KANYE KWE-GULF - Usuke usuka kuleli qembu elibheke phambili liyiqembu elincane elibhekene nezokwelashwa elincane elinamabutho ambalwa awake wabona. Kodwa uma omunye wabo ewela ngokugula noma elimazekile, la ma-airmen ngokushesha azoba abangane bawo abakhulu. Bazobheka izidingo zezokwelapha eziphuthumayo ngokuphuthumayo ngenkathi behamba ngezinkulungwane zamamitha esibhedlela sase-US eJalimane noma esinye isibhedlela sasesibhedlela ukuze bathole ukunakekelwa kwesikhathi esigcwele.
Izokwelapha zinikezwa i-320th Expeditionary Aeromedical Squadron Squadron / Ngaphambili, ithimba elikhethekile elisendaweni yomsebenzi oyinhloko yikhawishi noma imithwalo yempahla yendiza ehamba ngezinyawo ngamamayela amaningana phezulu. Zonke zihanjiswe esiteshini se-375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron eScott Air Force Base, Ill.
Ithimba le-five-person evaperation team livame ukuba nomqondisi wezokwelapha, umhlengikazi wezindiza, ochwepheshe bezokwelapha kanye nabachwepheshe ababili bokuphuthumayo. Ithimba lisekela udokotela obanikezwe kanye nomhlengikazi wezindiza abaqedela iqembu elibhekele ukunakekelwa kwezindiza.
"Imithwalo yami njengomhlengikazi wezindiza noma umqondisi wezokwelapha kufanele abheke isiguli, anakekele amaphepha, qinisekisa ukuthi ngithola wonke isiguli (imininingwane ebhalwe eshadini) futhi adlulisele kuyo yonke imininingwane yesiguli kumuntu olandelayo uyenakekela isiguli - uhlobo lwegunya lokugcina kulo lonke into, "kusho uCapt.
UPaul Simpson.
I-tech e-AE iqalisa umsebenzi ngamunye ngokucubungula uhlobo lwezindiza abazoyisebenzisa ngoba ama-airframes ahlukene adinga izinhlobo ezithile zemishini yezokwelapha kanye nokulungiselelwa kwezilwanyana. Nakuba izindiza zabo eziyinhloko yi-C-9 Nightingale, eyaziwa ngesiphambano esibomvu esivelele ekuqiniseni kwayo, lezi zindondo ziqeqeshelwe ukufeza umsebenzi wazo ngaphakathi kwezindiza ze-C-17 ze-Globemaster III no-C-141, noma ezisezindizeni zokuhweba ezivela i-Civilian Reserve Air Fleet.
Ngaphambi kokuya endizeni, kufanele "ikhethe" imishini yabo yezokwelapha ngemisebenzi nokuhlolwa kwamakalenti. I-inventory ivame ukufaka konke okuvela kubaqaphi be-tech-tech, amathangi e-oksijeni nama-regulators ukuze ahlasele izidakamizwa - lawo madokotela asezingeni eliphakeme odokotela basebenzisa ngezimo eziphuthumayo ukubuyisela noma ukulawula isigqi senhliziyo yesiguli.
"Uma siphuma endizeni, sibheka ukuthi kudinga kanjani ukumiswa nge-oxygen nezinye izinto," kusho u-Staff Sgt. Chassidy Dority. "Khona-ke sinquma ukuthi sizobe sibeka nini isiguli sethu nemishini yethu. Uma ngabe konke kuhlanganiswa nomlawuli wezindiza nomphathi wezindiza ... siqala ukulungisa indiza. Ngokuvamile ngaleso sikhathi, isiguli (silungele ukuthwala ngaphakathi ), ngakho-ke siqinisekisa ukuthi sixoxa njalo nomqondisi wezokwelapha kanye nomhlengikazi wezindiza, ubazise ukuthi kwenzekani ... "
Ngemva kwesikhashana, ochwepheshe beletha isiguli sabo ebhodini, hlola izimpawu ezibalulekile futhi uvikele isiguli sokuthatha. Uma sekukhona umoya, izimpawu ezibalulekile zesiguli zihlolwa kabusha futhi ukunakekelwa kwesineke kuyaqhubeka kuyo yonke indiza.
"Siyakwazi ukuhamba ngehora," kusho uDority.
Ama-medics asetshenzisiwe athola ukuhlolwa kwawo kokuqala kwe-mission mission emhlabeni ekuqaleni kokuthunyelwa kwawo.
"Sithole umsebenzi wethu wokuqala lapho sisekhona ngaphansi kwamahora angu-18," kusho uSimpson. Injongo yayiwukuhambisa isosha elibhekane nokucindezeleka okukhulu ekugonyeni kwakhe kwegciwane lengculazi.
"Le ndoda yayigula ngempela," kusho uSimpson ngesiguli, okutholakala ukuthi une-encephalitis, engabangela ukuvuvukala kobuchopho obubulalayo. Phakathi nendiza ye-aerovac eya eJalimane, izidakamizwa ezinhlanu ze-AE zasebenza eduze ne-CCATT ukugcina isiguli sabo sigxilile futhi sikhululekile ngangokunokwenzeka. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa, isiguli sathola ngokugcwele ukugula kwakhe.
"Sonke sasebenza ndawonye njengeqembu elikhulu," kusho uSimpson.
Naphezu kwamathemba empi eseduze, futhi lokhu kungabangela ukulimala okuningi, lezi zindondo zithunyelwe ukuthi ziqinisekile ukuthi ukuqeqeshwa nokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo sekuzilungiselele kahle.
"Ngizizwa ngiqiniseka kakhulu," kusho uCapt uJeffrey Combalecer, ongumhlengikazi wesibili wendiza. "Ngokuqondene nokulungiswa kokuthunywa kwamaqhinga, senze lokhu eScott iminyaka eminingi.
"Sisebenzele lokhu iminyaka emithathu," esho, "engenzi lutho ngaphandle kokuqeqesha, ukuya emakilasini minyaka yonke.
Kuye, lesi sizathu esiyiyo (sikulungele) lo msebenzi. "
Abasebenzi be-Sgt. UJason Robbins, ochwepheshe be-AE, wasebenzisa ukufanisa kwezemidlalo ukuchaza ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi i-unit ingashintsha ngokusheshayo kwimodi yokusebenza yesikhathi sempi.
"Kunjengokuthi silungiselela umdlalo omkhulu, ukuqeqesha njalo," esho. "Uma uhambisa, umqeqeshi uyakususa ebhentshini, futhi uzizwa sengathi wenza umehluko.
"Kungenzeka ukuthi lokhu kuyisikhathi sokusebenza kakhulu kunoma ubani ozokwazi ukuthola, futhi silapha, siseduze nomngcele wase-Iraq," kusho uRobins. "Kuyinto nje isikhathi ngaphambi kokuba u ... ushintshe endaweni yokuqeqesha oyikhule ejwayele ukuya endaweni lapho abantu abakubheka khona ukuze banikeze izinga elihle lokwelashwa okuzodingwa ukuze balondoloze ukuphila kwabo futhi ubenze ekunakekeleni okucacile. "
URobbins noPalmer babeshesha ukwabelana ngezici zabo eziyizintandokazi zokuphila kwabo emsebenzini.
"Ukubambisana," kusho uRobins. "Ezibhedlela, ungena, yenza ushintsho lwakho, bese ubuyela ekhaya. Kodwa ku-aerovac, uchitha isikhathi esiningi ndawonye ndawonye ukwakha ukusebenzisana, futhi kuhle."