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The Department of Defense 
Medical Interagency Satellite Training Program  (MIST)
Present: 

“When the System is Overwhelmed:
Protecting the Provider During Bio-disaster” 

Monday 01 October 2007; 1400-1530 ET
(Repeat from 06 March 2007)

Available on GETN/Warrior Satellite Platforms

No CE Credits

a.  Sponsors:  This program is co-sponsored for Military and Federal GETN subscribers by The American Public Health Association with the Alabama Department of Public Health and Department of Defense Medical Interagency Satellite Program with the  technical support of the Satellite Education Network (SEN) at Ft. Lee, VA.  

b.  Availability:  This program will be available to military and federal GETN/MIST sites that have GETN/ATN/Warrior digital satellite downlinks.  A listing of potential GETN receive sites can be seen here:  GETN Site Location. 

MIST affiliate satellite networks such as the VA’s Employee Education System and the Department of Justice Television Network may also carry this program but IAW with their own scheduling. 

There is NO C/Ku Band Analog satellite for this program. 

Videoconferencing may be available to selected military and federal VTC sites using the USA TNET or the USN CNET networks and other VTC networks able to connect to this satellite feed.  Site coordinators using VTC are responsible for their own bridge coordination.

Will this program be Webcast?  Yes, see confirmation.

c.  Target Audience Statement:  First responders; Military, federal and public health professionals and their partners with whom they will need to communicate in a public health emergency; Community Planners; Command and Control Personnel; Public health and medical students.

d. Program Description:  The dynamics of healthcare change when massive demands are made on healthcare systems, particularly when providers are put at risk themselves.  This presentation looks at the impact of various public health disasters on both the system and the emotional dynamics of caretakers.  We distinguish between disasters, where resources were stressed but supported (Tokyo sarin attack) vs. those where systems were stressed and unsupported (Ebola outbreak in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo), 1918 worldwide pan flu epidemic, a worldwide SARS epidemic, possible nuclear contamination, and natural disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina.  The impact of these types of events on operational planning, whether it is successful or fails, and the impact on staff ability to function are reviewed.  Lessons learned from these types of scenarios regarding planning and implementation of plans are reviewed, as are data that reflect on the long-term implications to staff health and functioning.  

e.  Program Objectives:

1. Prepare staff for dealing with the unexpected and longer-term consequences of catastrophic systems use.
2. Provide information that staff can use to prevent burnout and assist fellow workers and their families.

f.  Program Faculty:  

Richard C. W. Hall, MD; Courtesy Clinical Professor Psychiatry, University of Florida; Co-chairman, Florida Psychiatric Society’s Disaster Preparedness Committee; Member, Homeland Security Advisory System TASK 1; Central Florida Regional Domestic Security Task Force

Ryan C. W. Hall, MD; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Hospital; Member, Maryland Psychiatric Society’s Disaster Committee

g.  Interactivity/Questions:  None for this repeat program. 

h.  CEUs, CMEs, Certificates:  None

i.  DVD/Videotape Availability:  None, sites should tape from broadcast.

j.  Videotape release (if taping from broadcast):  This FREE program is unclassified and non-scrambled.  There are no copyright restrictions on these program, however they MAY NOT be videotaped and re-broadcast where fees are attached to its showing.  They may also not be used for commercial purposes or for profit purposes by commercial organizations without additional permission of the sponsors.  

k.  Registration:  All military and federal GETN sites MUST register for this FREE, public domain program to receive the necessary illumination authentication (GETN/Warrior dishes) and coordinates.  Sites may register at: DOD-MIST Registration Site or by calling the DOD-MIST Satellite Program Registrations Coordinator, toll free at 877-820-0305 or 888-820-4898. 

l.  Future Programs:  For future information on free interagency satellite broadcasts co-sponsored by the DOD MIST program (subject to change due to satellite availability and other scheduling issues) and other sponsors please visit this web site:  (Information changes periodically; please refresh your browser upon each visit) http://www.dlnets.com/itv.htm#current. 

m.  Program Requests:  Miss a program and would like it repeated?  Make your request here: DOD-MIST Program Request Form.

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