Wednesday Health.mil News Round-Up: DoD Sends Aircraft to Support Disaster-Assistance Operations in Nepal; Mayo Clinic Officials Tour USU; Physician Assistant Receives Army Surgeon General’s 2015 PA Recognition Award

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DoD Sends Aircraft to Support Disaster-Assistance Operations in Nepal
April 26, 2015

The United States has sent an Air Force aircraft to Nepal to deliver personnel and cargo in support of disaster-relief operations, according to Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren.

Full story: www.health.mil/News/Articles/2015/04/26/DoD-Sends-Aircraft-to-Support-Disaster-Assistance-Operations-in-Nepal

Mayo Clinic Officials Tour USU
April 28, 2015

Michael McDonnell with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) talked with leaders of the Mayo Clinic and the Defense Health Agency (DHA) on April 21, 2015. McDonnell explained the education and training capabilities of the school's 3-dimensional, multisensory health care education and research simulator at the school’s Bethesda, Maryland campus.

Full story: www.health.mil/News/Articles/2015/04/28/Mayo-Clinic-Officials-Tour-USU

Physician Assistant Receives Army Surgeon General’s 2015 PA Recognition Award
April 27, 2015

When Maj. John Robinson, physician assistant, realized that service members and coalition partners were dying from injuries to non-compressible areas, he traveled to Forward Operating Bases in theater and distributed tourniquets, training first responders, medics and medical officers on proper ways to use them to control hemorrhaging and help save lives.

Full story: www.health.mil/News/Articles/2015/04/27/Physician-Assistant-Receives-Army-Surgeon-Generals-2015-PA-Recognition-Award