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Capt. Mario Ramirez and Capt. Suzanne Morris, members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team, confirm a patient’s identity and prepare to administer a blood transfusion during a flight out of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 21, 2013.

After The Battle: The flying ICU

Story and photo by Senior Airman Chris Willis
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Three critically injured patients need immediate transfer to a medical facility outside of Afghanistan. One was shot in the head, the other has missing limbs and the last has an open abdominal wound. Without a mobile intensive care unit, these patients will not make the flight out.

February 13, 2014 ×