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Unit 1: USAF Medical Service Mission & Organization Flashcards

1
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Enable medically fit forces
Provide expeditionary medics
Improve the health of all we serve to meet nation’s needs

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AFMS mission

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what are the tactical action plans to accomplish the AFMS mission?

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Deliver the best medical capabilities to support winning today’s fight
Enhance full spectrum medical capabilities to support winning toay’s fight
Implement patient-centered care to sustain healthy and resilient Airmen/families
Advance medical capabilities through research and infrastructure recapitalization
Build interoperability and medical acquisition expertise

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What are the three medical command levels you should be familiar with?

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Surgeon General
Major command surgeon
Medical treatment facility commander

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Is the head of the AFMS and is the medical staff advisor to the Secretary of the Air Force, Chief of Staff, USAF & Assistant Secretary of Defense

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Surgeon General

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Responsible for implementing the Surgeon General’s programs and policies

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Major command surgeon

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Responsible for directing all medical programs for a base or wing

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MTF commander

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To whom is the MTF commander responsible?

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responsible to the base or wing commander

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Medical groups normally consist of what four subordinate sqaudrons?

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Medical Support
Medical Operations
Aerospace Medicine
Dental

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Which AFI gives the areas of professional concern and the functions of each?

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AFI 48-101, Aerospace Medicine Enterprise

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Provide direct support to AF operations by promoting and sustaining force health, preventing injury and illness, restoring health, and sustaining human performance

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Aerospace Medicine Enterprise (AME) mission

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Six major Aerospace Medicine programs:

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Flying, Operations, & Special Duty Program
Occupational & Environmental Health Program
Force Health Readiness Program
Community Health Program
Human Performance Sustainment Program
Emergency Response/Disaster Management Program

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Name the five most common flights of the aeropsace medicine squadron

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Aerospace and Operational Medicine
Health Promotion
Public Health
Optometry
Bioenvironmental Engineering

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Provides primary care to flying and special operational duty personnel and their families

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Aerospace and Operational Medicine Flight

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Determines fitness for flight and special operational duties

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Aerospace and Operational Medicine Flight

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Acts as Human Systems Integration consultant to the wing and to air operations, space, weapons, and warfare centers

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Aerospace and Operational Medicine Flight

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Provides programs that encourage healthy lifestyles

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Health Promotion Flight

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Manages health and wellness centers

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Health Promotion Flight

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Recommends and implements programs to prevent disease, disability, morbidity, and death through effective use of population-base programs

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Public Health

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Conducts epidmiological surveillance and analysis of communicable, environmental, and occupational morbidity and mortality to establish and prioritize strategies for prevention and intervention

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Public Health

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Provide programs for both individuals and groups to clearly communicate risks and hazards in the workplace/environment & best practices to safeguard health

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Public Health

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Examines, diagnoses, treats and manages diseases and disorders of the visual system

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Optometry Flight

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Provides primary eye care and refractive services to flying and non-flying military personnel

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Optometry Flight

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Manages the spectacle/gas mask insert, contact lens, and warfighter aviation corneal refractive surgery programs

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Optometry Flight

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provides operational health risk assessment expertise to enhance commander decision making and health service support capabilities

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BE Flight

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Evaluates occupational workplaces through routine and special surveillance to ensure hazards are identified, assessed and controlled through engineering controls, administrative controls or personnel protective equipment

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BE Flight

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Identifies, evaluates, and recommends controls for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and physical occupational and environmental health threats

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BE Flight

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PH mission statement

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preventing disease, disability, and premature death

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encompasses the preventive medicine, communicable disease, epidemiology, medical entomology, food safety, and public health deployed/disaster relief programs

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Community Health Management

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This program evaluates hygiene practices and the usability of equipment in base facilities
Report findings and recommend corrective action through the MTF commander to the responsible agencies
Program also offers support to all base preventive medicine programs

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Preventive Medicine Program

30
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Methods of communicable disease control include:

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immunization and testing for various communicable diseases

31
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the study of how disease and injury occur in a population

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Epidemiology

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What are the two areas in medical entomology that PH is concerned with?

