department of Defense support to the whole-of-government COVID-19 response. (U.S. Army photo illustration by Spc. James Alegria. The screen is blurred for the patient's privacy.)

Airman 1st Class Chenoa Bumpus, Medical Technician, 119th Medical Group, (right) assists with a dental procedure in Lihue, Hawai'i, on June 15 2022. Tropicare 2022 provides real world training in a joint civil and military environment while strengthening community relationships by providing medical, dental, and optometry services to the people of Hawai'i.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 8, 2022) - Capt. Kathleen Stewart, from Colorado Springs, Colorado, cares for a puppy during a veterinary direct care clinic at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

AZUA, Dominican Republic (Dec. 3 2022) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michelle Blouch, a surgical technologist from Lebanon, Pennsylvania, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), assists in the removal of a wisdom tooth of a patient at a medical site in Azua, Dominican Republic during Continuing Promise 2022, Dec. 3, 2022. Continuing Promise 2022 is a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Hurricane Wilma, Plantation, FL, October 28, 2005 FEMA Disaster Mecical Assistance Team paramedic Mark Shipp, right, from Tennessee One washes out the dog bite of patient Juan Vazquez of Ft. Lauderdale, left, as nurse Wendy Steward, Oklahoma One helps out. The DMAT is set up next to Westside Regional Hospital to help with the increase of patients to the emergency room due to Hurricane Wilma.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Maj. Morgan Wallace, 477th Aerospace Medical Flight nurse, draws labs for a Reserve Citizen Airman during the May unit training assembly.

U.S. Navy Sailors conduct splint training for local medical professionals at Chuuk State Hospital in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 15, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships.

SASEBO, Japan (July 11, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Paige Lambes, from Fort Worth, Texas, assigned to the forward-deployed assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), prepares for a dental checkup in the ships medical bay. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

221005-N-LH674-1074 SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 5, 2022) Paramedic Thera Fleming, from San Francisco Fire Department, Fire Station 49, treats a patient in the back of an ambulance during a San Francisco Fleet Week (SFFW) 2022 event where U.S. Navy Sailors and Marines shadow EMS personnel for a day. SFFW is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard teams and experience America's sea services. During Fleet Week, service members participate in various community service events, showcase capabilities and equipment to the community, and enjoy the hospitality of the city and its surrounding areas.

Hurricane Ike, Galveston Island, TX, September 18, 2008 Members of the Iowa-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team help to move a patient along with flight nurses and medics who will be transporting patients to hospitals that are operating outside of the area impacted by Hurricane Ike. Galveston Island, TX, September 18, 2008--Members of the Iowa-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team help to move a patient along with flight nurses and medics who will be transporting patients to hospitals that are operating outside of the area impacted by Hurricane Ike.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 5, 2022) - Lt. Elizabeth Jeffers, from Brazil, Indiana, right, conducts an intensive care unit (ICU) workshop with local nurses aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22). Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

Students and faculty from the Onslow County Schools Career and Technical Education Summer Accelerator Program visited NMCCL several times throughout the month of June. NMCCLs STEM Coordinator Lieutenant Adam Rondina arranged for the students to tour different areas of the Medical Center to help align program initiatives with their visit. The CTE program focuses on introduction of trades to rising eighth-grade students in fields for construction, health sciences, food, hospitality and agriculture. Students received hands-on demonstrations and discussions with staff from our laboratory, trauma and physical therapy departments.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. U.S. Sgt. Army Damian Williamson, registered nurse, assigned to 1st Medical Brigade out of Fort Hood, Texas, shadows a healthcare worker at the New York City Health + Hospital-Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, Jan. 24, 2022. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing flexible Department of Defense support to the whole-of-government COVID response. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tiffany Banks)

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Aug. 31, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Gabriella Cooper, from Harbor Beach, Michigan, right, teaches local nurses from the Solomon Islands about different medications aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) in the ship's intensive care unit in support of Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

Spc. Carlos K. Willis, licensed practical nurse, Tripler Army Medical Center, prepares oral medication for a patient at TAMC, May 3, 2022.

