1 00:00:00,519 --> 00:00:03,380 Hi , I'm Brandon . Do you want an 2 00:00:03,390 --> 00:00:05,557 inside ? Look at the best fighter wing 3 00:00:05,557 --> 00:00:07,723 in the Air Force . This is Kunsan down 4 00:00:07,723 --> 00:00:07,250 and . 5 00:00:18,989 --> 00:00:20,656 So we are back this time with 6 00:00:20,656 --> 00:00:23,090 Lieutenant Colonel Donofrio A K A mash 7 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,280 uh the commander of the health care 8 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,280 operations squadron . So , so we're 9 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,224 gonna be spending some time with H 10 00:00:29,224 --> 00:00:29,190 costs today . But first , can you let 11 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:31,256 us know a little bit more about your 12 00:00:31,256 --> 00:00:33,422 team and what they do ? Sure will . Uh 13 00:00:33,422 --> 00:00:35,869 So h cost a small but mighty team of 14 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:37,990 medics . Uh We've got five flights , 15 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,950 lab , ambulatory services , diagnostics , 16 00:00:40,959 --> 00:00:43,169 therapeutics , medical logistics , uh 17 00:00:43,180 --> 00:00:45,790 resource management and systems . And 18 00:00:45,799 --> 00:00:47,910 then we've got our tricare operations 19 00:00:47,910 --> 00:00:50,077 and patient admin also known as to a , 20 00:00:50,470 --> 00:00:52,581 so it seems like there's a , you guys 21 00:00:52,581 --> 00:00:54,692 do a lot uh with direct patients here 22 00:00:54,692 --> 00:00:56,803 and also a lot behind the scenes that 23 00:00:56,803 --> 00:00:59,026 you might not see . Sure . Where do you 24 00:00:59,026 --> 00:01:01,192 see some of your biggest uh impacts of 25 00:01:01,192 --> 00:01:03,303 the impact mission if I had to narrow 26 00:01:03,303 --> 00:01:05,526 it down ? I'd say , you know , I've got 27 00:01:05,526 --> 00:01:07,637 three . We just went through the MH S 28 00:01:07,637 --> 00:01:09,859 Genesis transition . Uh I gotta give it 29 00:01:09,859 --> 00:01:12,026 to Lieutenant Dins and his team uh for 30 00:01:12,026 --> 00:01:14,248 making that happen . A lot of prep work 31 00:01:14,248 --> 00:01:16,414 behind the scenes uh to get us , uh to 32 00:01:16,414 --> 00:01:18,359 where we're , uh able to make that 33 00:01:18,359 --> 00:01:20,959 transition successfully . Uh Then we've 34 00:01:20,970 --> 00:01:23,026 got the walking Blood Bank with , uh 35 00:01:23,026 --> 00:01:25,026 Lieutenant Chen and his team , uh , 36 00:01:25,026 --> 00:01:27,248 propelling that forward . I think we're 37 00:01:27,248 --> 00:01:29,349 gonna have uh air force level impact 38 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:31,830 with that program . And then lastly , 39 00:01:31,980 --> 00:01:34,091 uh , give it to Captain Gazan and her 40 00:01:34,091 --> 00:01:36,202 team , uh for getting that walkway uh 41 00:01:36,385 --> 00:01:39,125 medical shuttle to get our patients 42 00:01:39,135 --> 00:01:41,754 back and forth from Tucson to the Wang 43 00:01:41,885 --> 00:01:43,718 Wang University Hospital for the 44 00:01:43,718 --> 00:01:45,718 specialty services doing some great 45 00:01:45,718 --> 00:01:47,829 work . We're really excited to go out 46 00:01:47,829 --> 00:01:49,941 and get to meet them and see how they 47 00:01:49,941 --> 00:01:49,224 execute the commission . Yeah . Hey , 48 00:01:49,235 --> 00:01:51,235 we're excited to have you here . Uh 49 00:01:51,235 --> 00:01:54,839 Let's go meet the team . Our first stop 50 00:01:54,849 --> 00:01:57,071 is pharmacy , but before that , we have 51 00:01:57,071 --> 00:01:57,019 to sign in 52 00:02:04,510 --> 00:02:06,510 now over to radiology to get some X 53 00:02:06,510 --> 00:02:07,510 rays 54 00:02:17,699 --> 00:02:19,755 here at radiology , rad techs ensure 55 00:02:19,755 --> 00:02:21,921 expedited patient cure by taking X ray 56 00:02:21,921 --> 00:02:23,310 images after an injury . 