Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Intro to Aerospace Medicine

I just got back from two weeks of "Air Force Camp" in San Antonio, Texas. Technically, it was the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, but it was definitely more like camp than school. We learned about some of the opportunities we will have as docs in the Air Force, but we also did a lot of fun stuff. We learned how to land without breaking your leg when you are parachuting, went to Sea World (where we got in for free because we are "heroes"), went tubing down a river, and went to Houston to tour NASA. Unfortunately, I was too honest on my medical eval and admitted that I had migraine headaches as a kid. Because of that, they wouldn't let me go in the hyperbaric chamber or do the centrifuge (where they spin you around to see how many G-forces you can take before you pass out). Overall it was a pretty good time, and certainly was much more enjoyable than last year's training was.
Parachute Simulator->

Before floating the river

Mock bullet to the shoulder






1 comment:

Sarah G said...

um yeah, if you had a bullet to the shoulder, you shouldn't be smiling!!