West Monroe, -- Staff Sgt’s Stephen Tschiderer and Charles Gabriel, flight medics for Company F, 1st Battalion, 169th General Support Aviation Battalion, demonstrate proper patient packaging using the SKED litter while conducting familiarization training with the the West Monroe Fire Department on Nov. 15. The National Guardsmen use SKED litters for medical air lifts. Formerly known as the 249th Air Ambulance Company, the 169th is an air ambulance company which flies UH-60 helicopters configured to carry wounded soldiers from the battlefield to a Combat Surgical Hospital or other treatme
West Monroe, -- Staff Sgt’s Stephen Tschiderer and Charles Gabriel, flight medics for Company F, 1st Battalion, 169th General Support Aviation Battalion, demonstrate proper patient packaging using the SKED litter while conducting familiarization training with the the West Monroe Fire Department on Nov. 15. The National Guardsmen use SKED litters for medical air lifts. Formerly known as the 249th Air Ambulance Company, the 169th is an air ambulance company which flies UH-60 helicopters configured to carry wounded soldiers from the battlefield to a Combat Surgical Hospital or other treatment facility. This is known as a "dustoff" in military slang. Photo courtesy of West Monroe Fire Department
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