Photos: AMDS cares for patients in mass casualty exercise

A team of 940th Aerospace Medicine Squadron members arrange Tech. Sgt. Joyce Satterfield, an optometry technician and simulated patient exhibiting blood loss, on a litter during a Mass Casualty Exercise, Oct. 5, 2014, Beale Air Force Base, Calif. Barbara Boyer, a retired lieutenant colonel and former 940th AMDS chief nurse, instructs the litter team on how to properly arrange the litter straps so as not to further injure the 'patient.' Boyer, along with other retired medical personnel, served as evaluators and patients to provide their expertise during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Skinkle/Released)

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940th AMDS litter team aids patient in Mass Casualty Exercise

A team of 940th Aerospace Medicine Squadron members arrange Tech. Sgt. Joyce Satterfield, an optometry technician and simulated patient exhibiting blood loss, on a litter during a Mass Casualty Exercise, Oct. 5, 2014, Beale Air Force Base, Calif. Barbara Boyer, a retired lieutenant colonel and former 940th AMDS chief nurse, instructs the litter team on how to properly arrange the litter straps so as not to further injure the 'patient.' Boyer, along with other retired medical personnel, served as evaluators and patients to provide their expertise during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Skinkle/Released)

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The 940th AMDS triages and cares for patients with simulated injuries during a mass casualty exercise Oct. 5, 2014 at Beale Air Force Base, Calif.

The exercise is an annual requirement that helps squadron members know what to expect during an emergency situation involving many wounded.

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