PH Awareness
What is PH's concern in an emergency disaster?
Imminent threat to health
What are the primary medical roles that encounter disease containment?
PHEO, Medical Treatment Facility Emergency Manager and Medical Readiness Manager
What is included in organisms that pose a risk to national security to classify as the Highest Priority agents or be classified as a CDC Bioterrorism CAT. A?
Can easily be transmitted from person to person
Results in High Mortality rates
Might cause public panic and social disruption
What are some emergency health powers of an installation commander?
1) Direct military personnel to submit medical examination
2) Assert contro; over any animal or disaease vector that endangers public health.
3) Assert control evacuation routes, incoming and outgoing traffic on the installation.
What are the 5 EM Mission Areas?
Prevention, Protection, Response, Recovery, and Mitigation
Can you name any biological agents or disease for which PH provides surveillance or remains alert in daily operations, for example in the hurricane scenario?
Hep A, Diarrheal diseases, Leptospirosis
What are some diseases that require quarantine?
What do Cat. C agents include for emergencing pathogens that could be engineered for mass dissemination in the future because of?
Ease of Availability
Ease of Production
Potential for high morbidity and mortality rates and Major health impacts
In MCRP which Annex reveals PH's concerns ?
Annex K
What is it where people are permitted to work but must observe activity restrictions while off duty, while being monitored for fever and other symptoms before reporting for work is usually required. And the use of appropriate personal protective equipment while at work is required?
Working Quaratine
Who can declare a PH emergency?
Installation, Local, and National Authorities
What is the Stafford Act?
provides the legal authority for the federal government to provide assistance to states during declared major disasters and emergencies.
What do Cat. B agents include to be consider the 2nd highest priority agent?
Moderately easy to disseminate
Result in moderate morbidity and low mortality rates
Require specific enhancements of CDCs diagnostic capacity and enhanced disease surveillance
In a "Report of unusual health risk or disease" situation, what type of severity does it reveal, when one communicates risk and symptoms, reveiws plans and verify preparation: such as training, stocks, posture, and prepare to diagnose?
Limited
What is the separation of a person or group of person infected with communicable disease, while such disease is in a communicable stage, from other people to prevent the spread of infection?
Isolation
To have this role, who must have 4 years of public health or preventive medicine experience?
Public Health Emeregency Officer
What are some Stability Operations?
Dislocated Civilian Support Missions, Foreign Disaster Relief, Request for DoD Support for FHA Process
What are some bioterrorism CAT A. agents?
Botulism
Plague
Smallpox
In a high morbidity epidemic or contamination situation what type of severity is it when there is a social distance within, shelter in-place indoors or if directed don respirators and mass distribution of medical countermeasures?
Substantial
What is "social distancting"?
Intervention applied to specific groups, an entire community, or a region designed to reduce interactions and thereby transmission risk within the group. Ex. include implementing altered work schedules.
What could PH use to reference to create a formal response plan for contingency and disaster planning?
IEMP 10-2: Plans related to IEMPO 10-2
MCRP: Public Health Annex and all MCRP Annexs
DCP
Who conducts the IRA?
Immediate Response Authority is conducted by Army Reserve units and Soldiers under the Immediate Response Authority (IRA) outlined in DoD Directive 3025.18, which authorizes local commanders to take action to save lives, prevent human suffering or mitigate great property damage in a situation of urgency
What some Cat B agents?
Water Safety threats
Typhus fever
Q fever
What are considered to be apart of a "routine" for health protection measures for prevention of diseases or illnesses ?
Hand washing, cough on sleeve, diet, exercise, vaccinations, education, planning and routine health alerts
What is voluntary or compulsory separation and ROM of person who are not ill but have been exposed to an infectious agent and therefore may become infectious, for the purpose of preventing or limiting the spread of disease.
Quaratine