Photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker | 15th Wing | 09.21.2022
Airmen ready a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite for an infected patient on a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. The NPCL is designed to treat and transport high-consequence infectious disease patients to minimize the risk of contamination and exposure. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker | 15th Wing | 09.21.2022
Senior Airman Adrian Jarin, 18th Medical Group public health journeyman, assists Staff Sgt. Cameron Schmidt, 18th Medical Support Squadron biomedical equipment technician, with connecting power from the C-17 Globemaster III to a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. Jarin ensured contamination protocol was followed to minimize any or all......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker | 15th Wing | 09.21.2022
Personnel with the 15th Medical Group provide medical care for an infected patient with an En Route Patient Staging System during an aircraft swap at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. The patient, housed in a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite, was cared for by 15th MDG personnel while waiting for the NPCL to be placed on a Hickam C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo by......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker | 15th Wing | 09.21.2022
Personnel assigned to the 735th Air Mobility Squadron transport a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite from an Alaska Air National Guard 144th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III with a Tunner 60K loader at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. The AK ANG transported a patient from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, to Hickam, where the 535th Airlift Squadron aircrew continued the......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker | 15th Wing | 09.21.2022
Senior Airman Damian Cavazos, 535th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, and Senior Airman Adrian Jarin, 18th Medical Group public health journeyman, guide a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. This was the first time that the NPCL carrying a patient was transferred between aircraft within the U.S. Pacific Air Forces area......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker | 15th Wing | 09.21.2022
Maj. Emmy Greenhill, 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron critical air transport team member, dons personal protective equipment before attending to a patient within a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. Members assigned to the 18th AES and 18th Medical Group accompanied the patient from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, to San Diego,......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker | 15th Wing | 09.21.2022
A critical air transport team from the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 15th Medical Group personnel escort a patient into a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite during an aircraft swap at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. This was the first instance within the U.S. Pacific Air Forces area of responsibility that an NCPL was moved from one aircraft to another while......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Sutton | 18th Wing | 06.12.2019
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Daniel Blask, 18th Medical Operations Squadron emergency medical technician instructor, shows off his medical or MED patch signifying him as a first-responder in case of an emergency June 12, 2019, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The Kadena Ambulance team saves lives every day, running up to 700 emergency calls a year from Kadena to Maeda Point, Okinawa. (U.S. Air Force......
