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From Utah to Kenya, Army Reserve nurse travels to Justified Accord 2023
February 21, 2023 — U.S. Army Col. Erin Merryweather, is a nurse practitioner with the 7306th Medical Exercise Support Battalion, an Army Reserve unit based in San Antonio, Texas. Her hometown is Kanab, Utah, and she was with the Utah National Guard until a few years ago when she transitioned to the Army Reserve, working and living in San Antonio now... MORE

Army Reserve medic visits Kenya during exercise Justified Accord 2023
February 21, 2023 — U.S. Army Sgt. Craig Barrows grew up in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, and now resides in St. Michael, near Minneapolis. He currently serves as a combat medic with the U.S. Army Reserve’s 345th Medical Company Ground Ambulance based in Des Moines, Iowa. The unit was recently formed a little over a year ago and provides combat medical evacuation and care through all phases of military operations... MORE

Army Reserve Soldiers help 'Stop the Bleed'
January 24, 2023 — Pop quiz – you’re driving in to work and come upon an accident with a victim bleeding profusely from their leg. What do you do? More than 230 medical students at A.T. Still University in Mesa, Arizona, have the answer now thanks to their participation in a “Stop the Bleed” event and a follow-on mass casualty exercise Jan. 11 and 12, 2023, at the university. Six Soldiers from the 7453 Medical Operational Readiness Unit assisted with the events, providing training on how to properly apply tourniquets and stop bleeding, and participating in the mass casualty exercise as role players/evaluators... MORE

Protecting the force health: JTF MED 374 preventative medicine
January 13, 2023 — Combined Task Force Med 374 — made up of one community health nurse, a community health nurse/environmental science officer and a preventive medicine NCO, as well a fully licensed veterinarian — confronts the elusive foe of disease... MORE

The power team: What the hospital runs on
January 13, 2023 — To provide high-quality medical care in the middle of a desert country, several elements are essential to keep a modern hospital running and ready to receive and care for U.S. service members and Coalition Force patients. One of the more prominent vital elements, often overlooked, is access to safe and reliable electricity. To meet this challenge, the power team of Joint Task Force (JTF) Med 374 is doing its part to keep the lights on and the hospital running... MORE

Medical training made a priority during deployment
January 13, 2023 — Working in a Role III hospital center overseas, the bulk of the work consists of routine medical care for Soldiers, Coalition Forces, and contractors, addressing a multitude of symptoms, including headaches, muscle pain, cold-like symptoms, upset stomachs, etc. On a busy day, the EMT can see 11 or more patients, and on other days the hospital might not see any patients at all. However, when a complex patient comes through the door, just a single trauma, all sections of the hospital are activated simultaneously and must be on their A-game to provide lifesaving medical care. ... MORE

Teaching medical care — with a tune
January 12, 2023 — When it comes to providing care, U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Lindsey Nicole Steward is as capable as the next medic. When it comes to singing, she is something more. Steward, a native of Cartersville, Georgia, is a medic assigned to the 490th Chemical Battalion in Anniston, Alabama. Currently, she resides in Summerville, Georgia, where she is a rural mail carrier with the U.S. Postal Service... MORE

Joint Task Force Med 374 junior enlisted complete NCO preparation course
January 6, 2023 — Junior enlisted members of Joint Task Force 374 MED completed a 16-hour noncommissioned officer (NCO) development course last month. The aim of the course was to better prepare and develop enlisted Soldiers at the E4 and E5 levels into future leadership positions at the squad level... MORE

Task Force MED 374 earns combat patch
December 14, 2022 — Members of the U.S. Army Task Force Medical 374, a role 3 medical hospital, participated in a Deployment Patch Ceremony last month. The informal event signifies that a brigade has been operating in a combat zone for a period greater than 30 days. The task force, which is operating in cooperation with other coalition forces in the region, is currently providing medical and operational support to Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR)... MORE

U.S., Angola conclude inaugural military medical exercise
December 2, 2022 — U.S. and Angolan militaries wrapped up a two week medical readiness exercise (MEDREX) with a closing ceremony, Nov. 18, 2022. The Angolan Armed Forces, in partnership with the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and the 807th Medical Command, U.S. Army Reserve, hosted the MEDREX at the Principle Military Hospital in Luanda from Nov. 8-18, 2022. The event marked the first of its kind to be held in Angola... MORE

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