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Staff Sgt. Taylor Walter, 86th Medical Squadron medical technician, conducts an assessment on an infant. An assessment consists of basic vital sign checks: heart rate, body temperature and blood pressure. Walter recorded the information to show the infant’s progress.
Airman 1st Class Abiyah Simmons, 86th Dental Squadron infection control technician, sterilizes medical equipment. Infection control inspects, sterilizes and packages over 700,000 instruments annually for the entire medical group. On an average day, the dental squadron supports approximately 150 patients.
Staff Sgt. Tara Zamora, 86th Medical Squadron medical technician, checks an infant’s temperature at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. LRMC is the largest American hospital outside of the U.S.
Airman 1st Class ChellAnn Reale, 86th Dental Squadron dental technician, cleans a patient’s teeth. The 86th DS provides many services, including oral health assessments, cleanings, retainers, bridges, dentures, crowns, implants and fittings for mouth gear.
Senior Airman Robert Pace, 86th Dental Squadron dental assistant, adjusts a patient’s mouth piece during a panoramic X-ray. Panoramic X-rays are used to check out the pathology of the mouth and cost around $114 per radiographic.
