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Category: 3rd Medical Command (Deployment Support)

UAMTFs Support Change and Improved Patient Health
August 10, 2020 — “I was honored to be a member of Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force 804-1. We provided a vital service to the people of Queens in general, and more specifically to the patients and staff of Queens Hospital Center. To have been a part of this mission to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic is something I will never forget. Our sense of accomplishment at Queens Hospital Center was bolstered by the quality improvements we helped bring about that will hopefully endure long after we’ve gone home,” said Lt. Col. Robert Steckler, a 60K, Urologist with UAMTF 804-1. One of the quality improvements implemented by UAMTF 804-1 was the medical procedure known as prone positioning. Proning is a critical treatment option for COVID-19 patients who have insufficient oxygen within their blood and require mechanical ventilation... MORE

Embedding a Quality Improvement Officer within the Task Force’s Command and Clinical Operations structure helped strengthen the integration of the UAMTF 804-1 soldiers into Queens Hospital Center (QHC) and its staff. This model facilitated close collaboration with the QHC leadership and proved indispensable to formulate, obtain buy-in, coordinate and enact quality of care measures to the benefit of the hospital’s patients and Force Health Protection. Prone positioning was just one of several quality improvement projects that the Task Force promoted and helped put into action.

Modernizing mitigation of COVID-19
August 7, 2020 — On the battlefield, a few seconds can be the difference between someone living or someone dying. In the war on COVID-19, time can be an enemy or a friend, as well. The time spent waiting on results is time the virus can quickly spread to other individuals. Military personnel at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, recently acquired a new weapon in their arsenal... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Christopher Garrett, a lab technician with the 18th Field Hospital, Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia, demonstrates the steps of a COVID-19 test on a GeneXpert system on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 30, 2020. Camp Buehring recently acquired the hi-tech system allowing turn arounds for COVID-19 tests to be less than an hour. (Photo by U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Christopher Osburn)

327th Medical Detachment teaches Soldiers the BASICS of mental health
August 7, 2020 — If you or your Soldiers are struggling with mental health issues while deployed odds are there are people right around the corner ready to help. ... MORE

387th Medical Logistics Company Completes Deployment Mission
August 4, 2020 — Congratulations to the Soldiers from the 387th Medical Logistics Company as they complete their deployment to Southwest Asia. While deployed, the 387th MLC supported Operation Spartan Shield, Operation Inherent Resolve, and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel Role I, Role II, and Role III hospital centers under the 3D MCDS (FWD) from November 2019 to August 2020... MORE

While deployed, the 387th MLC supported Operation Spartan Shield, Operation Inherent Resolve, and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel Role I, Role II, and Role III hospital centers under the 3D MCDS (FWD) from November 2019 to August 2020.

Partnerships and interoperability continue despite COVID-19 challenges
July 31, 2020 — Leaders from the 1st Theater Sustainment Command, 311th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), 3rd Medical Command Forward and Kuwaiti Col. Dr. Raed Altajalli, liaison officer to Kuwait Ministry of Defense (KMOD) met to discuss future partnership opportunities at the Operational Command Post on July 20, 2020... MORE

CAMP ARIFJAN, KUWAIT – Key leaders, (L to R) Kuwaiti Col. Dr. Raed Altajalli, liaison officer to Kuwait Ministry of Defense (KMOD), Col Simon Hamid, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, command surgeon, Command Sgt. Maj. George Luedtke, 311th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), and Brig. Gen. Dianne Del Rosso, deputy commanding general, 1st TSC, 311th ESC, come together for a meeting on interoperability in medical cooperation between the U.S. and Kuwait at the Black Jack Conference Room in the Operational Command Post on July 20. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel Quiros July 20, 2020)

One Mission, Many Faces: U.S. Army Sgt. Tasia Blair, Behavioral Health Technician, 327th Medical Detachment (Combat Operational Stress Control)
July 29, 2020 — My grandpa was in the Army. Before he passed away he had some really bad dementia and started thinking the family was the enemy and started being really combative with the family. It was hard to watch. I thought about Soldiers who are younger who aren't near death who are coming home with those same issues... MORE

Task Force Spartan and 3rd MCDS tour results of host nation partnership
July 23, 2020 — The 3rd Medical Command (Deployment Support) and Task Force Spartan toured a unique quarantine facility operated by the Kuwait Ministry of Defense residents of Kuwait on July 3, 2020... MORE

Kuwaiti Soldiers stand with U.S. Army Soldiers of the 3rd Medical Command at a quarantine facility in Kuwait, July 3rd, 2020. U.S. and Kuwaiti forces have been working together to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Kuwait. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Andrew Valenza)

Somewhere between a Soldier and a civilian
July 21, 2020 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity at Fort Detrick, Maryland, is comprised of military, civilian and contractor personnel working together to fulfill the organization's mission to develop and deliver quality medical capabilities to our Warfighters throughout the world. Included among USAMMDA's staff are members of our nation's military reserve force, and one such member, Timothy Hales, was called up recently to active duty in support of our global response to the COVID-19 effort... MORE

‘Verge of collapsing’: Soldiers describe initial fight against COVID-19
July 17, 2020 — It’s an invisible enemy. At least that’s how Soldiers felt about COVID-19 after their six-week stint at the overburdened University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, where they said it was more like a war zone... MORE

Deployed Field Sanitation Team Training
July 8, 2020 — Soldiers from the 790th MED DET (PM) recently conducted a hybrid Field Sanitation Team training course in Afghanistan. FST training is critical for Soldier safety because it mitigates the risk of disease and non-battle injuries. “Many companies and units do not have organic medical personnel to help implement preventive medicine measures in the deployed environment and with proper FST training, companies and units can better ensure the health and safety of their Soldiers,” said Sgt. Adia Dobbs, Preventive Medicine Specialist, with the 790th MED DET... MORE

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