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The
Department of Defense
Medical Interagency Satellite Training Program (MIST)
Present:
“Meth Lab Awareness: Legal and Safety Issues for Home Health Aides and Home Attendants”
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
1500-1700 ET
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.
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 C/Ku Band analog satellite availability for this program and coordinates will be included in the final confirmation message sent 24-48 hours prior to broadcast.
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, instructions in final confirmation sent out 24 – 48 hours prior.
c. Target Audience Statement: Federal, military, public and home health workers, and anyone else interested in the subject of Meth Lab Awareness.
d. Program Description: Meth labs are sometimes referred to as clandestine laboratories. The primary purpose of these labs is to illegally manufacture and distribute controlled substances, which present a variety of hazards including chemical and fume exposure. The chemicals found at these sites are very potent and can enter the Central Nervous System. Once the chemicals have entered the CNS, they may cause neural damage and affect the liver and kidneys.
Many people are perhaps unaware that they are living near a meth lab. Most labs are found in rural cities and suburban residences. Individuals involved in these illegal activities often use barns, garages, and other out buildings, back rooms of businesses, apartments, hotel and motel rooms, storage facilities, vacant buildings and sometimes vehicles. These labs are characteristically small and make use of common household appliances, glassware and chemicals that are readily available.
Methamphetamine starts with an inactive compound known as a precursor substance. A precursor substance is a compound that is inactive in nature and when combined with another chemical it produces a new drug. In the case of methamphetamine, the precursor is ephedrine or pseudophedrine and the chemicals added to create the new drug consist of starting fluid, Drano, alcohol and paint thinner, over-the-counter cold and asthma medications containing ephedrine or pseudophedrine, red phosphorus, hydrochloric acid, battery acid and antifreeze.
Some of the ways to identify a meth lab are unusually strong odors (i.e., ether, ammonia acetone or other chemicals); residences with windows blacked-out; people coming and going at unusual times; and excessive trash (including large amounts of fuel cans, red chemically stained coffee filters, drain cleaners and duct tape).
The focus of the presentation is to make the Home Health Aides and Home Attendants aware of the dangers and signs and symptoms of a meth lab in or around their patients’ homes.
e. Program Objectives:
1. Define clandestine methamphetamine laboratory.
2. List three common locations for a meth lab.
3. List three exterior recognition clues to indicate a meth lab in operation.
4. Discuss the health effects of a meth lab on patients and the Home Health Aide and Home Attendant in the area of a meth lab.
f. Faculty:
Bruce Freeman;
Emergency Response Coordinator, Field
Operations Division, Decatur Branch, Alabama Department of Environmental
Management
Neil Sass, PhD; Director,
Environmental and Toxicology Branch Bureau of Communicable Disease, Alabama
Department of Public Health
g. Interactivity/Questions: If you have questions that you want addressed during the conference, you may fax or email hose questions and a response will be given during the program. Email: alphtnquestions@adph.state.al.us or Fax: 888-737-1972.
h. CEUs, CMEs: None for this program.
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.
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