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Being provided in the disaster scene. Like colonel ingels, i was impressed by the robust, defined chain of command and a large response capable of being produced. However, in an overwhelming disaster things dont always go as planned and certainly our experiences in combat has showed us there and Prior Experience with disasters have outlined that even though theres a welldefined system of response it doesnt always work out. What i defined yesterday was that logistics problems may get in the way a...

Communication is going to make all the difference. We can still provide top level trauma care and still provide as the recovery unfolds the kind of primary care and other care that will need to happen when our infrastructure has been seriously impacted. So it really has shifted how were thinking literally from a tactical, just immediately taking care of whats in front of us, to a strategic kind of plan that we can now look at and really do the best for the city. So the captain and the colonel, t...

Discussions that took place yesterday, what are some of the things you learned about relating to civilian issues that will exist and how will you be able to help . . Oo . A Northern California has rich and diverse medical response capabilities. Its impressive the types of capabilities, the number of assets, the number of people trained to do these things are. The California National guard has air and land assets that are substantial and can be rapidly deployed to assist the civil responders in t...

Defined chain of command and a large response capable of being produced. However, in an overwhelming disaster things dont always go as planned and certainly our experiences in combat has showed us there and Prior Experience with disasters have outlined that even though theres a welldefined system of response it doesnt always work out. What i defined yesterday was that logistics problems may get in the way and interfere with medical surge planning as is outlined. Putting resources where they are ...

Panelists is what were some of our observations about the capabilities the military demonstrated down at moffatt i think one of the challenges the city faces in a big medical surge event is if patients have to be evacuated and the bridges were out and how would we do that . Yesterday we saw a wide range of Patient Movement vehicles, basically, and it was great to see all those resources and be aware of them. We saw the dual use vehicle from the va that there was one in San Francisco and theres o...

Experience with disasters have outlined that even though theres a welldefined system of response it doesnt always work out. What i defined yesterday was that logistics problems may get in the way and interfere with medical surge planning as is outlined. Putting resources where they are needed in a huge disaster may outstrip the ability of local authorities to do that because roads are out. The niche we have as the marine corps assets we have the ability to locate some of our resources like shock...

And really do the best for the city. So the captain and the colonel, through the discussions that took place yesterday, what are some of the things you learned about relating to civilian issues that will exist and how will you be able to help . . Oo . A Northern California has rich and diverse medical response capabilities. Its impressive the types of capabilities, the number of assets, the number of people trained to do these things are. The California National guard has air and land assets tha...

The past planning for most 3 4 the hospitals has either been we will try to read it out from a major earthquake or whatever disaster occurs, we can shift and combine capabilities in ways that will change the basis of what we can do so that we can provide the most care for the maximum number of people and literally save lives in the process. It will change how we do things. Its also, weve been told for years that its 72 to 96 hours before help arrives. We know theres a forward leaning capability ...

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Announcement of the incident. But the real key is that those plans will need to be immediately operational so that we can sort out who really does need to come in and get what level of care and that varies by facility, depending on their capabilities, along with hospital lockdown plans to secure the overall Physical Plant and make sure those capabilities remain intact for all sorts of threats. And the other key piece is dph is an immediate back up to that with the ability to use our clinics and ...