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JBSA, San Antonio build stronger ties through EMS support agreement
June 15, 2023 — The City of San Antonio, also known as Military City USA, has a strong bond with its military neighbors, but Intergovernmental Support Agreements, or IGSAs, are another means of strengthening that bond and saving federal dollars in the process... MORE

EMS personnel standing in front of ambulance.

A year later, BAMC doctor reunites with patient he helped save
April 19, 2022 — Last April, a Military Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine fellow from Brooke Army Medical Center was on a routine ride-along with Austin/Travis County Emergency Medical Services when they responded to a 911 call about a 29-year-old female who went into cardiac arrest at a cross fit gym. On April 5, exactly one year later, Army Capt. (Dr.) Jason Ausman was finally able to meet Tamra Harris, the woman he helped to save... MORE

New support agreement improves EMS response times, capabilities at JBSA-Randolph
November 9, 2021 — A Blanket Intergovernmental Support Agreement between Joint Base San Antonio and the Alamo Area Council of Governments, and a resulting task order with the City of Schertz, Texas, is helping people at JBSA-Randolph get the medical care they need faster... MORE

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METC respiratory therapy instructors train Fort Hood EMS paramedics
March 27, 2019 — Two instructors with the Medical Education and Training Campus Respiratory Therapy Technician program at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston have been traveling to Fort Hood, Texas, to train emergency medical services personnel... MORE

Staff Sgt. Modesto Ortega conducts emergency medical EMS transport and mechanical ventilation training for EMS/paramedics attached to Fort Hood and the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center's emergency department.