U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 86th Dental Squadron, 86th Health Care Operational Squadron and the 86th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron, perform their in place patient decontamination training capstone at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 8, 2024. The objective of the Airmen in the capstone was to save a simulated patient and keep the medical facility operational by keeping the contamination outside. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jared Lovett)
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 86th Dental Squadron, 86th Health Care Operational Squadron and the 86th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron, pose for a photo after successfully completing the 86th Medical Group’s in-place patient decontamination training capstone at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 8, 2024. The objective of the Airmen in the capstone was to save a simulated patient and keep the medical facility operational by keeping the contamination outside. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jared Lovett)
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 86th Dental Squadron, 86th Health Care Operational Squadron and the 86th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron, participate in the 86th Medical Group’s in-place patient decontamination training capstone at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 8, 2024. Airmen simulated being in a situation where they had to set up a decontamination tent and decontaminate a patient who had been exposed to a chemical agent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jared Lovett)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Marissa Cyphers, 86th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of warrior medicine, dawns her powered air purifying respirator during the 86th Medical Group’s in-place patient decontamination training capstone at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 8, 2024. Airmen simulated being in a situation where they had to set up a decontamination tent and decontaminate a patient who had been exposed to a chemical agent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jared Lovett)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Oscar Rangel, 86th Dental Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of prosthodontics, connects warm and soapy water to the decontamination tent during the 86th Medical Group’s in-place patient decontamination training capstone at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 8, 2024. The participants of the training had 15 minutes to be mission capable and they finished in seven minutes and 57 seconds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jared Lovett)
Tom Bocek, Decontamination Education and Consulting on Nuc/Bio/Chem training manager, briefs participants of the 86th Medical Group’s in-place patient decontamination training capstone at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 8, 2024. Skilled trainers in this field of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense taught Airmen how to properly perform decontamination tasks over the course of two days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jared Lovett)