# @idahonationalguard on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BozVqJNFRZm
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/76062011-idahonationalguard-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-10-11T18:02:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Idaho National Guard (@idahonationalguard) — https://gondola.cc/idahonationalguard

## Caption

This week is #PAweek, a week to honor and celebrate the contribution physician assistants make to the nation’s health care. 
Idaho Army National Guard Capt. Derek Derkacs, an aeromedical physician assistant, is one of the nearly dozen physician assistants who play a vital role in keeping our Soldiers and Airmen fit to fight and win our nation’s wars and serve in our local communities. "When it comes to caring for a soldier and completing the mission, I will find any gap that needs to be filled," Derkacs said. "I'll sit out on a firing range, give vaccinations, splint an injured limb, suture a laceration, place a chest tube, read an [electrocardiogram] or write a prescription." #IdahoNationalGuard #IdahoArmyNationalGuard #IDARNG #USARMY #Soldier #soldierlife #physicianassistant #flightmedic #armyaviation #armynationalguard #medic #armymedic #combatmedic #blackhawk #flightcrew #healthcareprovider #healthcareprofessional #whyPA #proudpa #militarymedicine #tacticalmedicine #blackhawkcrew

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