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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 and interfere with medical surge planning as is outlined. Putting resources where they are needed in ...

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, through the discussions that took place yesterday, what are some of the things you learned about rela...

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 their mission to move people, to get things set up, to establish common security. Its a partnership 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 needed in a huge disaster may outstrip the ability of local authorities to do that because roads 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 one in palo alto and those can take litters of patients. We saw multiple helicopters and we saw the c...