Better patient care in the air
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During the exercise -- Care in the Air -- 622nd Aeromedical Evacuation members working hand-in-hand with contractors were able to experiment with Information For Global Reach for the first time.
The IFGR communications messaging system optimizes already existing communication links to enable messages to be sent quickly to and from deploying aircraft throughout the world via stationery satellites.
In the future, this new communication will enhance the aeromedical evacuation process by enabling the on-board medical crew to have access to patients' information as soon as the patients are loaded on the plane.
"This will also give them the capability of sending information just like an e-mail to receiving hospitals," said Maj. Tom Griesbaum, chief of Joint Experimentation at Headquarters Air Mobility Command.
During the exercise, a C-130 from Pope Air Force Base, S.C. flew in a Critical Care Air Transport Team from the 622nd AES to pick up "wounded" soldiers needing further care.
While the patients awaited transport at the Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility, each patient was assigned a personal information carrier dog-tag, which encases a computer chip containing the patient's "stats" such as injuries, blood pressure, temperature, allergies and medications.
As patient care is done, the file is updated to even include when the last medication was given or any X-rays that may have been taken.
"Once the patient is airborne, another system on-board the plane will be used to continue that communication," said Master Sgt. Scott Shore, 622nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from MacDill AFB, Fla.
Once the aircraft leveled out, the aerovac team went to work checking each patient and also collecting the tags to input in to the computer. Once the patients' tags were updated, the information was loaded into the IFGR's Field Deployable Record and then sent via satellite to the Global Patient Movement Requirement Center, which determined the final destination of the patient.
"Once this system gets underway, I will have more time to tend to patients instead of being buried under paper work," said Maj. Tessa Angelo, 622nd AES.
"If there is a problem, instead of having to go base ops, we can have a direct link to the flight surgeon at the destination." said Tech. Sgt. Marlene Craig, a 622nd Aeromedical Evacuation medical technician. "This will save us at least 30 to 40 minutes and prevent mixed messages. Patients can be treated immediately upon arrival at the forward location hospital which will eliminate duplication of procedures."
Commenting on the exercise's success, Maj. Peter Sorensen, HQ AMC, said, "Granted there are some bumps in the road; that's why this is an experiment. It is not the end stage by any stretch of the imagination."
The results from this experiment will help determine if this concept in patient movement is feasible. (FROM AIR MOBILITY COMMAND PUBLIC AFFAIRS).
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