Essential Medicine Experts Providing our Airmen with proper healthcare doesn’t stop once they leave the doctor’s office. Primarily responsible for dispensing prescribed medications and helping patients understand proper usage and side effe...
conducting tests. supplying answers. Biological tests are an essential part in determining the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Responsible for directing the services and integrity of their lab, Biomedical Laboratory Officers are essent...
OPTIMAL CARE FOR THE SERIOUSLY ILL When Airmen or their families are suffering from severe medical conditions or injuries, it’s imperative they get comprehensive care. Responsible for executing complex, intensive nursing care, Critical Car...
KEEPING OUR FORCES HEALTHY Caring for the health of our Airmen also means helping preclude illness before it can affect our community. Public Health Officers apply public health, preventive medicine, and medical entomology knowledge, techn...
MANAGING PAIN AND SURGICAL CARE Surgeries are performed every day in first-class Air Force medical facilities around the world. As privileged healthcare providers, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists perform specialized and critical nu...
PREVENTING ENVIRONMENTAL HARM We go to extraordinary measures to protect our Airmen from environmental hazards and infractions. Applying engineering and scientific principles, Bioenvironmental Engineers identify and evaluate potential dang...
HELP RESTORING LOST SKILLS When Airmen or their families experience physical limitations, we do everything we can to help them regain their compromised functions. Working to help people with disabilities, injury or illness, Occupational Th...
CARING FOR OUR AIRMEN Physicians in the Air Force use their expertise in a variety of ways. From planning and administering medical services to a range of patients to creating policies and programs to help bolster the branch’s healthcare s...
Caring for Mental Well-Being Providing our Airmen with proper healthcare doesn’t stop once they leave the doctor’s office. Primarily responsible for dispensing prescribed medications and helping patients understand proper usage and side ef...
getting bodies back in motion When Airmen suffer from illness or injury, their motor functions can be adversely compromised. Providing services that help restore function, improve mobility and relieve pain, Physical Therapists work closely...