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Medical Airmen, volunteers keep blood supply flowing

Staff Sgt. Jasmine Gates, left, and Staff Sgt. Alexis Ellingson, both 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aeromedical evacuation technicians, check boxes used for transporting blood for defects in the Blood Transshipment Center (BTC) Jan. 9, 2019, at Al Udeid Air Base Qatar. Ellingson and Gates volunteered time to assist Airmen at the BTC in preparing blood products for transport. The BTC is comprised of a four-person team that orchestrates the flow of blood and platelet products to 72 forward operating locations and eight mobile field surgical teams throughout U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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Medical Airmen, volunteers keep blood supply flowing

Staff Sgt. Jasmine Gates, 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aeromedical evacuation technician, labels boxes used to transport blood in the Blood Transshipment Center (BTC) Jan. 9, 2019, at Al Udeid Air Base Qatar. Gates volunteered time to assist Airmen at the BTC in preparing blood products for transport. The BTC is comprised of a four-person team that orchestrates the flow of blood and platelet products to 72 forward operating locations and eight mobile field surgical teams throughout U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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Medical Airmen, volunteers keep blood supply flowing

Staff Sgt. Alexis Ellingson, center, and Staff Sgt. Jasmine Gates, right, both 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aeromedical evacuation technicians, help Tech. Sgt. Federico Arriaga, 379th Expeditionary Medical Group Blood Transshipment Center (BTC) logistics craftsman, move boxes into the BTC Jan. 9, 2019, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Ellingson and Gates volunteered to prepare blood products for transport at the BTC. The BTC is comprised of a four-person team that orchestrates the flow of blood and platelet products to 72 forward operating locations and eight mobile field surgical teams throughout U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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Packing blood nice and slow

Senior Airman Celina Garcia, 379th Expeditionary Medical Support Squadron Blood Transshipment Center logistician, carefully packs red blood cell units for shipment inside the BTC at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 13. The center shipped nearly 23,000 units of blood to more than 30 forward operating locations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman/Released)
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Blood on display

Packages of red blood cell units sit inside a walk-in refrigerator in the Blood Transshipment Center at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 13. The refrigerator can hold 1,000 red blood cell units. The center shipped nearly 23,000 units of blood to more than 30 forward operating locations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman/Released)
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Shipping Blood

Master Sgt. Stephanie Washington (left), 379th Expeditionary Medical Support Squadron Diagnostics and Therapeutics flight chief, and Senior Airman Celina Garcia (right), 379 EMSS Blood Transshipment Center logistician, carefully pack red blood cell units for shipment inside the BTC at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 13. The center shipped nearly 23,000 units of blood to more than 30 forward operating locations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman/Released)
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Who wants plasma?

Capt. Jennifer Swann, 379th Expeditionary Medical Group Blood Transshipment Center officer in charge, holds a package of AB plasma inside the Blood Transshipment Center at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 13. The facility can hold thousands of red blood cell and plasma units. The center shipped nearly 23,000 units of blood to more than 30 forward operating locations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman/Released)
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Scooping some ice

Capt. Jennifer Swann, 379th Expeditionary Medical Group Blood Transshipment Center officer in charge, scoops out dry ice from a freezer inside the Blood Transshipment Center at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 13. Dry ice is needed to keep blood cool throughout the shipping process. The facility can house more than 4,000 pounds of dry ice. The center shipped nearly 23,000 units of blood to more than 30 forward operating locations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman/Released)
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Blood packing 101

Master Sgt. Stephanie Washington, 379th Expeditionary Medical Support Squadron Diagnostics and Therapeutics flight chief, carefully packs red blood cell units for shipment inside the Blood Transshipment Center at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 13. The center shipped nearly 23,000 units of blood to more than 30 forward operating locations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman/Released)
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We are ready to be shipped

Packages of red blood cell units sit inside a walk-in refrigerator in the Blood Transshipment Center at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 13. The refrigerator can hold 1,000 red blood cell units. The center shipped nearly 23,000 units of blood to more than 30 forward operating locations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman/Released)
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