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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Desiree Castro, a medical technician assigned to the 673d Inpatient Operations Squadron, prepares to perform a horizontal incision for an emergency tracheotomy during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care course at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 12, 2018. This procedure is required when a patient can’t breathe on his own or has an airway obstruction.

180712-F-KM026-0150.JPG Photo By: Airman 1st Class Jonathan Valdes

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska - U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Desiree Castro, a medical technician assigned to the 673d Inpatient Operations Squadron, prepares to perform a horizontal incision for an emergency tracheotomy during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care course at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 12, 2018. This procedure is required when a patient can’t breathe on his own or has an airway obstruction.

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