US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Harry Abplanalp, 355th Component Maintenance Squadron (CMS), is examined by Rhonda Denney, Registered Nurse (RN), at the Tucson Medical Center, for his simulated burn injuries, as part of an exercise for National Medical Disaster System (NMDS). Personnel are simulating injuries sustained during an explosion by a terrorist attack at a baseball game in San Diego, California (CA). In this situation, there would be not being enough local treatment facilities to care for the injured personnel, so they are flown to a nearby state that could care for them. In this case, they are flown to Davis-Monthan AFB where their injuries are assessed, then taken...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Harry Abplanalp, 355th Component Maintenance Squadron (CMS), is examined by Rhonda Denney, Registered Nurse (RN), at the Tucson Medical Center, for his simulated burn injuries, as part of an exercise for National Medical Disaster System (NMDS). Personnel are simulating injuries sustained during an explosion by a terrorist attack at a baseball game in San Diego, California (CA). In this situation, there would be not being enough local treatment facilities to care for the injured personnel, so they are flown to a nearby state that could care for them. In this case, they are flown to Davis-Monthan AFB where their injuries are assessed, then taken downtown for treatment at various hospitals.
Base: Tucson
State: Arizona (AZ)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lanie Mcneal, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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