Hurricane Ike, Galveston Island, TX, September 18, 2008 A resident goes through triage with a Disaster Medical Assistance Team member from Iowa-1 at the University of Texas Medical Branch where a mobile emergency room is set up following the disruption of power and services due to Hurricane Ike. Galveston Island, TX, September 18, 2008--A local resident goes through triage with a Disaster Medical Assistance Team member from Iowa-1 at the University of Texas Medical Branch where a mobile emergency room is set up following the distruption of power and services due to Hurricane Ike.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Staff Sgt. Maggie Hooper, medic with the 139th Medical Group, sets up a patients electrocardiogram in the emergency room Aug. 2, 2022, at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Okinawa, Japan. Members with the 155th Medical group, Nebraska and the 139th Medical Group, Missouri Air National Guards traveled to Japan to to improve career-field competencies and validate tasks alongside their counterparts.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Alexis Garcia, a doctor assigned to the CBRN Enhanced Response Force Package, explains the procedures and evaluation to medics from 181st Medical Company Area Support Puerto Rico Army National Guard during a Role I and Role II medical treatment exercise at Camp Santiago Joint Training Center Clinic, Salinas, July 14, 2022. The training aimed to develop medical skills as an aid station providing immediate treatment of casualties while operating a simulated combat scenario.

MSgt Tracy Woodbury, Health Technician, works on a computer during Tropic Care 2022 in Lihue, Hawai'i, on June 13, 2022. Tropicare 2022 provides real world training in a joint civil and military environment while strengthening community relationships by providing medical, dental, and optometry services to the people of Hawai'i.

FORT CARSON, Colo. Expecting mothers were able to learn about breastfeeding and breast pumping at one booth during the Evans Army Community Hospital Baby Expo Sept. 17, 2022.

U.S. Navy HN Mae A. Senin, a corpsman with the Armed Service Blood Program (ASBP) at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Portsmouth, draws blood from Lenard R. Hayford, a force deployment officer with Plans Policies and Operations South, at Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia, March 30, 2022. The ASBP hosted a blood drive for the Marines and civilian contractors at Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command who wished to donate to those in need. ASBP collects donations to provide blood to service members, veterans and their families.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 8, 2022) - U.S. Army veterinary professionals prepare materials to conduct a dog examination during a veterinary direct care clinic at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

Vanessa Ramos helps a customer at the Grab NGo at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Sep. 14, 2022. BAMCs Department of Nutritional Medicine feeds 150-200 patients per day via Patient Room Service while also serving roughly 2,000 staff members, visitors and military members at the Main Dining and Grab NGo facilities.

Lake City, SC are being given free tetnus shots. South Carolina Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Imani Bryant, 509th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron dental assistant, speaks to a patient before providing care at the dental clinic on Whiteman Air Force Base Mo. on June 27, 2022. The 509th Medical Group supports the 509th Bomb Wing by providing trusted medical support, community health and wellness, and developing and sustaining mission-ready medics to support Combatant and Joint Force Commanders.

Anniston, Ala., Aug. 1, 2013 Healthcare workers, representing 23 Native American tribes respond to an emergency at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) Noble Training Facility. More than 50 tribal members, representing 10 states came together at the CDP for the Healthcare Leadership for Mass Casualty Incidents course. During the four-day class the tribal members trained to provide a realistic medical response in an actual treatment facility.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

040910-F-4243J-005. Base: Dajabon Country: Dominican Republic (DOM)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Elizabeth Davidson, 81st Healthcare Operations Squadron medical technician, provides skin cancer literature to retired Senior Master Sgt. McKinley Warth and his wife, Ima Jean, during the 11th Annual 81st Medical Group Health Expo inside the Keesler Medical Center auditorium at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, October 7, 2022. The 81st MDG hosted the walk-in event, which included information booths and scheduling appointments for multiple types of cancer and chronic diseases in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Pharmacist at Naval Health Clinic Hawaii fills a medication prescription at Branch Health Clinic Kaneohe Bay on July 26, 2022. Branch Health Clinic Kaneohe Bay is one of five branch clinics that make up Naval Health Clinic Hawaii.

