Members of the Air Force Medical Service’s Nursing Corps visited the National Museum of Health and Medicine on May 8, 2024, to celebrate Nurses and Medical Technicians Week.
The National Museum of Health and Medicine preserves the influence of military medicine by archiving and displaying artifacts from every major armed conflict in the United States. During their visit, AFMS guests toured the museum and learned more about nurses’ influence on early military medicine.
The staff began the tour by detailing the history of the museum, starting with its founding in 1862 during the Civil War.
Guides led the nurses through the museum and spoke with several collection managers, highlighting archived exhibits such as the uniform cap worn by Col. Verena Zeller, the first commander of the Air Force Nurse Corps. . Zeller was commissioned as a general duty nurse in the Army Medical Service Nursing Corps in 1936, transferred to the Air Force in 1949, and led Air Force nursing from its inception.
The tour was held in conjunction with Nurses and Medical Technicians Week, which celebrates the significant contributions and impact of nurses and medical technicians to AFMS and military health care.
“Nurses and Medical Technicians Week is the one week of the year where we really get to showcase what we bring to the fight,” said Col. Gwendolyn Foster, Chief of the Nursing Corps and AFMS Chief of Staff. “We do this every day. It’s selfless. You can ask questions of nurses and medical technicians. [about these sacrifices]And they’ll say, “I was just doing my job.” But because our work touches so many lives, this is the only time we can truly express our gratitude to nurses and medical technicians. That’s what this week has meant to me, and that’s why I think it’s so important to take the time to thank them for what they do. ”
Learn more about the impact Air Force nurses and medical technicians have had over the past year.
– New training course provides hands-on experience for doctors and nurses in a demanding environment
-Team Yokota Nurse awarded the International Order of the Red Cross
– New York Air National Guard medical technicians train with Canadian medical technicians in the Arctic
-First nurse to serve as Director of Aviation Surgeon ANG Medical Services Office
-Inside Number 908: Aerospace Medical Services Specialist – Emergency medical care on the ground or in the air.
-Flight nurse dedicated to helping people overcome adversity
-An all-female NICU team conducted two emergency transfers.
-Pediatrician Technician Vance named 2023 U.S. Air Force Aerospace Medicine Airman of the Year
– Air Force nurse puts traumatic experience to the test in new role
・Careful treatment of pediatric patients
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| Post date: | May 10, 2024 16:58 |
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