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2. Compression Socks While Flying: Benefits & Side Effects

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   Even if you’re used to wearing compression socks at home, the dry air, cramped conditions, and unpredictable nature of air travel can make side effects more likely. Possible side effects of ...

3. Flying after Surgery: When Is It Safe for Different Surgeries?

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   Here’s a general window of when it’s typically safe to fly after surgery: abdominal surgery (complicated): 10 days. abdominal surgery (simple): 4–5 days. cataract or corneal laser surgery: 1 ...

4. Flying and Blood Clots: Safety, Risks, Prevention, and More

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   Communicate with the airline: If you know you are prone to blood clots, you may wish to alert the airline before the flight. That way, the crew will be more lenient in allowing you to move around ...

5. United States Air Force Medical Service - Wikipedia

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   The United States Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) consists of the five distinct medical corps of the Air Force and enlisted medical technicians. The AFMS was created in 1949 after the newly independent Air Force's first Surgeon General, Maj. General Malcolm C. Grow (1887–1960), convinced the United States Army and President Harry S. Truman ...

6. Flight Surgeon Badge (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Per Army Regulation 600-105, the Army Senior Flight Surgeon Badge may be awarded after five years of duty as a flight surgeon (three if two years were as an Army Aviator) and 400 flight hours, while the Master version may be awarded after ten years of service as a flight surgeon, 850 flight hours, and board certification in Aerospace Medicine.

7. Flight surgeon - Wikipedia

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   Flight surgeon. A deployed U.S. Navy flight surgeon performs a shipboard exam in the Persian Gulf in 2004. A flight surgeon is a military medical officer practicing in the clinical field of aviation medicine. Although the term "flight surgery" is considered improper by purists, it may occasionally be encountered.