All Things SNS
Pre-positioned cache of antidotes in the state for an accidental or intentional nerve agent or organophosphate incident; more than 90% of the US pop is located within an hour of this location
What is ChemPACK?
This person determines the needs for SNS assets and contacts the CDC
Who is the State Surgeon General?
Operates PODs and dispenses to the public
Locals (Regional staff)
Who is the Louisiana National Guard?
48-hour mass dispensing operations for 100% of the jurisdiction’s population in response to a public health emergency; Louisiana has 17 participating parishes
What is Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI)?
Accompanies SNS assets as they are transported from SNS to RSS sites
Who are U.S. Marshals?
Number of participating parishes in the CRI program
What is 17?
Leads the charge to protect animals and agricultural needs during response
Who is the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry?
Biohazard Detection System (BDS) is designed exclusively for the U.S. Postal Service to detect this Category A Agent in mail
What is Anthrax?
Two items within the SNS Formulary
What are:
Pharmaceuticals, ventilators, IV supplies, Temp control support equipment, airway mgmt supplies, wound care, radiation/burn/blast supplies
•Open to the public and set up rapidly to provide medication to a large number of people
•Everyone is welcome, no restrictions on who will receive medical countermeasures
What is an OPEN POD?
Coordinates response activities among state agencies and provides resources for both state and local response activities
Serves as state's liaison for federal assistance in times of emergency
What is the Governor's Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness
Confidential state-level warehouse and distribution operations for managing SNS medical materiel
What are Receiving, Staging, Storage (RSS) sites?
Former name of the Strategic National Stockpile
What is the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile?
•Open to only preselected group of the population in need that includes service employees, families, associates, affiliates and others
•Relieves much of the burden of massive numbers from Open PODs
What is a CLOSED POD?
Ensures the secure transport and storage of SNS assets within the state
Coordinates with federal and local law enforcement to secure SNS assets at the RSS site, PODs, and during transport to and from these locations
Who is the Louisiana State Police?
Facilities for dispensing medication and/or vaccines in response to a medical emergency that begins at the local parish level that, and if not contained, expand to the regional or statewide operations
What are Points of Dispensing (PODs)?
This document is needed for assets not currently in SNS?
Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)
Scenario:
Timeframe in which medical countermeasures should be dispensed to 100% of the population
What is 48 hours?
Requests and manages the assets contained in the Strategic National Stockpile
Maintains population-based allocation models for distribution of SNS assets to the healthcare facilities and the residents/visitors of the State
Louisiana Department of Health