Hurricane Wilma, Plantation, FL, October 28, 2005 FEMA Disaster Mecical Assistance Team Doctor Allene Jackson, left, OK-1, checks the ear of patient Kaiano Busby of Ft. Lauderdale. The doctor is assisted by paramedic Wayne Testerman, OK-1 and Monica Woodlee, right at a DMAT set up next to Westside Regional Hospital to help with the increase of patients to the emergency room due to Hurricane Wilma.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Anniston, Ala., April 30, 2014 Robi Mobley, a Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) employee, shows Lexie Shakespeare how to administer medications to a patient simulator during a tour of the CDP. Fifty local high school students, enrolled in Community Emergency Response Team Training, toured the CDP for America's PrepareAthon National Day of Action.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

10 year old child plastered for a broken thumb.

220102-N-YS140-011Fort Pickett, Va. (Jan. 02, 2022) Emmanuel Okrah from Rhino Medical Services conducts COVID-19 tests with Task Force Pickett personnel. Daily COVID-19 testing is required for individuals who leave Fort Pickett and then return. Testers are using both rapid and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests as appropriate. Cmdr. Wendy Arnold, Navy Expeditionary Medical Facility, cites the infectious rate of the omicron variant as a catalyst for increased testing. The Department of Defense, through U.S. Northern Command, and in support of the Department of Homeland Security, is providing transportation, temporary housing, medical screening, and general support for at least 50,000 Afghan evacuees at suitable facilities, in permanent or temporary structures, as quickly as possible. This initiative provides Afghan personnel essential support at secure locations outside Afghanistan.

SAN DIEGO (Feb. 25, 2023) A local high school student practices applying a cast during the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics event at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command NMRTC San Diegos orthopedic department. NMRTC San Diego's mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. NMRTC San Diego employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere.

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 6, 2022) - Royal Australian Air Force Flight Lieutenant Samantha Warren provides Intensive Care Unit skills training to local nurses aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

Hurricane Wilma, Belle Glade, FL, October 26, 2005 A member of the FEMA Disaster Medical Assistance Team, Oklahoma one, disposes of a needle while others also assist the staff of the Glades General Hospital tend to a patient in the emergency room after the area has been impacted by Hurricane Wilma, the fifth major hurricane of the season.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Wilma, Plantation, FL, October 28, 2005 FEMA Disaster Mecical Assistance Team paramedic Mark Shipp from Tennessee One washes out the dog bite of patient Juan Vazquez of Ft. Lauderdale. The DMAT is set up next to Westside Regional Hospital to help with the increase of patients to the emergency room due to Hurricane Wilma.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Midwifes. Maternity department, Cochin hospital, Paris, France.

220916-N-TT639-1002 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 16, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Kamala Reidallen, from West Palm Beach, Florida, left, and Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Benny Macanas, assigned to Fleet Surgical Team (FST) 7, from San Diego, prepare medical supplies for a medical training team evolution aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Sept. 16, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Ginger Myers, from Phoenix, right, teaches a local Micronesian medical laboratory technician how to use an i-STAT portable blood analyzer at the Chuuk State Hospital in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 16, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Lauren Arduser, 311th Training Squadron Russian language analyst, and Occupational Therapist, Kayla Bayne showcases Ardusers fine motor skills to the 311th TRS leadership team during her occupational therapy session at the St. Louis VA Healthcare System-Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, August 17, 2022. Arduser was trained in the Russian language at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey for a year before her vehicle accident occurred near Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas in March.

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Savannah Howell (right), a corpsman and Latrice Darden (left), a phlebotomist, both with the Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP) at Navy Medical Readiness Training Command Portsmouth, conclude a blood drive at Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia, June 2, 2022. The ASBP hosted a quarterly blood drive at Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command to create an accessible opportunity for U.S. Marines to donate. The ASBP mission is to provide blood products and support to service members, veterans and military families.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Operations and Checkout Building, Michele Perchonok packs the meals that the STS-121 crew will eat on the 12-day mission. Perchonok is a NASA Subsystem manager for Shuttle Food Systems from Johnson Space Center. Astronauts select their own menus from a large array of food items. Astronauts are supplied with three balanced meals, plus snacks. Diets are designed to supply each astronaut with 100 percent of the daily value of vitamins and minerals necessary for the environment of space. Foods flown on space missions are researched and developed at the Space Food Systems Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, which is staffed by food scientists, dietitians and engineers. Foods are analyzed through nutritional analysis, sensory evaluation, storage studies, packaging evaluations and many other methods. Each astronauts food is stored aboard the space shuttle and is identified by a colored dot affixed to each package. A supplementar

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Wesley Alonso, left, 824th Base Defense Squadron military working dog handler, watches U.S. Army Sgt. Victoria Rincon, animal care specialist assigned to Fort Gordon public health activity, perform a dental cleaning at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, May 11, 2022. The Soldiers and civilian veterinary technicians assigned to the facility provide services such as dental treatment, vaccinations, heartworm treatments, and surgical procedures to ensure the well-being of Team Moodys animals.

