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The
Department of Defense
Medical Interagency Satellite Training Program (MIST)
Present:
“Pandemic Influenza:
Planning and Execution for Law Enforcement Response”
Friday 20 July 2007; 1000-1300 ET
(Repeat from 08 March 2007)
a. Sponsors: This program is co-sponsored for
Military and Federal GETN subscribers by The Alabama Department of Public Health
and the Alabama Department of Public Safety 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 pre-recorded 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, instructions in final confirmation sent out 24 – 48 hours prior.
c. Target Audience Statement: First Responders, Military and Federal Law Enforcement Officers, Personnel Managers and Decision Makers-Police Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs, Sheriffs, Deputy Chiefs and Planning/Operational Officers, Government Officials and Tribal Police.
d. Program Description: A flu pandemic is a global outbreak of the flu. During a flu pandemic the disease spreads quickly from person to person, affecting many people in a short period of time. Influenza is caused by a virus, which infects the nose, throat and lungs. The infection can range from mild to life-threatening and can lead to dangerous complications, such as pneumonia or dehydration and can also make chronic problems worse. There are many flu viruses, and they continually change and usually the changes are slow and predictable. But if a flu virus changes a lot, it could result in a new kind of flu. Nobody would be immune to the new virus, so everybody would be at risk. If this new virus becomes able to spread easily between people, a pandemic could occur. Pandemic flu is not the same as seasonal flu. Seasonal flu generally strikes fewer people and seasonal flu can be prevented by getting a yearly flu shot. Seasonal flu puts fewer people at risk for fatal complications. In the event of a pandemic outbreak, it is estimated that millions could become ill in the U.S. If the pandemic is severe, it could kill almost 2 million people in the U.S. and if it is mild, an estimated 200,000 people could die. What would happen to the criminal justice system in the event of a pandemic?
e. Program Objectives:
1. Define Pandemic Influenza.
2. Describe the difference between Avian Flu, the Pandemic Flu, and the yearly seasonal flu.
3. Define law enforcement’s role in a pandemic within the agriculture community.
4. Discuss the role of law enforcement during a pandemic.
5. Discuss the importance of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the law enforcement responder.
6. Define steps in law enforcement planning for a pandemic.
f. Program Faculty:
Donald E.
Williamson, MD;
State
Health Officer Alabama Department of Public Health
Tony
Frazier, DVM;
State
Veterinarian Alabama Department of Agriculture
William
Smock, MD;
Police
Surgeon Metro Police Department; Professor Division of Protective Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine Louisville, Kentucky
Steven M.
Edwards, Ph.D;
Senior
Policy Advisor for Law Enforcement Bureau of Justice Assistance U.S. Department
of Justice
g. Interactivity/Questions: If you have questions that you want addressed during the conference, you may fax or email your questions in advance to Fax # 888-737-1972 E mail: alphtnquestions@adph.state.al.us.
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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