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B6 (4)		TOTAL NO. OF DNIFS/SAC DNIFS:  2/1
B6 (5)		TOTAL NO. OF INJURIES/SAC INJURIES: 3/3
B6 (6)		TOTAL NO. OF BI-DNBI/SAC BI-DNBI:  0/0
B6 (7)             GENERAL REMARKS - ANY DISEASE SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL
INFORMATION, INCIDENCE/PREVALENCE RATES, UNUSUAL DIAGNOSIS,  
TREATMENTS, TREATMENT RESPONSES, ANY ADMINISTRATIVE OR LOGISTICAL



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PROBLEMS, ETC.
OF THE THREE ADMISSIONS THIS WEEK, ONE WAS FOR ELECTIVE SURGERY
PERFORMED UNDER SPINAL ANESTHESIA REQUIRING ONLY AN OVERNIGHT STAY
POST OP.  ANOTHER WAS ADMITTED FOR OBSERVATION AND RESTRAINT AS
NEEDED FOLLOWING ACUTE ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION, AND THE THIRD WAS FOR
GASTROENTERITIS WHICH QUICKLY RESOLVED WITH REST AND RE-HYDRATION
ALLOWING DISCHARGE WITHIN 16 HOURS.
WE SAW OUR FIRST TWO TAC FLYERS THROUGH THE EMERGENCY ROOM THIS WEEK.
ONE WAS AN F-15 PILOT WHO HAD TO DEPRESSURIZE HIS COCKPIT AT 23,000 
FEET.  HE DESCENDED TO FL 180 ON 100 PERCENT OXYGEN, REFUELED, THEN
MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING HERE AT LAJES.  HE REMAINED ASYMPTOMATIC
AND SHOWED NO ADVERSE EFFECTS WHEN EXAMINED BY THE LOCAL FLIGHT
SURGEON WHO WAS MOD THAT NIGHT.  AFTER CONSULTATION WlTH THE
HYPERBARIC MED SPECIALIST AT BROOKS AND THE LOCAL FLIGHT SAFETY
OFFICER, NO DNIF OR PHYSIOLOGIC INCIDENT REPORT WAS NECESSARY.  AFTER
A GOOD NIGHT'S REST HE WAS EXAMINED BY MYSELF THE FOLLOWING AFTERNOON AND CLEARED TO CONTINUE HIS DEPLOYMENT.
THE OTHER TAC PATIENT WAS A FLlGHT SURGEON TRANSITING THROUGH ON 
RE-DEPLOYMENT BACK TO CONUS. HE EXPERIENCED A MILD ALLERGIC REACTION
TO AN ANTIBIOTIC HE HAS STARTED FOR A URI.  THE SYMPTOMS RESOLVED


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WITH THE USE OF AN ANTI-HISTAMINE AND HE WAS CLEARED TO RESUME HIS
RE-DEPLOYMENT WITH RTFS THE NEXT DAY OFF ALL MEDS AND SYMPTOM FREE.
A JOINT INSPECTION OF THE LATRINES IN THREE OF OUR TANKER TASK FORCE
DORMS WAS PERFORMED BY MYSELF AND THE NCOIC OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
HERE.  RESULTS WERE SATISFACTORY AND WE FOUND NO DISCREPANCIES THAT
WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE SPREAD OF URI'S WHICH WERE EARLIER SEEN IN A 



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