Kaiserslautern American, July 14, 2017

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HAVE YOU READ YOUR KA TODAY?

July 14, 2017

Volume 41, number 28

86 MDG EMTs receive revamped refresher course Story and photos by Senior Airman Devin Boyer 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs The 86th Medical Group’s simulation staff conducted refresher training for five emergency medical technicians in a revamped course at the simulation center, June 29. Medical technicians must take the refresher course every two years as part of their certification requirements. This spring, the Air Force changed the course significantly. “The traditional EMT course had long PowerPoint lessons and seven skills stations they were evaluated on,” said Master Sgt. Kimberly Taylor, 86 MDG EMT refresher course site coordinator. “For the skills See EMT COURSE, Page 2

Emergency medical technicians join hands before a training simulation at the 86 MDG Simulation Center June 29 on Ramstein. As part of the EMT refresher course, the students had to work together to accomplish the training.

Tip of the Week: It’s vacation time. Get enough sleep before a trip. Check vehicle fluid levels, headlights, brakes, warning signals belts, hoses, and tire pressure and condition.

“I was involved in a program like this at Sheppard, (Air Force Base, Texas),” Bolling said. “We had usually between 40 and 50 participants and about 10 coaches. It seemed to be something people enjoyed because it’s easier to run with a group, for most people. Plus, some people don’t really know what types of workouts to do (to improve their running).” The program teaches people a proper warm-up, workouts to build up mileage and increase speed, and a proper cool down. At the beginning of the program, running coaches have participants

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complete a mock physical fitness assessment. Based on their results, particularly their run, participants are placed into groups with other individuals with similar run times. The groups allow for the training to be a little more challenging for each individual, while still giving them a team with whom they can meet and run. It is this flexibility in the program that opens it up to people of various levels of fitness and desires to get what they want out of the program. “It doesn’t matter what fitness level See RUNNING, Page 6

LIFESTYLES

As their arms and legs feel heavier, chest and lungs start burning, and sweat runs into their eyes, thoughts of stopping springs to the front of many runners’ minds. However, for many people, including military members, they may have to keep going long after those thoughts appear. Whether they are good at it or not, running can be a chore for many people. With help from others,

that chore can become less tasking, maybe even enjoyable. That’s where the Ramstein Running Improvement Program comes in. Led by Capt. Charity Bolling, 86th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Aerospace and Operational Physiology Flight commander, the program is designed to help people who want to better their running to live a healthier lifestyle, for personal satisfaction, or to improve their run times for the physical fitness assessment. Though the eight-week program saw its Ramstein cohort begin on June 19, it has been proven to work.

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Story and photos by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

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Running Improvement Program comes to Ramstein

Biomedical equipment technicians up to bat, Page 8

Kaiserslautern holds “Get it all out” street theater festival, Page 21


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