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Pest/vector biology
Surveillance

33
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To whom are significant epidemiological trends reported?

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All health care providers through the Chief, Aeromedical Services

34
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What two areas is PH responsible for under food safety?

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Food inspection
Food sanitation

35
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What duties does PH provide under the Occupational Health Program?

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Supervisor and worker education
Fits some personal protective equipment
Performs shop visits
Conduct PHAs

36
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The FDA falls under what agency?

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The United States Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS)

37
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a scientifiic regulatory agency responsible for the safety of the nation’s domestically produced and imported foods, cosmetics, drugs, biologics, medical devices, and radiological products

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

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mission is to protect, promote, and advance the health and safety of our nation

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US Public Health Service (USPHS)

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Primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting public health activities in the US
Main focus is increasing support to local and state health departments, improving global health, decreasing leading causes of death, strengthening surveillance and epidemology, and reforming health policies

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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ensuring the nation’s commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products are safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged

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US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

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provides inspection services for fish, shellfish, and fishery products to the industry

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US Department of Commerce (USDC)

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provides regulations, guidance, and enforcement

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OSHA

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produces new scientific knowledge and practical solutions vital to reducing risks of injury and death

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National Institute for Occupationa; Safety and Health (NIOSH)

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responsible for designing and enforcing programs that guarantee the continued safety and purity of our environment

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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USDHHS divisions

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FDA
USPHS
CDC

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Food inspection programs:

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USDA
USDC

47
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Federal Occupational Safety and Health Agencies:

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OSHA
NIOSH
EPA

48
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What does the AF use to evaluate working environments at base-level industrial sites?

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NIOSH standards

49
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What is the purpose of the AF Inspection System (AFIS)?

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To enable and strengthen commanders’ effectiveness and efficiency
To motivate and promote military discipline, improve unit performance, improve managerial excellence up & down the chain of command
To identify issues interfering with effectiveness, efficiency, compliance, discipline, readiness, performance, surety and management

50
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any inspection conducted by a Wing on a subordinate agency

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internal inspections

51
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allow commanders to control the depth, scope, and frequency of inspections

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internal inspections

52
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any inspection conducted by authorities outside the inspected unit

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external inspections

53
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provide an independent accountability of readiness, economy, efficiency and state of discipline
validate and verify the internal inspection process

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external inspections

54
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What are the three major inspections that are provided through the AFIS

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Management
Unit effectiveness
Commander’s inspection program

55
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What are the categories of the five-tier rating system used on MIs, UEIs, and CCIPs?

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Outstanding
Highly effective
Effective
Marginally effective
Ineffective

56
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Out of the three main types of inspections, which are external inspections?

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Management and Unit effectiveness

57
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Conducted above the Wing level
Assesses the efficiency, effectiveness, economy, & discipline of the organization, activities, or programs within an organization

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Management inspection

58
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Validates and verifies a Wing’s Commander’s Inspection Program (CCIP) for accuracy, adequacy, and relevance

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Unit effectiveness inspection

59
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Inspection frequency:
24-30 months for AD
48-60 months for ANG

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Unit effectiveness inspection

60
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mandatory for Wings and inspects Wing-wide and subordinate unit effectiveness, as well as assessing cross-unit programs as directed by the Wing commander

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The Commander’s Inspection Program

61
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a means by which you can evaluate your work to see if you are performing to established standards

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Self-inspections

62
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Which computer generated document details manpower listing reflecting the distribution of manpower allocations into a limited structure of authorizations?

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Unit Manning Document (UMD)

63
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includes information such as the number of positions authorized, grade/rank, occupational series, AFSC, and security access requirements

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UMD

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describes personnel assigned to a unit and is commonly referred to as the alpha roster

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Unit Personnel Management Roster (UPMR)

65
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contains Privacy Act Information and is used by the Af Personnel Center (AFPC) to make permanent change of station (PCS) decisions

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Unit Personnel Management Roster (UPMR)

66
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What are the three types of manpower used by the AF to perform required work

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Military personnel
In-service civillian employees
Contracted services

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