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USAFSAM, 88 FSS first in DOD to use injury and human performance prediction equipment
Molly Wade, a research physiologist at the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, reviews some of the data captured by the Dynamic Athletic Research Institute 3D biomarkerless system after a practice assessment of a participant. DARI can be used to identify areas of potential injury up to two weeks prior to an injurious event. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
USAFSAM, 88 FSS first in DOD to use injury and human performance prediction equipment
Mike Prewitt, Scientific Analytics DARImotion clinical manager, goes over a report generated by the Dynamic Athletic Research Institute 3D biomarkerless system with Darryn Bryant, a research physiologist at the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine. The DARI system looks at how a person is able to move their body while performing functional tasks and can predict where an injury might occur up to two weeks before it might happen. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
USAFSAM public health students perform pH analysis of food products
Airman Aubrey Barker, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine student, performs a pH analysis of a food product inside the food lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Nov. 17, 2017. Barker and other students were asked to determine whether the food products were potentially hazardous and if there were any sensory defects. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michelle Gigante)
USAFSAM public health students perform pH analysis of food products
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brittany Wiggins, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine public health instructor, oversees students for the food analysis course inside the food lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Nov. 17, 2017. Wiggins explained the reasons for testing food and what things pH personnel can do versus what has to be sent to the lab. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michelle Gigante)
USAFSAM public health students perform pH analysis of food products
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Demetrius Ross, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine student, inserts a pH strip into a food product sample during the food analysis course inside the food lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Nov. 17, 2017. Students checked the acidity of random food samples for pathogens and sensory defects. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michelle Gigante)
USAFSAM inspect Meals Ready-to-Eat
Tech. Sgt. Carol Mitchell, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine public health instructor, reviews the inspection steps for Meals Ready-to-Eat as part of the Operational Rations apprentice course at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Nov. 15, 2017. Mitchell addressed the class of the Defense Logistics Agency requirements for MREs. (U.S. Air Force photos by Michelle Gigante)
USAFSAM inspects Meals Ready-to-Eat
Senior Airman Megan McNamee, Fairchild Air Force Base 141st Air Refueling Wing, Washington Air National Guard public health technician, inspects Meals Ready-to-Eat as part of the Operational Rations apprentice course at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Nov. 15, 2017. McNamee and the class checked the MRE contents and recorded results to determine if a special inspection was required. (U.S. Air Force photos by Michelle Gigante)
USAFSAM inspects Meals Ready-to-Eat
Packaged Meals Ready-to-Eat are set-up during the Operational Rations apprentice course inside the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine classroom at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Nov. 15, 2017. Each of the items were inspected to meet Defense Logistics Agency requirements. (U.S. Air Force photos by Michelle Gigante)
USAFSAM hearing lab conduct functional check of hearing equipment
Tech. Sgt. Syvetlana Alviar, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine public health instructor, conducts a functional check on a software system inside the USAFSAM hearing lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Nov. 15, 2017. Alviar was ensuring the tones being presented to patients were at the right pace, pitch and loudness without any static or cross-talk in the headphones.(U.S. Air Force photo by Michelle Gigante)
USAFSAM educate officers about Personal Protective Equipment
U.S. Air Force Maj. Jessica McGlade, health management chief for U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, shows Personal Protective Equipment for the Occupational Health course to public health officers, (left to right) U.S. Capt. Karen Beebe from 131st Bomb Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, U.S Air Force 1st. Lt. Dahlia Grimes from 355th Medical Group Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona and Capt. Steven Sierra Alcabes from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Nov. 14, 2017. McGlade educated the officers how to effectively protect against occupational hazards and prevent potential exposures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michelle Gigante)
USAFSAM hearing lab conduct functional check of hearing equipment
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeremy Davidson, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine occupational hearing conservationist, conducts a hearing test, while Master Sgt. Krystal Guillen assists as his patient inside the USAFSAM hearing lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Nov. 15, 2017. The hearing tests are for those who are routinely exposed to hazardous noise, 85 decibels or greater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michelle Gigante)
USAFSAM teach youth about dangerous decibils
Tech. Sgt. Lily Gonzalez, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine public health instructor, holds a couple of pipe cleaners to compare how the inner ear normal hair cells function as part of “Dangerous Decibils” presentation for National Protect Your Hearing Month inside the Wright-Patt youth center, Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 27, 2017. Gonzalez showed the class the difference between healthy and damaged inner hair cells. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michelle Gigante)
ACS Ophthalmology has sights on flying mission
Dino Tsuchiyama (left), Aeromedical Consultation Service Ophthalmology Branch electro-diagnostic technician, attaches electrodes to Lt. Col. Christopher Cannon in order to measure how well the retinas in Cannon’s eyes react to light. Ophthalmological electrophysiology studies the electrical activity of the eyes. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
ACS Ophthalmology has sights on flying mission
Dino Tsuchiyama (left), Aeromedical Consultation Service Ophthalmology Branch electro-diagnostic technician, attaches electrodes to Lt. Col. Christopher Cannon in order to measure how well the retinas in Cannon’s eyes react to light. Ophthalmological electrophysiology studies the electrical activity of the eyes. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
ACS Ophthalmology has sights on flying mission
Dino Tsuchiyama (left), Aeromedical Consultation Service Ophthalmology Branch electro-diagnostic technician, attaches electrodes from Lt. Col. Christopher Cannon to a multifocal electroretinogram machine. The machine measures electrical activity in the retina when the eye is exposed to a light source. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
ACS Ophthalmology has sights on flying mission
Dino Tsuchiyama, Aeromedical Consultation Service Ophthalmology Branch electro-diagnostic technician, confirms settings on a multifocal electroretinogram machine before conducting a test on Lt. Col. Christopher Cannon (image on screen). The test helps determine the health of the retina, if there is damage to the optic nerve and the overall health of the eye. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
ACS Ophthalmology has sights on flying mission
Lt. Col. Jonathan Ellis (center), Ophthalmology Branch manager of the Aeromedical Consultation Service, Dr. Steven Wright (right), optometrist and Scott Humphrey, cornea imaging technician, demonstrate their Pentacam cornea topography device used in pilot screenings and waiver recommendation cases. The device measures the entire cornea with precision, without contact in only a few seconds. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
ACS Internal Medicine keeping pilots flying, improves research
Lt. Col. Dara D. Regn, Aeromedical Consultation Service Internal Medicine branch chief, discusses a waiver recommendation case with a flight surgeon in the Residency in Aerospace Medicine program at Wright-Patterson October 5. Regn’s branch is currently reformatting their database of more than 1.2 million cardiology studies in order to enable more efficient data mining in what is believed to be the world’s largest database of its kind. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
ACS Internal Medicine keeping pilots flying, improves research
Staff Sgt. Jonathon Lee, pulmonary technician with the Aeromedical Consultation Service Internal Medicine Branch, conducts a demonstration of a pulmonary function test for forced vital capacity as Staff Sgt. Sean O’Neill sits in a pressurized cabin awaiting the command to exhale. The branch reviews around 700 requests for waiver recommendation cases annually concerning pilots, navigators and other aircrew, with 90 percent of them receiving waiver recommendations. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
Aeromedical Consultation Service critical to “Fly, Fight, Win”
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Aeromedical Consultation Service Deputy Chief Dr. Daniel Van Syoc listens during one of four weekly case review sessions in order to determine whether or not a waiver should be recommended for an aviator’s disqualifying medical condition. The ACS reviews approximately 2,000 cases a year with an 88 percent determination of recommendation for waivers, keeping Air Force pilots safely flying. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)