Martha Thomasson, neonatal intensive care nurse, talks to attendees about the care they provide, Womack Army Medical Center Maternity Fair September 10.

Kissimmee, FL, (Oct. 9, 2022) - FEMA Disaster Recovery Center opens in Kissimmee providing multiple services and organizations to help survivor's recovery needs. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff looks on as a young patient receives the vaccine during a tour of the Esperanza Health Center vaccination site, Wednesday, June 23, 2021, in Chicago.

Nurse Using Syringe to Administer Vaccine

The Puerto Rico National Guard started operations at the Bayamón regional vaccination center at the Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum, January 7. This center will serve health professionals of the municipalities from Bayamón, Cataño, Toa Baja, Dorado, Vega Alta, Corozal, Orocovis, Barranquitas, Comerío, and Toa Alta on different days of the week. The vaccination process starts with registration at 7:00 am from Monday to Saturday. On Saturdays, doctors and dentists will be vaccinated.

Sgt. Fidelia Anyanah helps check a soldier in for his dental appointment.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Aug. 29, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Kendal Swenson, from Vancouver, Washington, prepares blood products for transfusions ahead of scheduled surgeries aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

221030-N-VQ841-1092 PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala (Oct. 30, 2022) Capt. Kathryn Elliott, commanding officer of Medical Treatment Facility aboard hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), right, checks on a young patient aboard Comfort, Oct. 30, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Flooding Hurricane/Tropical Storm Severe Storm - Reading, Pa. , October 7, 2011 Peggy Glass RN, from the PA Department of Health, provides health supplies to an applicant as Jesus Ceja translates in spanish. Pennsylvania is providing multi agency services in all Federal/ Commonwealth Disaster Recover Centers (DRC). . Pennsylvania Tropical Storm Lee. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Members of the West Virginia National Guard's (WVNG) Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High Yield Explosive (CBRNE) Battalion, 35th Civil Support Team (CST) and the 35th CBRN Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) provide hands-on Personal Protective Equipment instruction March 11, 2020, to the staff of Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, W.Va. The training was conducted in order to help prepare the facility for potential future cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

060531-N-3931M-035. Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Country: Philippines (PHL)

Reportage in a mobile blood donation unit run by EFS (the French Blood Establishment) in Puteaux, France. A team of nurses collect blood.

220428-N-MY642-1015Portsmouth, VA (April 28, 2022) Sailors assigned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) volunteer at Manor High School demonstrating several medical procedures including intravenous therapy, sutures, CPR and ultrasounds. NMCP takes part in a partnership with various schools in the area to further promote the practical education of their students.

Fort Sill Dental Health Activity gave free dental check-ups to retirees.

Doctor and nurse look over a patients charts inside of a hospital room at an Indian Health Center

Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is hosting a vaccine expo through 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 20. NMCCL is offering both the COVID-19 bivalent booster and the seasonal flu vaccine to TRICARE beneficiaries over the age of 12.The Vaccine Expo is being held at Wallace Creek Fitness Center aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.

Three firefighters in break room with one getting coffee (selective focus)

Staff Sgt. Milagros Dones administer a vaccine against COVID-19 using the new personal protection equipment to a nurse in the PRNG vaccination center in Caguas, Puerto Rico, March 1, 2021. The PRNG acquired a new PPE to better serve the island's population against COVID-19. The PRNG medics personnel in Caguas is the first team using the new PPE.

