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Photo by Deidre Smith | Naval Hospital Jacksonville | 10.24.2022
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 24, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Jamie Custer, a respiratory therapist at Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s Internal Medicine Clinic, sets up a pulmonary function test for a patient. Custer, a native of Toms River, New Jersey, says, “Early detection of lung diseases helps us to manage and slow progression of breathing issues. We want patients to have positive......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux | 59th Medical Wing | 02.24.2022
A group of 59th Medical Specialty Squadron respiratory therapists practice creating a patient data report as part of a Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test in the Pulmonary Clinic at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Feb. 24, 2022. The results from the CPET are passed on to the patient’s physician for further review and continuing care. (U.S. Air Force......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux | 59th Medical Wing | 02.24.2022
Airman 1st Class Austin Starks-Saenz, 59th Medical Specialty Squadron medical administration technician, performs vigorous activity during a Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test in the Pulmonary Clinic at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Feb. 24, 2022. The CPET assesses the patient's exercise responses involving the pulmonary, cardiovascular and......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux | 59th Medical Wing | 02.24.2022
John Sessums, 59th Medical Specialty Squadron respiratory care practitioner, attaches an adapter to analyze a patient’s lung function during a Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test in the Pulmonary Clinic at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Feb. 24, 2022. The CPET is a clinical tool that evaluates exercise capacity and determine cardiac or lung......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux | 59th Medical Wing | 02.24.2022
A group of 59th Medical Specialty Squadron respiratory therapists practice creating a patient data report as part of a Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test in the Pulmonary Clinic at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Feb. 24, 2022. The results from the CPET are sent to the patient’s physician for further review and continuing care. (U.S. Air Force......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux | 59th Medical Wing | 02.24.2022
John Sessums, 59th Medical Specialty Squadron respiratory care practitioner, fits a patient with a specialized mask during a Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test in the Pulmonary Clinic at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Feb. 24, 2022. The CPET is a clinical tool that evaluates exercise capacity and determine cardiac or lung conditions. (U.S. Air Force......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux | 59th Medical Wing | 02.24.2022
Airman 1st Class Austin Starks-Saenz, 59th Medical Specialty Squadron medical administration technician, undergoes a breathing test at the beginning of a Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test in the Pulmonary Clinic at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Feb. 24, 2022. The CPET assesses the patient's exercise responses involving the pulmonary,......
