Healthcare Professionals at Work

Nurses and medical staff engaged in patient care, showcasing teamwork, medical practices, and COVID-19 precautions in a clinical environment.

Throughout the year, the hospital's nursing staff continues to train on new technologies and new recommendations.

Nurses working in sterile unit. Department of Haematology and Immunology, Limoges hospital, France.

cleaning staff disinfecting school mirrors to avoid covid19

Nurse completes paperwork after injecting covid-19 vaccine. Covid 19 vaccination center in Abbeville (80), Pfizer vaccine.

Ophthalmology office. Masked patient and doctor - Covid 19. Cabinet secretary.

Throughout the year, the hospital's nursing staff continues to train on new technologies and new recommendations.

Training of medical interns in the ECMO technique, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Soldiers from the 36th Infantry Division and 272th Engineer Company take the COVID-19 antigen test at Camp Swift Texas. All soldiers are in the process of being tested after returning from Texas Military Department COVID task force community support roles to further mitigate the spread of the virus.

Anesthetist students during the debriefing after a critical situation resuscitation exercise at the Nimes Faculty of Medicine.

France, Brittany, Dinan, 18/12/2021. Covid-19 vaccination centre in Dinan, Brittany. Here is the entrance to the centre and the waiting area for the vaccine. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Dinan, le 18/12/2021. Centre de vaccination contre la Covid-19 a Dinan en Bretagne. Ici entree du centre et lieu d attente pour acceder au vaccin. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Pediatric resuscitation simulation workshop at the Nimes Faculty of Medicine.

Medical consultation of the patient before injection of the Covid-19 vaccine in a vaccination center. Covid 19 vaccination center in Abbeville (80), Pfizer vaccine.

Health expert using otoscope to consult retired patient

Photo essay at Rouen hospital, France. Department of pneumology. Nurses aides.

Air Force Senior Airman Hannah Heater, a dental technician with the 134th Medical Group, Tennessee Air National Guard, practices with a portable x-ray machine Jan. 6, 2024. Dental personnel help keep the force deployment-ready with routine exams and dental education. U.S. Air National Guard video by Master Sgt. Nancy Goldberger

$Using refractive telescope to select optical correction in spectacle lenses. Masked patient and doctor - Covid 19.$

Department of oncology, Francheville clinic, Périgueux, France. Nurse preparing an injection.

Capt. Trong Ngyen, a Dentist with the Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton prepares to conducts a dental exam at Weimea Elementary School in Lihue, Hawai'i, on June 19, 2022. Tropicare 2022 is an Innovative Readiness Training exercise and provides real world training in a joint civil and military environment while strengthening the community relationship by providing medical, dental, and optometry services to the people of Hawai'i.

A health worker is seen donning gumboots as part of protective gear against Ebola virus at Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital in Harare. The hospital was preparing in case the Ebola virus reached Zimbabwe.

NEW YORK (April 13, 2020) Lt. James Kelty, assigned to Expeditionary Medical Facility Bethesda, Md., monitors a critically-ill COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at Javits New York Medical Station, April 13, 2020. In support of the Department of Defense COVID-19 response, U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, is providing military support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help communities in need.

For two days, nurses and emergency nurses undergo training at the Montpellier School of Medicine on emergency procedures and resuscitation. The nurses train on a crisis situation and must react in real time and use the right gestures when faced with the dummy in intensive care. During the scenario, students must choose the right drugs, medication to administer to the patient.

The Saxon Corona Test Centres for air travellers officially go into operation on Monday, 3 August, at Dresden and Leipzig Halle Airports. Employees of KV Saxony carry out the tests. Yasmine Coressel taking the samples

The SMUR emergency service intervenes throughout the region 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Emergency Physician Michel Maille and his team are called to the scene of an exchange of gunfire. A young man was shot and seriously injured in the leg. His vital prognosis is engaged. After his arrival in the emergency room, the young man is taken care of by the DAR teams. Department of Anesthesia Resuscitation and Critical Care of polytrauma patients.

Nurse cleaning a nursing tray.

Coronavirus Emergency. Cisliano. Serological tests in the municipality's gym to check the health status and level of antibodies of citizens against covid-19.

Spirometry, test of lung function, nurse examines a patient, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, Europe

Staff Sgt. Ivan Navarro from the Nevada Air National Guard's 152nd Medical Group prepares to conduct a dental procedure at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, Italy, on July 20, 2022. Navarro worked jointly with a Navy dentist to provide examination and oral surgery to patients on base.

Photo essay at Henry Gabrielle hospital in Lyon, France. Urology consultation with Dr Nicolas Morel-Journel, surgeon-urologist. Postoperative examination of trans man patient after a sex reassignment surgery, phalloplasty.

Rehabilitation centre for adult disabled persons, Dordogne, France.

Educational room in which the nurse explains to the parents which are the good and bad products to use for their baby. Here the nurse shows an aluminum saucepan to be avoided against a stainless steel dish to be preferred.

