Local hospital, DoD teams with COVID-19 patients in fight for their lives in Lafayette [Image 5 of 7]

LAFAYETTE, LA, UNITED STATES

09.02.2021

Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Hughes 

Defense Department Support to FEMA COVID-19       

LAFAYETTE, La. -- U.S. Navy Capt. Steven Praske, a pulmonary critical care physician with Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, reviews a COVID-19 patient’s data in Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center at Lafayette, Louisiana, Sept. 2, 2021. Praske, one of a small-select number of pulmonary critical care physicians referred to as the “Medical Navy Seals”, travels with the DoD medical support team to COVID-19 hotspots across the U.S. at the request of FEMA or other lead-federal agencies. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing flexible DoD support to the whole-of-government COVID-19 response. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Hughes/7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

• Date Taken: 09.02.2021
• Date Posted: 09.05.2021 12:55
• Photo ID: 6818699
• VIRIN: 210902-A-XH946-0006
• Resolution: 5168x2912
• Size: 9.39 MB
• Location: LAFAYETTE, LA, US
• Hometown: CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, US
• Hometown: FORT CAVAZOS, TX, US
• Hometown: LAFAYETTE, LA, US