CCATT delivers critical care in the air [Image 6 of 11]

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN

08.08.2015

Photo by Maj. Tony Wickman 

455th Air Expeditionary Wing   

U.S. Capt. Deann Hoelscher, left, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team physician deployed from the 60th Medical Group at Travis Air Force Base, California, U.S. Capt. Jason Frias, center, 455th EAES CCATT critical care nurse deployed from the 60th Medical Group at Travis Air Force Base, California, and Senior Airman Natalie Hives, right, 455th EAES CCATT respiratory therapist deployed from the 60th Medical Group at Travis Air Force Base, California, ensure a patient’s is ready to move prior to an aeromedical evacuation mission aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 8, 2015. The 455th EAES’ CCATT is a three-person, highly specialized medical team consisting of a physician who specializes in an area of critical care or emergency medicine, a critical care nurse and a respiratory therapist. The CCATT is charged with providing critical care to the sick and wounded as they are moved thousands of miles onboard U.S. cargo aircraft to receive full-time care elsewhere. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Tony Wickman/Released)

• Date Taken: 08.08.2015
• Date Posted: 08.20.2015 09:00
• Photo ID: 2133017
• VIRIN: 150508-F-LH521-205
• Resolution: 6016x4016
• Size: 14.29 MB
• Location: BAGRAM AIRFIELD, AF