A hospital-based emergency service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and covers an entire region.

Capt. Katelyn Allen, a Dentist with the 101st Medical Group Bangor Maine conducts a dental exam at Weimea Elementary School in Lihue, Hawai'i, on June 19, 2022. Tropicare 2022 is an Innovative Readiness Training exercise and provides real world training in a joint civil and military environment while strengthening the community relationship by providing medical, dental, and optometry services to the people of Hawai'i.

Reportage in the Endocrinology service of Lariboisière hospital in Paris, France. Training a student nurse on the last test at a patients bedside to check the compatibility of the blood before transfusion.

5th year medical students during an IV placement workshop. Students train on an arterial arm allowing arterial and venous puncture for blood sampling. The arm allows work on the Cephalic, basilic, radial and cubital veins as well as the radial and brachial arteries for infusion and blood sampling. Teacher explaining the application of a tourniquet.

Reportage at Château de la Manderie in Ouzouer des Champs, France, a nursing home for Alzheimer sufferers.

Photo essay at the department of oncology of the Diaconesses hospital in Paris, France. Outpatient hospital, chemotherapy session.

A 77-year-old patient with signs of stroke is managed. Following the MRI, the neurologist hesitates on the procedure to follow and consults his colleague.

Clinical research in the GHICL. General neurology department at St Vincent de Paul hospital in Lille, France. A patient suffering from multiple sclerosis in its primary progressive form. A precision and manual dexterity test.

Nurse in the staff office with her laptop

vaccination for COVID-19, Palma de Mallorca, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Paitin-Kalena Wickham, 18th Dental Squadron dental assistant from Reno, Nevada was selected as the 18th Wings Airman of the Week at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The Airman of the Week program is an opportunity for outstanding Airmen to be recognized by KAB leadership as well as showcase these young leaders to their peers.

Medical intensive care unit at Jacques Cartier Hospital in Massy. Nurse in the department pharmacy to stock up on Furosemide, Heparin, Ceftriaxone (Antibiotic from the cephalosporin family) used for patients with Covid 19.

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

Female veterinarians perform surgery on a small dog

Photo essay in a chemist's shop in France. Screening for cardiovascular risk. CardioChek Analyzer.

Professor Gynecologist and his students during a course in gynecology at the medical university of Nimes. Placement of a speculum and vaginal smear.

Photo essay at Rouen hospital in France. Department of medically assisted procreation (MAP). Midwife.

Shock room in the intensive care unit of a university hospital.

For two days, general practitioners are trained in pediatric emergency procedures.

Coronavirus Emergency. Cisliano. Serological tests in the municipality's gym to check the health status and level of antibodies of citizens against covid-19.

Emergency services of the Abbeville hospital, COVID area, care and examinations carried out by nurses, doctors and nursing assistants.

Anesthetist students during the debriefing after a critical situation resuscitation exercise at the Nimes Faculty of Medicine.

Nurse performing an intravenous procedure in a hospital setting

Rehabilitation centre for adult disabled persons, Dordogne, France.

2 nurses discussing patients in the office of the maternity staff station.

Educational room in which the nurse explains to the parents which are the good and bad products to use for their baby.

A nurse from the emergency department of Abbeville hospital prepares a PCA pump for a patient, used in chronic pain in adults, mainly of cancerous origin and in palliative care.

Medical intensive care unit at Jacques Cartier Hospital in Massy. All the beds in the service since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic have been reserved for the reception of patients needing respiratory assistance. Hospital workers, nursing assistants, nurses, interns and physicians are mobilized with patients to ensure continuous care. To avoid any contamination, all staff must comply with the rules for wearing masks, gowns, aprons, glasses, gloves. Preparation of care and treatment, syringe, needle, respirator installation. Cleaning and disinfection of care trolleys.

The Saxon Corona Test Centres for air travellers officially go into operation on Monday, 3 August, at Dresden and Leipzig Halle Airports. Employees of KV Saxony carry out the tests. Yasmine Coressel taking samples, by Nastasja Döring

Distribution of meals to patients in the aftercare and rehabilitation department of a hospital.

Coronavirus Emergency. Cisliano. Serological tests in the municipality's gym to check the health status and level of antibodies of citizens against covid-19.

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass.--Soldiers from the Massachusetts National Guard chat with residents of the Holyoke Soldiers Home in Holyoke, Mass., April 1, 2019. Soldiers from the Mass. National Guard, most of whom are medics or health care providers, are on hand at the long term care facility to augment the staff as they and the residents face an outbreak of COVID-19 cases. (Massachusetts National Guard

Reportage in the orthopedic service of Robert Bellanger Hospital in France. The head of the service visits patients with the whole team.

All calls to the department of Herault are centralized at this location. Here are coordinated emergency services. Calls are received and processed by the ARMs, Medical Regulation Assistants. Then, depending on the case, the calls are transmitted to an emergency doctor who will decide to trigger and adapt the emergency services. ARM, Assistant Medical Regulators.

