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...
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JUSTIN STERETT, MD
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Sep 23, 20168 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...
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justinsterett9
Nov 8, 20135 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,...
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justinsterett9
May 1, 20136 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...
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justinsterett9
Jan 6, 20134 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,...
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justinsterett9
Aug 5, 20123 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...
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justinsterett9
Jul 12, 20124 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...
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justinsterett9
Jun 2, 20124 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...
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justinsterett9
Oct 28, 20112 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...
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justinsterett9
Apr 3, 20116 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...
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justinsterett9
Jan 28, 20114 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,...
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justinsterett9
Jan 26, 20112 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...
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justinsterett9
Jan 26, 20113 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...
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justinsterett9
Jan 12, 20114 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...
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justinsterett9
Nov 21, 201010 min
SERE School
SERE stands for Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape. Each branch of the military has a school that teaches the fundamentals of...
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justinsterett9
Sep 30, 20105 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...
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justinsterett9
Sep 30, 20102 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...
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justinsterett9
Aug 16, 20105 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...
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