June 15 AFSC Weekend
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Capt. Ryan Southworth, a critical care nurse with the 349th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, inserts a central line IV into the chest of a simulated patient as Maj. Theresa Sun-Isbell, a critical care nurse with the 349th ASTS, and Lt. Col. (Dr.) Jesse Wells, 349th Medical Squadron, look on. The Reserve medical personnel were preparing to practice transporting a critically ill patient as part of a critical care air transport team during 349th Air Mobility Wing Air Force Specialty Code training June 6, 2015, at David Grant USAF Medcial Center, Travis Air Force Base, California. In preparation for the training, the 349th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron transformed the four-engine tactical transport into a flying hospital. In turn, the CCATT teams from the 60th Surgical Operations Squadron and the 349th Aeromedical Staging Squadron established onboard what was essentially a portable intensive care unit dedicated to one very ill, simulated, "patient." (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Robert Couse- Baker/Released)