Collaborated closely with SOC Fusion Cell.Collected electronic medical record data (EMR) from Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMATs) on a daily basis:.Modeled national surveillance on forms developed after the 2008 Haiti hurricanes and subsequent floods.Assisted with re-initializing and modifying Haiti’s national surveillance system to better address trends post-earthquake:.Provided public health education briefings (for HHS assets and others, such as Urban Search & Rescue Teams) Arm bites on DMAT responder.Stressed use of Personal Protective Equipment.Conducted environmental health assessments at DMAT, DMORT sites, including Hotel Montana.Part of the HHS Incident Response Coordination Team (IRCT) and reported to the Operations Section Chief.Expertise within the group included: epidemiology, anthropology, toxicology, environmental health, food safety, veterinary medicine, nursing and vector-borne diseases.Size of branch varied and, at most, consisted of six officers.Branch modeled on PHS’s ‘Preventive Medicine Branch’ within the Rapid Deployment Forces (RDF) and ‘Applied Public Health Teams’ (APHT).Branch composed of all US Public Health Service (PHS) officers, all of whom were stationed at CDC:.Public Health Branch in Haiti: What Did We Do? 1,000,000+ homeless On January 20, at 0600 hrs, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake occurred with epicenter approximately 35 miles WSW of Port-Au-Prince.Haiti Earthquake, January 2010 On January 12, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti at 1653 hrs, ~10 miles from Port-Au-Prince (near Leogane) A special thank you to CAPT Holly Williams, as this talk was modified from a previous one developed by her for the upcoming 2010 ESF 8 Summit: IRCT Trainingġ2 janvier 2010 : Tremblement de terre35 secondes fatales. Massoudi, PhD, MPH Associate Director for Science Scientific Education and Professional Development Program Office (proposed) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention US Department of Health and Human Services Presented by: CAPT Holly Ann Williams, PhD May 24, 2010 Establishing a Public Health Branch of an Incident Response Coordination Team - Haiti Earthquake Response, 2010 CAPT Mehran S.
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