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2nd Lt. Tera Hammond, 374th Medical Group clinical nurse and simulated patient, is prepped for an IV during helicopter patient transport training, March 30, 2018, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The training scenario simulated a member of Team Yokota requiring a transferred to another medical facility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Donald Hudson)

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Senior Airman William Jones, 374th Medical Group lab technician, makes a call to the 459th Airlift Squadron requesting a patient transfer by helicopter to U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, March 30, 2018, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Transferring patients by air takes a lot of planning and coordination from the medical providers transporting the patients; they must ensure the receiving medical facility can accept the patients, and must work to coordinate with aircrews and obtain clearance for emergency medical flights. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Donald Hudson)

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Pilots with the 459th Airlift Squadron watch an ambulance to approach during patient transport training, March 30, 2018, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The 459 AS ability to provide patient transfers cuts the critical travel time considerably compared to the same routs taken by an ambulance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Donald Hudson)

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Members of the 374th Medical Group prepare to load a simulated patient into a UH-N1 Iroquois during helicopter transport training, March 30, 2018, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The training scenario simulated a member of Team Yokota requiring a transferred to another medical facility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Donald Hudson)

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Technical Sgt. Robert Smeaton, 459th Airlift Squadron UH-N1 Iroquois flight engineer, secures patient stretcher to a helicopter during patient transfer training, March 30, 2018, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The 459 AS ability to provide patient transfers cuts the critical travel time considerably compared to the same routes taken by an ambulance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Donald Hudson)

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A ship docked near a helicopter landing pad, March 30, 2018, at U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. The 459th Airlift Squadrons ability to provide patient transfers cuts the critical travel time considerably compared to the same routes taken by an ambulance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Donald Hudson)

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2nd Lt. Tera Hammond, 374th Medical Group clinical nurse and simulated patient, listens to aircrew during patient transfer training in a UH-N1 Iroquois, March 30, 2018, near U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. The training scenario simulated a member of Team Yokota requiring a transferred to another hospital. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Donald Hudson)

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A 374th Medical Group nurse checks IV bag during a patient transfer training flight in a 459th Airlift Squadron UH-N1 Iroquois, March 30, 2018, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The training allows the 374 MDG and 459 AS to practice medical transportation procedures as well as gives hands-on training required to qualify medical personnel on in-air patient transport. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Donald Hudson)

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Members of the 374th Medical Group discuss procedures during patient transport training in a UH-N1 Iroquois, March 30, 2018, near U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. Select nurses and medical technicians with the 374 MDG must be trained and qualified in air patient transfers to ensure they can provide proper care while in flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Donald Hudson)

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Helicopter patient transfer

Published April 5, 2018
By Senior Airman Donald Hudson
374th Airlift Wing

Yokota Air Base, Japan -- 2nd Lt. Tera Hammond, 374th Medical Group clinical nurse and simulated patient, is prepped for an IV during helicopter patient transport training, March 30, 2018, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The training scenario simulated a member of Team Yokota requiring a transferred to another medical facility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Donald Hudson)

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