U.S. Air Force Sr. Amn. Devon Bouffard, a dental technician, 158th Fighter Wing, 158th Medical Group, documents patient data during Appalachian Care Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) 2022 as part of community outreach to increase awareness of the mission at Wise Va., Aug. 21, 2022. IRT is a Department of Defense (DoD) military training opportunity, exclusive to the United States and its territories, that delivers joint training opportunities to increase deployment readiness. Simultaneously, IRT provides key services (health care, construction, transportation, and cybersecurity) with lasting benefits for our American communities.

U.S. Army Capt. John Barnett, the information operations planner with the Health Engagements Assistance Response Team (HEART) 2022 unloads medical supplies at Hospital Escuela July 23, 2022, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. HEART 22 is a Humanitarian Engagements Assistance Response Team, U.S. Southern Command operation that evolved out of the longstanding effort to improve regional prosperity. This operation is a physical representation of partner nation support, in this case through integrated surgical teams and medical equipment to help alleviate strain on the medical system.

Hurricane Wilma, Plantation, FL, October 28, 2005 FEMA Disaster Medical Assistance Team paramedic Carlos Mendoza, OK-1, gives a tetnus shot to Jeff Spitzer of Plantation as his wife Joanie Spitzer looks on in a mobile DMAT that is set up next to Westside Regional Hospital to help with the increase of patients to the emergency room due to Hurricane Wilma.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Wilma, Belle Glade, FL, October 26, 2005 Members of the FEMA Disaster Medical Assistance Team, Oklahoma one, assist the staff of the Glades General Hospital. Hurricane Wilma, the fifth major hurricane of the season, came through this area.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - U.S. Army Capt. Hannah Earl, a critical care nurse assigned to 14th Field Hospital, uses a hospital computer during the COVID response operationsat the Lifespan Community Health Institute inProvidence, Rhode Island,Jan.22, 2022.U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing flexible Department of Defense support to the whole-of-government COVID response. (U.S. Armyphoto by Sgt. Kaden D. Pitt)

Fort Myers, FL, USA - (Oct. 11, 2022) - Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT) from Connecticut (CT-1 DMAT) assist patients at a makeshift hospital set up outside of the Gulf Coast Medical Center to help residents in areas impacted by Hurricane Ian.Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Hurricane Wilma, Plantation, FL, October 28, 2005 FEMA Disaster Mecical Assistance Team Doctor Allene Jackson, OK-1, checks the ear of patient Kaiano Busby of Ft. Lauderdale at a DMAT that is set up next to Westside Regional Hospital to help with the increase of patients to the emergency room due to Hurricane Wilma.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Barbara Bielas-Flynn, a pediatric nurse practitioner, speaks with a patients father at the California Medical Detachments pediatric clinic within the Maj. Gen. William H. Gourley VA-DoD Clinic, in Marina, Calif., Aug. 10.

BETHESDA, Md. (Oct. 28, 2020) U.S. Navy Surgeon General Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham receives his annual flu immunization from Hospitalman Macie Jones at Walter Reed National Medical Center, Oct. 28, 2020. Receiving the flu vaccine will not protect against COVID-19, however, flu vaccination has been shown to reduce the risk of illness and hospitalization from an influenza infection. Service members should check with their local military treatment facility or medical personnel to find out where they can get their shots.

220916-N-TT639-1005 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 16, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Kamala Reidallen, from West Palm Beach, Florida, left, and Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Benny Macanas, assigned to Fleet Surgical Team (FST) 7, from San Diego, apply a neck brace to a simulated casualty during a medical training team evolution aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Sept. 16, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

220916-N-TT639-1005 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 16, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Kamala Reidallen, from West Palm Beach, Florida, left, and Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Benny Macanas, assigned to Fleet Surgical Team (FST) 7, from San Diego, apply a neck brace to a simulated casualty during a medical training team evolution aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Sept. 16, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Navy Lt. Hye Hyun Choi, from Columbia, Maryland, examines a patients dentures at the Senior Care Center In Ngerekebesang, Palau, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 4, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships.

Louise Fenwick (second from left) and Staff Sgt. Lebrandon Pittman, both 88th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron pharmacy technicians, share information about services with military retirees Oct. 28, 2022, in the expo area of Wright-Patterson Air Force Bases Retiree Appreciation Day. Military and civilian agency representatives were available to answer questions about what they can offer retirees and their families.

