Eglin Air Force Base

Medical exercise

A 96th Medical Group surgical team, treats a simulated amputation of a right leg, Jan. 14 at Eglin Hospital on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The MDG surgical teams’ exercises simulate traumatic injuries commonly seen during deployments. The teamwork skills honed during exercises are also applied daily in the hospital’s operating rooms. (U.S. Force/Ilka Cole)

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Medical exercise

Airman Megan Dunlap, a surgical technician with the 96th Surgical Operations Squadron, removes the sterile covers from an operating room lamp after an exercise of a simulated amputation Jan. 14 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The 96th MDG surgical teams’ exercises simulate traumatic injuries commonly seen during deployments. The teamwork skills honed during exercises are also applied daily in the hospital’s operating rooms. (U.S. Force/Ilka Cole)

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Team Eglin Surgical Ops

Lt. Col. Bruce Lynch, 96th Surgical Operations Squadron, performs an amputation surgery demonstration on a simulated patient’s leg at Eglin Hospital Jan. 15 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

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Medical Group brings reality into surgical demonstration

Published Feb. 1, 2016