MIWG Medical Article

[LSThiker]

Any one from MIWG that can elaborate on this article?  Was it really helpful?  Is it still relevant today?
How is the relationship today?  What was the process/relationship building leading up to this point? 

Just as an irony side note, is Suzanne M. Doctor a doctor?  Is she called Doctor Doctor?


Please try to refrain from going into any tangents about the Health Services Corps or other non-related topics.

[Garibaldi]

Any one from MIWG that can elaborate on this article?  Was it really helpful?  Is it still relevant today?
How is the relationship today?  What was the process/relationship building leading up to this point? 

Just as an irony side note, is Suzanne M. Doctor a doctor?  Is she called Doctor Doctor?


Please try to refrain from going into any tangents about the Health Services Corps or other non-related topics.

Looks like Ms. Doctor has a Master's. In what, we don't know. I had no idea that we had a "strategic stockpile" of vital meds anywhere. I guess it makes sense that we would have a partnership to get them where they needed to go.

[LSThiker]

I had no idea that we had a "strategic stockpile" of vital meds anywhere. I guess it makes sense that we would have a partnership to get them where they needed to go.

Yes, it was designed to have various timeline pushes in the event of a bioterrorism or chemical terrorism or pandemic event or national disaster events.  It allows for a 12-hour Push Package with a repository of antibiotics, chemical antidotes, various life-saving medications, IV, airway, antitoxins, vaccines, surgical supplies, surgical equipment, and more.  The push package is about 50 tons of equipment and supplies with additional push packages for 24 hours and 36 hours post-event.  These are located in about 1,300 warehouses nation wide. 

Looks like Ms. Doctor has a Master's. In what, we don't know.

Actually I already knew that, just having fun.  Her name now is Suzanne Swab.  Her MA is in Emergency Preparedness from AMU and she holds a variety of adjutant positions.  I just find it ironic that her name is doctor and now is swab.  She just cannot leave the medical community.

[PA Guy]

Any one from MIWG that can elaborate on this article?  Was it really helpful?  Is it still relevant today?
How is the relationship today?  What was the process/relationship building leading up to this point? 

Just as an irony side note, is Suzanne M. Doctor a doctor?  Is she called Doctor Doctor?


Please try to refrain from going into any tangents about the Health Services Corps or other non-related topics.

Looks like Ms. Doctor has a Master's. In what, we don't know. I had no idea that we had a "strategic stockpile" of vital meds anywhere. I guess it makes sense that we would have a partnership to get them where they needed to go.

Look up Strategic National Stockpile. Also look up Metropolitan Medical Response System

[argentip]

Any one from MIWG that can elaborate on this article?  Was it really helpful?  Is it still relevant today?
How is the relationship today?  What was the process/relationship building leading up to this point? 

Just as an irony side note, is Suzanne M. Doctor a doctor?  Is she called Doctor Doctor?


Please try to refrain from going into any tangents about the Health Services Corps or other non-related topics.

I don't have any details as I did not participate, but INWG and MIWG jointly participated in an exercise on this subject in 2013.

[JeffDG]

Just as an irony side note, is Suzanne M. Doctor a doctor?  Is she called Doctor Doctor?

Trying to resist...can't do it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFtyh-5LPxw

[WAceves]

One of my previous jobs was with an acute care hospital (back before HMOs).

Three of the MDs on our staff were Doctor Dye, Doctor Butcher, and Doctor Posthumous (don't remember their specialties).

[a2capt]

Trying to resist...can't do it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFtyh-5LPxw

That's okay, you're not alone .. There's also:
Robert Palmer - Bad Case Of Loving You Lyrics
Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor!

[NIN]

I'll put an end to this now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

[LTC Don]

The concept is called "Mass Prophylaxis" using a modified form of POD called Point of Dispensing.  It's a great way for CAP to become partnered with their state and local health departments since we can deploy very useful tools for support. 

A team from Texas A&M provides the training all over the country and is two days in duration.
https://teexweb.tamu.edu/teex.cfm?templateid=14&pageid=training&area=teex&navdiv=ESTI&division=ESTI&coursenum=MGT319&seq=56

I highly encourage all members to take the training as it's first of all, free, and it's very illuminating.

Description

This course is a guide for local health officials and their partners to coordinate plans to provide mass distribution of medical countermeasures in response to a large-scale public health incident. This course focuses on planning considerations, recommendation to achieve the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) 48-hour standard for Mass Prophylaxis, and the local community's Mass Prophylaxis and Point of Dispensing (POD) site preparedness. The course material is applicable to pandemic influenza, bio-terrorism, and other public health emergencies.

Prerequisite

There are no prerequisites for this class
Topics

    Response to a terrorist strike
    Potential epidemic or pandemic events
    High contagious disease and H7N9, H3N2
    Resource capability accessibility and sustainment
    Strategic National Stockpile

Audience

Disciplines include, but are not limited to:

    Law Enforcement (LE)
    Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
    Hospital personnel, physicians, and nurses
    Mental Health
    Public Health Services
    Public Works (PW)
    Emergency Management Organizations 
    Tribal, county, state, and federal medical
    Private Industry
    School Personnel
    Volunteer Organizations
    Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)
    Dispatchers

The TEEX group will come to your site if you have enough personnel to justify it. If you host an event, and attract enough area health department staff, then that makes successful partnering super easy and generates multiple opportunities for training.