Story by Senior Airman Alexander Merchak | 60th Air Mobility Wing | 08.01.2022
This past April, Airman 1st Class Sydney Oberg, 60th IPTS critical care technician, exemplified the unit’s values by observing a third-degree heart block in a patient at DGMC, Travis AFB....
Story by Seaman Imani Daniels | Naval Medical Center - Portsmouth | 10.14.2020
Katie Crittenden, a Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) registered nurse assigned to ICU, was surprised with NMCP’s DAISY Award during a ceremony Oct. 8. Capt. Lisa Mulligan, NMCP’s commanding officer, and Capt. Dixie Aune, Directorate for Nursing Services, presented the award. Crittenden was graciously nominated for this award by her peer, Ms. Pattie Kalski....
Story by Staff Sgt. Zoe Russell | Defense Department Support to FEMA COVID-19 | 05.20.2020
Stamford, Conn. -- It is 11:00 on a quiet Monday morning on the eighth floor of Stamford Hospital Bennett-Medical Center. A small alcove by a window is decorated with serene shades of blue and green, mirroring the water from the Long Island Sound shimmering in the distance. Occasionally a nurse or doctor quickly walks by, no doubt on their way to assist with a patient. Suddenly, a few......
Story by Mikaela Cade | Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center | 05.20.2020
As the world considers post COVID-19 life, some things will never be the same, and Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center's Intensive Care Unit is one of them. The team's recent innovations in the practice of critical care medicine position them to take care of sicker, more complicated patients, a benefit to the Fort Hood community that will remain long after the pandemic passes. "The......
Story by Andrew Byrne | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District | 03.25.2020
PITTSBURGH - Although the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District has limited access to the William S. Moorhead Federal Building for employee safety, all 600-plus employees continue to provide vital services to the region....
Story by Sgt. Aaron Ellerman | 204th Public Affairs Detachment | 02.24.2016
Muscles tense, a gut-wrenching grimace coincides with a rising heartbeat. Teeth grit as the body stiffens holding its breath, fingers trying to grasp unattainable relief. A spectrum of pink and black exposed layers lies on the table, the damp cloth massages the rough dead skin where the new meets the old....
Story by Senior Airman Cierra Presentado | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 06.13.2015
In a deployed location, one of the most crucial assets is a hospital. Here at Bagram, Airmen assigned to the Craig Joint Theater Hospital are always ready to help save lives....