Photo essay at Rouen hospital, France. Department of pneumology.

The SMUR has light vehicles for rapid interventions, and ambulances when the intervention will require the transport of the injured.

Support by a team from SMUR d'Abbeville, emergency doctor, State-certified nurse anesthetist (IADE) and firefighter from SDIS 80 of a pregnant woman, about to give birth at her home. Support up to the delivery room of the maternity ward.

Reportage in the St Grégoire Hospital group in Rennes, France. Short-stay unit. After visiting the rooms, the nurse notes down the patients vital signs.

Doctor observing the images of a scanner in the emergency room of a university hospital.

Educational room in which the nurse explains to the parents which are the good and bad products to use for their baby. Here a plastic bottle to avoid.

Break room for hospital care staff.

Bethesda, Md. (March 19, 2020) Hospitalman Recruit Andrew Silva and Hospitalman Recruit Mildred Cantu, both assigned to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center check a patients vitals as part of the COVID-19 screening process.

Professor Gynecologist and his students during a course in gynecology at the medical university of Nimes. Placement of a speculum and vaginal smear

For two days, nurses and emergency nurses undergo training at the Montpellier School of Medicine on emergency procedures and resuscitation. Presentation of drugs, emergency drugs presented here in a mobile cabinet.

Anesthetist students during the debriefing after a critical situation resuscitation exercise at the Nimes Faculty of Medicine.

Coronavirus Emergency. Cisliano. Serological tests in the municipality's gym to check the health status and level of antibodies of citizens against covid-19.

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

Dr. Strassmueller tests one of his employees at his own request in the Corona test tent on the parking lot in front of his medical practice, Gmund, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria

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Medical analysis laboratory. Processing of samples entrusted by independent nurses at home.

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 5, 2022) - U.S. Army Spc. Alexandra James, from Ormond Beach, Florida, prepares a cat for surgery at the Puerto Princesa City Veterinary Office 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.

A hospital-based emergency service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and covers an entire region. Training on the Lucas massage device. With LUCAS, cardiac arrest patients receive effective, uniform and continuous chest compressions.

Reportage in the National Oncology Particle Therapy Centre in Milan, Italy (The CNAO - Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia Oncologica). Particle therapy is a state-of-the-art technique used to treat cancer. It consists of using hadrons, protons (proton therapy) and cabon ions (carbon-ion treatment) to irradiate tumours. It has two therapeutic purposes, a high ballistic accuracy which allows healthy tissue surrounding the tumour to be spared, and a greater efficiency at treating certain cancers. The CNAO is the only centre to own carbon-ion treatment technology in Europe. The technician holds a mask which immobilises patients during treatment.

Photo essay at Henry Gabrielle hospital in Lyon, France. Urology consultation with Dr Nicolas Morel-Journel, surgeon-urologist. Postoperative examination of trans man patient after a sex reassignment surgery, phalloplasty.

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

Emergency Department of the Abbeville Hospital Centre in France. Team of emergency workers who receive patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Filiéris eye care centre, France.

5th year medical students during an IV placement workshop. Students train on an arterial arm allowing arterial and venous puncture for blood sampling. The arm allows work on the Cephalic, basilic, radial and cubital veins as well as the radial and brachial arteries for infusion and blood sampling. Training in putting on a tourniquet.

For two days, general practitioners are trained in pediatric emergency procedures. Defraying after a simulation session.

Support by a team from SMUR d'Abbeville, emergency doctor, State-certified nurse anesthetist (IADE) and firefighter from SDIS 80 of a pregnant woman, about to give birth at her home. Support up to the delivery room of the maternity ward.

Two doctors consulting

Support by the firefighters of the SDIS 80 and the teams of the SMUR of Abbeville, emergency doctor, State-certified nurse anesthetist (IADE) and paramedic of a person suffering from a cardiac problem at his home. Diagnosis and care carried out by SMUR teams and transfer of the patient to the hospital.

All calls to the department of Herault are centralized at this location. Here are coordinated emergency services. Calls are received and processed by the ARMs, Medical Regulation Assistants. Then, depending on the case, the calls are transmitted to an emergency doctor who will decide to trigger and adapt the emergency services. ARM, Assistant Medical Regulators.

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Medical students during a computer simulation workshop. The software makes it possible to manage deliveries and emergency situations. A resuscitation student helps midwifery students.

Blood transfusion of anemic patient during a hemodialysis session. Nurse according to the protocol control Transfusion. Limoges hospital, France.

Emergency services of the Abbeville hospital, COVID area, a nurse prepares with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) before entering the room of a patient with COVID symptoms.

Pediatric resuscitation simulation workshop at the Nimes Faculty of Medicine.

U.S. Air Force nurses and medical technicians assigned to the 35th Medical Group pick up pizza during a Nurses and Medical Technicians Appreciation Week luncheon at Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 19, 2022. The appreciation week is a time to reflect on and recognize the hard work, passion, and dedication that nurses and caregivers across the world exhibit every single day.

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