Medical emergencies can happen at any time of the day or night and it takes a team effort to support the needs of our people. Just in the last 72-hours, here in the Pacific the medical teams along with the airlift teams had to respond not just once, but five times. It all started on 27 September 2011 with a priority patient from Atsugi NAS, Japan.
The first priority AE requirement was an active duty US Navy service member that was moved to Kadena AB, Japan from Atsugi NAS, Japan on the 374 AW C-130 channel, but then required onward movement to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H), HI with a Critical Care Air Transportation Team (CCATT) from Kadena AB. The 18 WG KC-135 AE Bravo aircraft was selected to make the move. The patient was authorized a stop at Andersen AFB, Guam so we were able to add a second priority AE requirement to the mission. This patient was a retired US Navy patient from Andersen AFB enroute to JBPH-H. In addition to these priority patients, we also transported four routine patients on these two mission, one of which was an infant that flew with a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) team.
The third priority AE requirement was an active duty US Army soldier from Suwon AB, South Korea to San Antonio, TX. An In-System-Select 154 WG KC-135 aircraft from Andersen AFB, Guam was selected for the mission. The aircraft had to reposition to Kadena AB, Japan in order to pick up the AE crew with onward movement to Suwon AB to pick up a patient and the Joint Medical Attendant Transport Team (JMATT) which flew commercial air from Honolulu, HI to meet up with the patient at Suwon AB. To further complicate the patient move to San Antonio, the aircrew did not have sufficient crew duty day to complete the mission. The aircraft was routed through Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H), HI to change the flight crews and JMAT Team. At JBPH-H the crew received priority fuel and ground support to minimize the ground time in order to expedite the crew swaps and safely transport our patient to Brooks Army Medical Burn Center in Texas.
The fourth priority AE requirement was a US Marine Corps dependant infant from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H), HI to North Island NAS, CA. A 459 ARW KC-135 AMC AE channel mission was rerouted to fly to North Island enroute to Travis AFB, CA. The patient was accompanied by a NICU team. In addition to the priority patient, three routine patients were also moved on this mission.
The fifth priority AE requirement was an active duty US Navy sailor from Andersen AFB, Guam to Kadena AB, Japan. We utilized the depositioning 18 WG KC-135 Bravo from the first and second priority AE requirements. The mission was routed to fly from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H), HI to Andersen AFB to pick up the patient and transfer them to Camp Lester Medical Center, Okinawa.
PACAF AE leads the way again!
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