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Fort Drum welcomes its first newborn baby of the decade
January 3, 2020 — Spc. Daisha Kelly and Sgt. Antonio Vazquez rang in the New Year with the birth of their first child, Avery, who arrived at 8:08 p.m. on New Year’s Day, making baby Avery the first baby born to a Fort Drum family in 2020.... MORE

Fort Drum Medical Activity supports military retiree community during annual appreciation day
October 16, 2019 — Healthcare professionals from the U.S. Army Medical Department Activity (MEDDAC), Fort Drum, New York, joined dozens of other military and community organizations from Fort Drum and the surrounding community to provide information and services to military retirees and their Families during the annual Fort Drum Retiree Appreciation Day Sept. 21, 2019.... MORE

Embedded behavioral health team illustrates specialized capabilities during open house
October 16, 2019 — To demonstrate their capabilities to leaders and answer questions pertaining to their unique clinical platform, behavioral health professionals with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)’s Embedded Behavioral Health (EBH) team hosted an open house at their Fort Drum, New York facility Sept. 26.... MORE

Fort Drum behavioral health staff learn to de-escalate combative situation during mock drill
August 29, 2019 — Healthcare professionals at Fort Drum’s Behavioral Health clinic received hands-on training on methods to de-escalate a delicate situation when a patient becomes unruly or combative during a mock drill at the Wilcox Behavioral Health clinic on Fort Drum Aug. 8.... MORE

Fort Drum OB/GYN staff train for emergency during mock drill
June 17, 2019 — Healthcare professionals working in an outpatient clinic normally don’t expect to experience an emergency situation involving one of their patients. However, that doesn’t mean it can’t happen, and being prepared to respond is vital to ensuring patient safety. That’s why staff from the Fort Drum Obstetrics and Gynecology clinic in Watertown, New York recently conducted a mock drill to help prepare themselves to be ready to react to a worst-case scenario.... MORE

Fort Drum nurses, medics get hands-on during Nursing Skills Fair
April 17, 2019 — Nurses and medics from the Bowe and Connor Troop Medical Clinics at Fort Drum, New York came together April 10 and 17 to participate in the newly revamped Nursing Skills Fair to conduct hands-on training on specific nursing and medic tasks.... MORE

Fort Drum TBI Clinic helps Soldiers battle the invisible injury
March 1, 2019 — Not all the wounds of combat are visible. While tens of thousands of service members have returned home bearing the visible scars of war, hundreds of thousands of others have suffered from injuries that are unseen and are often misunderstood.... MORE

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