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From the battlefield to the football field: Air Force surgeon’s skills knows no bounds

Lt. Col. Valerie Sams, director of the Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills, or C-STARS, program in Cincinnati, poses for a photo at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio on Jan. 31, 2023. Sams was the surgeon on call the evening Buffalo Bills’ safety, Damar Hamlin, was admitted when his heart stopped during the game on Jan. 2, 2023. (Courtesy photo by the University of Cincinnati Medical Center)

PHOTO BY: Courtesy photo by the University of Cincinnati Medical Center
VIRIN: 230206-F-FT687-002.JPG
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NIKON D810

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85.0 mm f/1.8

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32/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/250

ISO

500

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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From the battlefield to the football field: Air Force surgeon’s skills knows no bounds

Lt. Col. Valerie Sams, director of the Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills, or C-STARS, program in Cincinnati, poses for a photo at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio on Jan. 31, 2023. Sams was the surgeon on call the evening Buffalo Bills’ safety, Damar Hamlin, was admitted when his heart stopped during the game on Jan. 2, 2023. (Courtesy photo by the University of Cincinnati Medical Center)

PHOTO BY: Courtesy photo by the University of Cincinnati Medical Center
VIRIN: 230206-F-FT687-002.JPG
FULL SIZE: 5.42 MB
Additional Details

CAMERA

NIKON D810

LENS

85.0 mm f/1.8

APERTURE

32/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/250

ISO

500

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

Read More

This photograph is considered public domain and has been cleared for release. If you would like to republish please give the photographer appropriate credit. Further, any commercial or non-commercial use of this photograph or any other DoD image must be made in compliance with guidance found at https://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations, which pertains to intellectual property restrictions (e.g., copyright and trademark, including the use of official emblems, insignia, names and slogans), warnings regarding use of images of identifiable personnel, appearance of endorsement, and related matters.

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