Family wearing surgical mask and disinfect their hands in the metro wagon at the underground. Concept of hygiene and disinfection during coronavrius pandemic.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Steven Peters, right, 60th Healthcare Operations Squadron emergency medical technician, checks a patients data with his fellow medics assigned to 60th HCOS at David Grant USAF Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, California, July 26, 2022. Peters is one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2022.

Measuring blood pressure.

Emergency Planning and Security - Troy, Ala. , September 8, 2011 - Students interact with a Patient Simulator and Robi Mobley of FEMA at Be Ready Day. The simulator, which speaks, cries, bleeds and moves, makes it possible for practicing patient care with real reactions to emergency situations. In remembrance of Sept 11, 2001, Be Ready Day, hosted by Troy University and sponsored by the EMA, emphasized teaching students about safety in a number of area, including tornado preparedness.. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Ike, Galveston Island, TX, September 18, 2008 A Disaster Medical Assistance Team member from Iowa-1 works on a patient at the University of Texas Medical Branch where a mobile emergency room is set up following the disruption of power and services due to Hurricane Ike. Galveston Island, TX, September 18, 2008--A Disaster Medical Assistance Team member from Iowa-1 works on a patient at the University of Texas Medical Branch where a mobile emergency room is set up following the distruption of power and services due to Hurricane Ike.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Kelly Arnholt, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES) DNA analyst, swabs a MIA family member during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Family Member Update (FMU) in Denver, Colorado, Sept. 10, 2022. Arnholt collected family reference samples from the family member for use in identifying unaccounted-for service members. DPAA also hosted formal presentations, question and answer sessions, and one-one-one discussions designed to keep family members informed of DPAAs mission to account for those still missing while addressing their individual needs.

Pittsburgh, Pa., July 6, 2009 Firefighter Melanie Smail (Loughlin) has her vital signs checked by researcher Steve Reis after she participated in a 20-minute controlled firefighting exercise. The data collected are being evaluated as part of a study on the effectiveness of cooling techniques on firefighters' health and safety, which is being led by Dr. Dave Hostetler, University of Pittsburgh Department of Emergency Medicine. The study was funded by a FEMA Fire Preventioin and Safety Research and Development Grant, which is part of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (NAMMA) DC-8 deployment to Cape Verde, Sal island, Africa

Doctor discussing over medical document with nurse in hospital

Anthony Banks, a blood donor, left, accepts a certificate for a free combo meal at The Exchange Food Court from Will Sexton, Fort Jackson fire inspector and American Red Cross blood drive ambassador, right, June 27 after donating a pint of whole blood. Donors received the certificate for the meal in addition to snacks and juice. One pint of whole blood donated can help save three lives according to the American Red Cross website.

Vaccination of 5-11 year olds and rapid serological test in a vaccination center in the Val de Marne.

Hurricane/Tropical Storm Severe Storm - Loiza, Puerto Rico, September 1, 2011 FEMA community relations specialist Enrique Colon, informs disaster survivor about the registration process. Community Relations teams are visiting the affected areas to inform the community about the registration process. Eliud Echevarria/FEMA. Puerto Rico Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

A retiree gets his flu shot at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital during Fort Polks Retiree Appreciation Day Oct. 15.

Kendra Davis, Missouri Mission of Mercy volunteer, organizes sanitized utensils during a free dental clinic in St. Louis, Missouri, July 15, 2022.In Missouri, more than 7,500 dental and general volunteers have provided more than $7.1 million in free care to 11,454 patients since2011.

Vaccination of 5-11 year olds and rapid serological test in a vaccination center in the Val de Marne.

Hurricane Ike, Galveston Island, TX, September 18, 2008 Chad Ware, RN with the Iowa-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team takes a patients pulse at the mobile emergency room set up at the University of Texas Medical Branch this is to assist residents who need help in areas impacted by Hurricane Ike. Galveston Island, TX, September 18, 2008--Chad Ward, RN with the Iowa-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team takes a patients pulse at the mobile emergency room set up at the University of Texas Medical Branch this is to assist residents who need help in areas impacted by Hurricane Ike.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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SAN DIEGO (Feb. 25, 2023) Local high school students practice applying sutures during the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics event in Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command NMRTC San Diegos orthopedic department. NMRTC San Diego's mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. NMRTC San Diego employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere.

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