AF aeromed teams on Irma standby

KEESLER AFB, Miss. - Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) and a medical logistics team from the 81st Medical Group at Keesler Air Force Base are on standby if requested to support Hurricane Irma relief efforts. The teams returned home recently from a deployment to Houston in support of Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. The 81st MDG teams are part of the Air Force’s aeromedical evacuation system. The CCATT typically consists of physicians specializing in critical care, emergency medicine, anesthesiology, surgery and cardio-pulmonology. If deployed to Florida, the teams’ mission would be to operate a flying hospital, transporting patients requiring advanced medical care. A 28-person patient-staging team from Keesler AFB could also be called up to assist. (Source: 81st Training Wing 09/10/17)