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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Senior Airman Pooian Sharifi, Medical Admin with the 349th Aeromedical Staging Squadron instructs Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Cabral, Passenger Services Craftsman with the 45th Aerial Port Squadron, on how to properly perform the head-tilt chin-lift, jaw-thrust technique and insert the Nasopharyngeal Airway on Staff Sgt. Wilbur Doty, Passenger Services Journeyman, also with the 45th APS, during a hand-on skills training held at the David Grant Medical Center on Nov. 9, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Amelia Leonard)

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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Technical Sgt. Jeremy Cabral, Passenger Services Craftsman with the 45th Aerial Port Squadron, performs the head-tilt chin-lift, jaw-thrust technique and practices inserting a Nasopharyngeal Airway on Staff Sgt. Wilbur Doty, Passenger Services Journeyman, also with the 45th APS, during a hand-on skills training held at the David Grant Medical Center on Nov. 9, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Amelia Leonard)

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349th Wing members hone skills with hands-on training during UTA

Published Nov. 20, 2014
By Staff Sgt. Amelia Leonard
349th Public Affairs

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Nearly 100 members of the 349th Air Mobility Wing spent three hours in an annual self-aid and buddy care hands-on skills training facilitated by the 349th Aerospace Medicine Squadron at the David Grant Medical Center on Nov. 9, 2014.

The training began with a PowerPoint introduction led by Chief Master Sgt. Frederick Baquiran, Chief Enlisted Manager of the 349th Medical Squadron and finished with a hand-on training led by Master Sgt. Melanie Pascua, 349th AMW SABC Advisor.

During the hands-on portion, members practiced several techniques to open the airway of an injured person, and practiced assessing open wounds and applying Quick Clot gauze, bandages or tourniquets to prevent the loss of limb or life.

These training sessions take place annually to keep Airmen prepared for any type of emergency that could take place on or off the clock.

Self-aid and buddy care has saved countless limbs and lives while administered on and off the battlefield.

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