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LAKE SUCCESS — Normally, when you hear the word “PJs” you think of pajamas. But on a recent Friday afternoon, “PJs” took on an entirely different meaning. On this particular afternoon, a group of Pararescue Jumpers, aka PJs, from the 103rd Rescue Squadron of the New York Air National Guard/US Air Force from Westhampton Beach, came to the North Shore-LIJ Biokills Education Center in Lake Success for a special workshop on combat medical care. The pararescuers, some of whom deployed to the Mideast within a week of their visit to the Bioskills Center, are the elite combat force specifically organized, trained and equipped to conduct both conventional and unconventional combat and noncombat rescue operations. They are the most highly trained and versatile personnel recovery specialists in the world. Because of their training, the pararescuers are called on to execute the most extreme rescue missions across the globe. In light of the pararescuers’ critical mission, the workshop — directed by Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Rush, MD, a pararescue flight surgeon, and Jason D’Amore, MD, director of the North Shore-LIJ Advanced Airway 6 Summer 2012 Special Forces Medics Trained at North Shore-LIJ By Marc Greene Training Center — focused on the advanced life-saving skills necessary when performing in severe environments. The operating room for pararescuers is frequently in the back of a helicopter. While training at the Bioskills Education Center, part of North Shore- LIJ’s Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI), pararescuers learned critical techniques in such areas as advanced airway intubation, chest tube placement and deep-wound packing, along with multiple suturing for skin closure. “I can say without equivocation that the care that we are able to render to our military personnel in critical rescue situations is truly enhanced by our experience at the Bioskills Center,” said Colonel Rush. “We have been fortunate to have Dr. D’Amore as an enthusiastic and expert teacher.” Colonel Rush also thanked the North Shore-LIJ Health System for opening its doors to the military, and Bioskills Education Center director Joseph Colaccico for his logistical help and support. Colonel Rush said the 103rd Rescue Squadron currently has three airmen deployed in the theater of operation. “Not only were two lives saved because of techniques that we practice and honed in the Bioskills Labs, but also the patients were kept more comfortable,” he said. North Shore-LIJ’s Biokills Education Center brings the latest operative techniques to physicians, medical students, nurses and surgical technologists. Coupled with the most advanced technologies in video and endoscopic surgical equipment, the center supports surgical training, continuing medical education and research. Watch the pararescuers in action at the Bioskills Education Center at http://bit.ly/zbMwNS. Above: Jason D’Amore, MD, center, trains pararescuers from the 103rd Rescue Squadron of the New York Air National Guard/US Air Force during a recent visit to the North Shore-LIJ Bioskills Education Center.
Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine Helps Vets With Unique Healthcare Needs The Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine has signed on with First Lady Michelle Obama’s Joining Forces initiative, which is committed to creating a new generation of doctors, medical schools and research facilities that will make sure our heroes receive the care worthy of their service. Recognizing Necessity Spurs Innovation When Jason D’Amore, MD, director of the North Shore-LIJ Advanced Airway Training Center, began conducting workshops on combat medical care with the Air National Guard pararescuers, he was surprised when he took a close look at one of the surgical medical kits for cricothyrotomy, commonly called a cric kit, used by the military in the field. “The kit was clearly designed by people who never went into the field to use it. There were basic surgical tools that should’ve been included but weren’t, and some of the tools that were needed were just too big to fit in the standard issue kit.” Necessity being the mother of invention and innovation, Dr. D’Amore teamed with medical device manufacturer Cook Medical to create a new cric kit that would not only have the appropriate surgical tools, but would also fit in a pararescuer’s fanny pack. “One of the pararescuemen showed me his own kit that he had literally taped together with surgical tools from an assortment of scavenged kits. I knew that we had a serious need that had to be addressed, but I also knew that we could put something together that would fit the bill — and the fanny pack.” This is the redesigned kit developed at North Shore-LIJ’s Bioskills Education Center with Cook Medical. veterans’ and their families’ sacrifice and commitment, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine pledged to mobilize its integrated missions in education, research, and clinical care to train physicians to meet veterans’ and their families’ unique healthcare needs, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). “We are honored to participate in the White House Joining Forces initiative to address the healthcare needs of military service members and veterans and their families,” said Lawrence Smith, MD, founding dean of the medical school. “Since 2006, North Shore-LIJ has served military personnel and their families, including young children, through its Rosen Family Wellness Center for Law Enforcement and Military Personnel and Their Families, as well as other veterans-related services. As a result, the health system has extensive experience diagnosing and treating military service members and their families with behavioral health issues. This commitment to veterans carries over to our medical school and our curriculum.” The School of Medicine joins the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) in the commitment to enrich medical education to ensure that physicians are aware of the unique clinical challenges and best practices associated with caring for this group; to develop new research and clinical trials on PTSD and TBI to foster better understanding and treatment of these conditions; to share their information and best practices with each other through a collaborative Web forum created by the AAMC; and to grow the body of knowledge leading to improvements in healthcare and wellness for our military service members, veterans and their families. First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden created Joining Forces to bring Americans together to recognize, honor and take action to support veterans and military families as they serve our country and throughout their lives. The initiative aims to educate, challenge and spark action from all sectors of society to ensure veterans and military families have the support they have earned. The initiative focuses on key priority areas — employment, education and wellness — while raising awareness about the service, sacrifice and needs of America’s veterans and military families. More information is available at: JoiningForces.gov and NorthShoreLIJ.com/rosen. The New Standard 7
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