Story by Aleah M Castrejon | Air Force Research Laboratory | 06.04.2024
The Air Force’s 711th Human Performance Wing, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, partnered with the University of Cincinnati to develop a state-of-the art simulation center for the Critical Care Air Transport, or CCAT, team at the Center for Sustainment of Trauma Readiness, or C-STARS, at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, in order to modernize training and......
Story by Aleah M Castrejon | Air Force Research Laboratory | 05.29.2024
The Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills, or C-STARS, Cincinnati was honored at the 2024 Henry M. Jackson Foundation, or HJF, Heroes of Military Medicine Award ceremony May 9, 2024, at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Col. (Dr.) Valerie Sams, director of C-STARS, Cincinnati, at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center Division of Trauma Critical Care,......
Courtesy Story | Air Force Medical Service | 12.19.2023
Lt. Gen. Robert Miller, U.S. Air Force Surgeon General and Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, Chief of the Medical Enlisted Force, Office of the Air Force Surgeon General, hosted the annual, week-long Air Force Medical Service Senior Leadership Workshop in Leesburg, Virginia, December 5-8....
Story by Amanda Dick | 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio | 04.06.2023
Airmen with the 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron integrated with the Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills program April 6 to conduct trauma and critical care training at the Cincinnati Municipal Airport....
Story by Shireen Bedi | Air Force Medical Service | 02.07.2023
On January 2nd, when many football fans were watching the game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals, Lt. Col. Valerie Sams, an Air Force surgeon, was on call at UC Health’s University of Cincinnati Medical Center not knowing what she was about to face....
Story by Airman 1st Class Whitney Erhart | 131st Bomb Wing | 09.12.2021
Missouri Air National Guard member Lt. Col. Matthew Pieper, a Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills instructor at St. Louis University, received the Distinguished Flying Cross Sept. 12, 2021....
Story by Shireen Bedi | Air Force Medical Service | 08.25.2021
Lt. Gen. Robert I. Miller, U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, visited the Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills Omaha program on August 18, receiving updates on the program’s Principles of Biocontainment Care course and the Air Force’s partnership with Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska....
Courtesy Story | Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti | 10.15.2020
The Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ) invited international partners to a presentation entitled, “Front-line Care of COVID-19,” held on base, October 15, 2020. Major Timothy Ori, MD, U.S. Air Force COVID-19 Crisis Response Team, U.S. Navy EMF, and Djibouti Critical Care Air Transport Team Instructor, spoke to guests about the latest recommendations......
