JUSTIN STERETT, MD

  • Medicine

    • Medical Education
    • Prison Medicine
  • Military

    • Flight Medicine
    • Deployments
    • Training
  • Travel

    • Travel Tips
    • USA
    • Asia
    • Oceania
    • South America
  • Musings

  • Home

  • More

    Use tab to navigate through the menu items.
    First HH-60 Pave Hawk Flight
    justinsterett9
    • Jan 5, 2021
    • 7 min

    First HH-60 Pave Hawk Flight

    Flying is an essential task for a flight surgeon. The initial appeal of being a flight surgeon for many of us is the coolness factor with...
    52 views0 comments
    The Mighty Eagle
    justinsterett9
    • Sep 24, 2016
    • 8 min

    The Mighty Eagle

    Since moving to southern Oregon I’ve been taunted by the constant roar of fighter jets buzzing the skies. One of my main motivations for...
    13 views0 comments
    Contractor Conundrum
    justinsterett9
    • Nov 8, 2013
    • 5 min

    Contractor Conundrum

    The most terrifying thing possible for a young physician is to be alone in the middle of Africa with an overweight, hypertensive,...
    17 views0 comments
    Afghanistan CASEVAC
    justinsterett9
    • May 1, 2013
    • 6 min

    Afghanistan CASEVAC

    The day, or I should say night in a mid November of 2011 started like any other night in the plywood palace that was our clinic in...
    4 views0 comments
    Indirect Fire
    justinsterett9
    • Jan 6, 2013
    • 4 min

    Indirect Fire

    One of the ultimate hypocrisies I’ve noticed in the military is the obsession with preaching safety when at home. Driving 15mph on base,...
    1 view0 comments
    Golden Mortars
    justinsterett9
    • Aug 5, 2012
    • 3 min

    Golden Mortars

    The first time I heard the loud speaker shout out “INCOMING INCOMING” I nearly fell off the couch in the clinic where at least I thought...
    0 views0 comments
    Afghanistan Clinical Ops
    justinsterett9
    • Jul 12, 2012
    • 4 min

    Afghanistan Clinical Ops

    So after five months in Afghanistan I have a couple stories to tell. I should mention that since some of the people I work with have...
    2 views0 comments
    Doing the Deid
    justinsterett9
    • Jun 2, 2012
    • 4 min

    Doing the Deid

    Al Udeid air base is a small military staging area in Qatar right in the middle of the Persian gulf. For the most part it functions as...
    6 views0 comments
    Departure
    justinsterett9
    • Oct 29, 2011
    • 2 min

    Departure

    Leaving for a conventional military deployment has come a long ways since the days of GIs stepping out to a rusty old plane hell bound to...
    1 view0 comments
    CASEVAC Course
    justinsterett9
    • Apr 3, 2011
    • 6 min

    CASEVAC Course

    Placing a blood pressure cuff on a patient is typically a simple task.  This time was an exception. I felt for the cuff in my bag, pulled...
    0 views0 comments
    An Average Night at Baltimore Shock Trauma
    justinsterett9
    • Jan 28, 2011
    • 4 min

    An Average Night at Baltimore Shock Trauma

    As the cold front settles in on Baltimore, the snow begins to fall, and the roads begin to freeze.  On this chilly Friday night,...
    1 view0 comments
    Shock Trauma Torture
    justinsterett9
    • Jan 27, 2011
    • 2 min

    Shock Trauma Torture

    It’s incredibly difficult to be a good surgical resident when it’s the exact opposite of anything I self identify with.  Working in the...
    0 views0 comments
    CSTARS: First Overnight Call
    justinsterett9
    • Jan 26, 2011
    • 3 min

    CSTARS: First Overnight Call

    The Trauma Resuscitation Unit, or “TRU,” as it’s known, is probably the number one place you don’t want to find yourself after a night of...
    1 view0 comments
    CSTARS Pre-Deployment Training
    justinsterett9
    • Jan 13, 2011
    • 4 min

    CSTARS Pre-Deployment Training

    CSTARS “Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills” is essentially the military’s solution to get Docs, nurses, and medics...
    0 views0 comments
    SERE School
    justinsterett9
    • Nov 21, 2010
    • 10 min

    SERE School

    SERE stands for Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape.  Each branch of the military has a school that teaches the fundamentals of...
    1 view0 comments
    Underwater Helicopter Egress
    justinsterett9
    • Sep 30, 2010
    • 5 min

    Underwater Helicopter Egress

    My first survival school course at Fairchild AFB in Spokane was a one-day course known as “Dunker” training, or underwater helicopter...
    7 views0 comments
    Pipeline Training
    justinsterett9
    • Sep 30, 2010
    • 2 min

    Pipeline Training

    For the next several months I’m being submerged into a training pipeline that is designed to get me spun up to the point of being a fully...
    0 views0 comments
    Flight Surgeon Training
    justinsterett9
    • Aug 17, 2010
    • 5 min

    Flight Surgeon Training

    For the next several months I’ll be engaging in various training programs with the idea of getting me “spun up” to be a fully functional...
    0 views0 comments

    Contact

    Thanks for submitting!