WW2: Medical Support In The Army Air Force

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Medical support in the army air forces was essential in WW2. Inventions such as the G-suit countered the effects of physiological effects of G-forces that are experienced during high speed maneuvers.” From 1941 to 1943, most volunteer doctors in the AAF worked as aviation medical examiners, giving physical and mental examinations to candidates for skilled flying jobs as pilots, navigators, bombardiers, and aerial gunners” (Nanney,pg.7) ‘The first large scale aeromedical evacuation consisted of 672,000 Americans being wounded’ “more than 1 million patients were successfully moved by air during WW2”( Nanney ,pg.10). Due to poor communication it affected aeromedical planning and patient regulating by having issues returning litters, blankets and

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