AT least 34 personnel from the Philippine Air Force (PAF) undergone training with the members of the US Pacific Air Force on basic aero medical evacuation.
Major Chonna Herrera, overall clinical supervisor of the Air Force General Hospital in Villamor Air Base, who was one of the participants told PEACEMAKER that the training helped them reinforce what they know on aero medical evacuation.
“It enhances the inter-operability for all of us flight nurses and aero evacuation team dito sa Asia Pacific,” she said.
“If there will be disasters, when they invite us to join them in their mission, we already know what we are doing. Mas madali yung paggalaw,” she added.
Major Vanessa Lynn Moses, director on the flight nurse course of the US Air Force School of Aerospace medicine said that this is part of their mission to help the Philippines in developing its capability in terms of evacuating victims.
“I know that in the future, it would be beneficial to have those individuals who are brand new to the air medical evacuation arena because they will benefit a little more,” she said.
Moses said that the capability of Filipino medical military personnel is ‘equivalent’ to theirs however most evacuations are done based on capabilities that include CPR.
But she emphasized that its the capability that sets Filipinos apart.
“What if your machinery broke down? You still have to rely on your clinical skills and have that confidence in yourself to take care of that patient,” she said.
The PAF personnel underwent four day didactic and a one day simulation.
The training was part of the week-long Pacific Angel 13-1 of the US Pacific Air Force in the country. Today, they will conclude their humanitarian mission in Negros Oriental province.
Pacific Angel 13-1 is joint and combined AFP-US Humanitarian Civic Action program. The objective of this exercise is to enhance the response capability of the AFP and stakeholders during disasters and calamities.
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