Nurses and medics making a difference one patient at a time
SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. – Aerospace medical technician Airman 1st Class Jarron Webster, 4th Medical Operations Squadron, right, checks the blood pressure of independent duty medical technician Staff Sgt. Leasa Novotny, 336th Fighter Squadron, during emergency medical technician training in an ambulance at the 4th Medical Group Clinic here June 21, 2011. Aerospace medical technician Senior Airman Shawn Raquet, 4th Medical Operations Squadron, also evaluates Novotny’s blood oxygen content. Medical technicians are required to accomplish 48 hours of continuing medical education every two years that includes hands-on training and lectures. Webster hails from Owensboro, Ky., Novotny hails from Salina, Kan. and Raquet hails from Buffalo, N.Y. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Colette M. Graham/Released