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A member of the Family Birthing Center demonstrates the Jada® system.

Nov. 17, 2023

New Device Implemented in the Family Birthing Center

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. — The staff of Keesler Medical Center’s Family Birthing Center is employing an innovative tool for birthing people experiencing postpartum hemorrhage. The Jada® system, a new tool in their arsenal, will be used to provide control and treatment of abnormal postpartum uterine bleeding.

81st Medical Group personnel train in the simulation lab during the Advanced Lifesaving Course at the Keesler Medical Center on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, May 17, 2023.

May 23, 2023

Simulate, emulate: 81st MDG SIM Lab

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. — The patient’s eyes blink and their chest softly lifts up and down. A doctor moves to their side to ask how they are feeling, and a computer prompts the patient to respond with a sudden erratic heartbeat. With an average of 3,500 student hours a month, the 81st Medical Group simulation lab is an essential tool used to train life-saving skills to medical personnel.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Ronald Jones, 81st Medical Group chief of electrophysiology, poses in the catheterization lab at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, May 4, 2022. Jones is currently the only electrophysiologist in the Air Force and treats patients at Keesler and in the local community.

May 10, 2022

The heart of patient care

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. — A Keesler doctor is elevating the 81st Medical Group’s health care mission and paving a trail for others along the way. Lt. Col. Ronald Jones, 81st MDG chief of electrophysiology, is currently the only electrophysiologist serving in the Air Force. He is also one of the only doctors of his specialty serving the Gulf Coast community.

Stephen Deries, 81st Dental Squadron dental lab technician, demonstartes the technology used to make dentures inside Keesler Medical Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Oct. 4.. 2021. In a partnership with the 81st Medical Diagnostics and Theraputic Squadron’s radiation and oncology flight, Deries has found a way to create custom radiation boluses for cancer patients recieving radiation therapy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Spencer Tobler)

Dec. 10, 2021

Partnering to customize care for cancer patients

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. — In an effort to make radiation therapy for cancer patients more precise and effective, the 81st Diagnostic and Therapeutic Squadron collaborated with the 81st Dental Squadron to shape a radiation bolus for each patient.“In radiation therapy, we use high energy particles to treat cancer,” said Col. Jason Hayes 81st MDTS radiation oncologist. “The

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