57 00:02:29,130 --> 00:02:31,074 Now come with me to the operations 58 00:02:31,074 --> 00:02:33,019 section of the medical logistics . 59 00:02:39,479 --> 00:02:41,535 So after the order has been placed , 60 00:02:41,535 --> 00:02:43,701 Aaron Brooks will receive it , process 61 00:02:43,701 --> 00:02:45,812 it and then take the items where they 62 00:02:45,812 --> 00:02:49,330 need to go . Now off to the warehouse 63 00:02:49,339 --> 00:02:51,617 is to learn about war reserve material . 64 00:02:51,617 --> 00:02:53,672 And can you just explain a bit about 65 00:02:53,672 --> 00:02:55,820 what you do here ? Uh We have uh our 66 00:02:55,830 --> 00:02:59,710 warehouse here 8383 WM assets we make 67 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:01,942 sure that all of our patients or people 68 00:03:01,942 --> 00:03:04,109 that are on the base are taken care of 69 00:03:04,109 --> 00:03:06,276 just in case of a contingency outbreak 70 00:03:06,276 --> 00:03:08,442 or something happens , we are prepared 71 00:03:08,442 --> 00:03:10,553 to uh set up uh eed , set up a mobile 72 00:03:10,559 --> 00:03:12,726 hospital for our people and , and make 73 00:03:12,726 --> 00:03:14,448 sure that they are safe and if 74 00:03:14,448 --> 00:03:16,670 something happens to them , we can like 75 00:03:16,670 --> 00:03:18,892 take care of the medical . I appreciate 76 00:03:18,892 --> 00:03:20,837 you showing me around . Uh but any 77 00:03:20,837 --> 00:03:20,789 chance I can drive the forklift ? No , 78 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:21,800 sir . 79 00:03:27,039 --> 00:03:29,150 And of course , we can't forget about 80 00:03:29,150 --> 00:03:31,539 these great age c teams , immunizations , 81 00:03:33,119 --> 00:03:37,089 medical maintenance , tricare 82 00:03:39,009 --> 00:03:42,259 the first half of Lambeau labs and of 83 00:03:42,270 --> 00:03:43,979 course , ambulance services . 84 00:03:46,820 --> 00:03:48,876 So now we're here in the back of the 85 00:03:48,876 --> 00:03:50,931 ambulance sergeant Espinoza . So can 86 00:03:50,931 --> 00:03:53,098 you explain what you do when a patient 87 00:03:53,098 --> 00:03:55,320 comes back here ? The main thing is get 88 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,431 you to the hospital as fast as we can 89 00:03:57,431 --> 00:03:59,431 and as safely as we can and as , as 90 00:03:59,431 --> 00:04:01,542 comfortable as you can be , we try to 91 00:04:01,542 --> 00:04:03,764 limit our on the scene time to about 10 92 00:04:03,764 --> 00:04:03,399 minutes because the priority is to get 93 00:04:03,410 --> 00:04:05,410 to the patient to a higher level of 94 00:04:05,410 --> 00:04:07,521 care . But there are some things that 95 00:04:07,521 --> 00:04:09,743 we can do in between here and when they 96 00:04:09,743 --> 00:04:10,966 get to the hospital . 97 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,271 Well , that's all for this episode of 98 00:04:18,271 --> 00:04:20,438 down and . I'll see you guys next time 99 00:04:20,438 --> 00:04:20,250 when I'm back in fit to fight