GUS firefighters train for medevac

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- Grissom Fire Department Capt. Mark Fackler along with other Grissom Firefighters and Lisa Stringer, a flight nurse with a local medical helicopter transport team, simulate transporting a patient to a medevac helicopter during a training exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

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Grissom firefighters get peek inside of new medical helicopter

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- Jamie Lay, a firefighter with the Grissom Fire Department, looks inside a new EC-145 helicopter used to transport critically ill or wounded patients quickly to appropriate medical treatment facilities. Grissom's firefighters recently got the chance to practice with a local medical transport helicopter crew on how to safely transport and load patients onto a helicopter even when it is running. Getting patient to the appropriate medical facility in the quickest time possible can literally mean the difference between life and death. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

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GFD trains with medical transport helicopter team

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- Members of the Grissom Fire Department and a medical transport helicopter crew pose for a photo during training. The training provided the firefighters with hands-on experience in safely loading patients into a medical transport helicopter even while it was still running. The helicopter crew was based out of Kokomo, Ind., and consisted of a pilot and three flight nurses. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

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GFD gets visit, training from medevac helicopter team

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- Lisa Stringer, a flight nurse with a local medical helicopter transport team, briefs Grissom firefighters about on-the-scene training they were about to undertake June 10. The firefighters got a hands-on training experience that gave them experience in transporting and loading patients into a running medical transport helicopter. The firefighters practiced both "hot" and "cold" loads. A hot load is a term used to describe when a patient is loaded into a helicopter while it is still running. A cold load is a term used to describe loading a patient when the helicopter is shut down. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

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GFD gets medevac training

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- Grissom firefighters and flight nurses from a local medevac helicopter crew practice loading patients into a running helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

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Air medevac training part II

Published June 28, 2010

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind., -- Grissom Fire Department personnel recently had the chance to practice loading patients into a medevac helicopter during a training exercise held here recently.

(Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part photo essay)

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