1 00:00:00,625 --> 00:00:02,812 - I'm Staff Sergeant Josh Williams 2 00:00:02,812 --> 00:00:05,291 of the 914th Air Refueling Wing. 3 00:00:05,291 --> 00:00:07,649 We're currently flying over the Pacific Ocean 4 00:00:07,649 --> 00:00:10,327 in a KC-135 Stratotanker. 5 00:00:10,327 --> 00:00:12,915 We're at about 40,000 feet altitude, 6 00:00:12,915 --> 00:00:15,590 traveling at about 500 miles per hour, 7 00:00:15,590 --> 00:00:17,207 and that's our ground speed. 8 00:00:17,207 --> 00:00:18,910 Behind me what you are seeing is 9 00:00:18,910 --> 00:00:22,243 members of the 914th Aerial Evacuation Squadron 10 00:00:22,243 --> 00:00:24,456 going through training situations. 11 00:00:24,456 --> 00:00:26,876 This is what they do for real skills. 12 00:00:26,876 --> 00:00:28,509 This training is critical, 13 00:00:28,509 --> 00:00:30,228 so we have to step in here real quick 14 00:00:30,228 --> 00:00:34,263 and try to talk with Captain Gage from Avon, New York. 15 00:00:34,263 --> 00:00:35,955 She's gonna talk with me here. 16 00:00:35,955 --> 00:00:36,833 Come here Captain Gage. 17 00:00:36,833 --> 00:00:40,050 Sorry to interrupt what you're doin there. 18 00:00:40,050 --> 00:00:42,165 Thanks for takin the time to talk with me. 19 00:00:42,165 --> 00:00:44,540 What procedure is goin on behind me? 20 00:00:44,540 --> 00:00:46,438 - The situation that we have right now, 21 00:00:46,438 --> 00:00:47,609 is we have part of our crew 22 00:00:47,609 --> 00:00:49,337 that are acting as patients. 23 00:00:49,337 --> 00:00:51,808 This particular patient is a female, 24 00:00:51,808 --> 00:00:54,927 and underwent some domestic violence. 25 00:00:54,927 --> 00:00:56,897 That's the reason that they're on the aircraft 26 00:00:56,897 --> 00:00:59,381 right now cause she needs a higher level of care. 27 00:00:59,381 --> 00:01:02,368 Currently, she is very upset with 28 00:01:02,368 --> 00:01:06,516 the tech that is taking her blood pressure 29 00:01:06,516 --> 00:01:09,521 and kind of acting out, trying to get up, 30 00:01:09,521 --> 00:01:12,724 and getting a little more aggressive than we would like. 31 00:01:12,724 --> 00:01:15,992 What we're trying to do now is de-escalate the situation, 32 00:01:15,992 --> 00:01:17,503 and bring her down. 33 00:01:17,503 --> 00:01:20,456 - This is incredible training. 34 00:01:20,456 --> 00:01:23,390 How does this relate to what you would do in real world? 35 00:01:23,390 --> 00:01:25,097 This is a training environment, now, 36 00:01:25,097 --> 00:01:27,074 but how does this relate to the real world? 37 00:01:27,074 --> 00:01:29,249 - How real world you can react all the time. 38 00:01:29,249 --> 00:01:31,115 I personally work in the emergency department, 39 00:01:31,115 --> 00:01:34,353 and we always have people that are upset, escalating 40 00:01:34,353 --> 00:01:37,411 situations, so as it refers to what we're doing 41 00:01:37,411 --> 00:01:39,399 is just trying to de-escalate the situation, 42 00:01:39,399 --> 00:01:42,800 so we can take care of her from a medical perspective. 43 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:44,466 When you put that on an aircraft, 44 00:01:44,466 --> 00:01:45,886 it becomes more important because 45 00:01:45,886 --> 00:01:48,677 we have an emergency exit that she's sitting right next to. 46 00:01:48,677 --> 00:01:51,593 It involves other things that she can possibly get into. 47 00:01:51,593 --> 00:01:53,868 She can hurt the entire aircraft. 48 00:01:53,868 --> 00:01:55,946 - [SSGT Williams] What's enabling you 49 00:01:55,946 --> 00:01:58,279 to be able to have that job? 50 00:01:59,488 --> 00:02:04,339 - I work at the emergency department as a civilian. 51 00:02:04,339 --> 00:02:06,518 To do that day in and day out that's fine, 52 00:02:06,518 --> 00:02:08,821 but to take that up into the air. 53 00:02:08,821 --> 00:02:10,449 To take all the stresses of flight 54 00:02:10,449 --> 00:02:12,250 and everything you learned in school, 55 00:02:12,250 --> 00:02:14,735 and apply that to our patients on the aircraft. 56 00:02:14,735 --> 00:02:16,389 It's just that extra step of nursing 57 00:02:16,389 --> 00:02:19,324 that as a civilian nurse you don't get. 58 00:02:19,324 --> 00:02:21,515 - [SSGT Williams] Good stuff from the part 59 00:02:21,515 --> 00:02:22,834 of experience and the response. 60 00:02:22,834 --> 00:02:24,750 - [CPT Gage] We train like this all the time, 61 00:02:24,750 --> 00:02:26,316 and it's nice to actually be able to 62 00:02:26,316 --> 00:02:27,576 explain to people the why, 63 00:02:27,576 --> 00:02:30,647 that doesn't have the same perspective as we do. 64 00:02:30,647 --> 00:02:34,009 - Josh Williams here from the 914th Air Refueling Wing 65 00:02:34,009 --> 00:02:36,304 at 40,000 feet altitude. 66 00:02:36,304 --> 00:02:39,238 About 500 miles per hour, that's ground speed. 67 00:02:39,238 --> 00:02:43,047 As well as all aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker. 68 00:02:43,047 --> 00:02:44,881 Day two of this mission.