National Disaster Medical System exercise [Image 9 of 10]

JOINT BASE CHARLESTON - AIR BASE, SC, UNITED STATES

05.14.2014

Photo by Senior Airman Kenneth Norman 

1st Combat Camera Squadron         

U.S. Air Force Maj. David Ferguson, 315th Aerospace Medicine Squadron flight nurse, gives a thumbs up for patients to be loaded into a C-17 Globemaster III during a National Disaster Medical System exercise at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., May 14, 2014. The 315th Airlift Wing hosted a NDMS exercise to enable active, reserve and guard service members along with civilian agencies the ability to demonstrate medical rescue and treatment skills. The event took place at both Joint Base Charleston, S.C., the location of the simulated earthquake incident where patients received initial treatment, and Greenevill, S.C., where patients were evacuated to for follow-on care. The NDMS is designed to augment the Nation's medical response capability in a way that assists State and local authorities dealing with the medical impacts of a major disaster during peacetime while also providing support to military and the Department of Veterans Affairs medical systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kenneth W. Norman / Reviewed)

• Date Taken: 05.14.2014
• Date Posted: 05.20.2014 11:40
• Photo ID: 1354365
• VIRIN: 140514-F-QX786-1091
• Resolution: 4736x3184
• Size: 1.2 MB
• Location: JOINT BASE CHARLESTON - AIR BASE, SC, US