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May 21, 2020

New trauma training program prepares surgical team for deployment

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (May 20, 2020) -- Brooke Army Medical Center is conducting the first of its kind pre-deployment trauma readiness training exercise for the 555th Forward Surgical Team from May 18 to June 6.The new Strategic Trauma Readiness Center of San Antonio, or STaRC, will use a combination of didactic and

May 15, 2020

59th MDW team provides resilience support at U.S.’s COVID-19 epicenter

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas — With over 2,000 service members deployed to New York City over the last several weeks, a team from the 59th Medical Wing is one of those providing mental health support to those assisting healthcare workers throughout the region.Interspersed at hospitals throughout New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts to augment hospital staffs,

May 7, 2020

CSAF visits BMT, thanks JBSA team for ‘fighting through’ COVID-19 response

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein, along with Chief Master Sgt. Manny Pineiro, the service’s first sergeant special duty manager, visited here May 7, seeing first-hand how basic military training has adapted operations to fight through the COVID-19 environment. Basic military training, in addition to technical and flying training, have been deemed mission essential and vital to readiness.

May 5, 2020

Redefining 'normal' mental health care still means delivering quality patient care

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas  — Mental Health Technicians (4Cs) in Air Education and Training Command are redefining what “normal” is during the COVID-19 pandemic, while still delivering quality patient care in various different methods and providing Disaster Mental Health services when requested.

May 4, 2020

#RiseUp Mental Health, Resiliency at JBSA

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — Members of the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center (WHASC) Mental Health Clinic and 737th Training Group Military Training Consult Service (MTCS) mental health team spent their Monday motivating others with words of encouragement for base personnel and community members as part of a mental health and resiliency effort during the COVID-19 pandemic at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, May 4.

April 30, 2020

Communication barriers due to COVID protocols

Having some time on my hands during my 2-week quarantine, I was able to reflect on my recent experience of being hospitalized in Paris. As you can imagine, the language barrier between myself and my medical team made my stay long and difficult. No one wanted to use the Google Translate app pulled up on my phone so we spent 10 minutes trying to charade our way into the word "contraindications". With the help of my medical background, I was fortunate enough to piece together enough information before leaving the hospital exhausted from the exchange.

April 30, 2020

Military hospital lends research expertise to global pandemic effort

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – — Within weeks of the pandemic’s spread, Brooke Army Medical Center drew on its deep bench of research expertise and joined the global race to find a COVID-19 treatment.“We knew early on that with BAMC’s strong research and academic foundation, our clinicians would want to quickly launch or join studies to help find answers,” said Dr. Christopher A.

April 30, 2020

Community COVID-19 tests results; send to CAMO

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — If you are enrolled to a San Antonio Military Health System Military Treatment Facility and were tested for COVID-19 in the community, please help us get the results into your medical record to ensure we have your complete medical history. You may send us the results to the email, fax, or address listed below.Email:

April 21, 2020

Maintaining balanced lifestyle key to staying healthy

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Combining healthy diet, exercise and sleep habits is the key to an overall healthful lifestyle, something that is paramount in many people’s minds during the ongoing pandemic.“It’s important to talk about all of the components because your body does not work well if it isn’t working together,” said 2nd Lt. Denise Johnson, an aerospace physiologist

April 21, 2020

COVID-19 Testing at Wilford Hall

JBSA-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas — Our Warrior Medics have stepped up to the plate once again in the fight against COVID-19. The WHASC’s pathology lab is conducting its own testing on samples taken from patients suspected of having the illness. The lab’s main priority is supporting the 37th TRW and Basic Military Training. The in-house testing allows for quicker results, keeping the