109th Aeromeds train aloft

1st Lt. David Truscinski, a 109th Flight Nurse, gives instructions to Senior Airman Michael Hemmingson who is checking for a pulse on Staff Sgt. Luke Tajima having a simulated heart attack, while Staff Sgt. Rose Vlaisavljevich looks on during flight. Members of the 109th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Minnesota Air National Guard are taking part in a training flight aboard a 133rd Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules August 11, 2009. A five-person aeromedical evacuation team usually consists of a medical crew director, a flight nurse, a charge medical technician, and two aeromedical evacuation technicians. The team supports the assigned physician and flight nurse who complete the critical care air transport team. The inventory often includes everything from high-tech monitors, oxygen tanks and regulators to defibrillators- those high-voltage paddles doctors use in emergencies to restore or regulate a patient's heart rhythm. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson/Released)