About the Guardian
The Guardian of Public Health is a monthly newsletter from the Bureau of EMS, Trauma, and Preparedness (BETP) within the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The Guardian aims to provide its readers with relevant content on topics that affect the public health of citizens and communities in Michigan. For questions or comments please contact Kerry Chamberlain at chamberlaink2@michigan.gov.
Equipping the Responder
Matthew Price - Region 1 Healthcare Coalition Coordinator
District 1
Regional Medical Response Coalition (D1RMRC) will host the 14th
Annual WMD/CBRNE Symposium on February 2nd, 2016 at the Michigan State
University Kellogg Center. This year’s conference “Real Stories, Real Responses, and Real Lessons Learned” includes international
speakers who will share their experience from a variety of incidents and disciplines.
Presentations include dialysis emergency/disaster operations, emergency medical services treatment and transport for patients with Ebola one year later,
mitigation and response to suicide attacks, and disaster behavioral health
response and Psychological First Aid Field Guide for Nursing Homes.
On December 9th, 2015 D1RMRC hosted the Regional Long Term Care Sustainment and Recovery Table-Top Exercise.
This exercise was a continuation of the full scale evacuation/shelter-in-place regional
exercise conducted in June 2015. The exercise stressed command and control
activities during the recovery phase following an incident that forced facility
evacuation. Participants identified best practices and lessons learned
exercising individual organizations emergency operation plans.
The Volunteer
Management Support Workgroup has created a training video to support a volunteer reception center (VRC) activation. This video will train personnel
who staff the VRC to help process volunteers from the community. This is a first
of its kind for Michigan, and is expected to be completed early in 2016. The video will be shared with partners once available.
Contact Matthew Price if you have questions: d1rmrc-matt@sbcglobal.net
 Region 1 Volunteer Reception Center training
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Clinical Framework and Medical Countermeasure Use During an Anthrax
Mass-Casualty Incident
Researchers in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published new guidelines for intravenous antimicrobial and antitoxin use,
diagnosis of anthrax meningitis, and management of common anthrax-specific
complications in the setting of a mass-casualty incident. In March 2014, a meeting was held to discuss previously collected evidence at which subject matter experts discussed and adapted existing Centers for Disease Control best
practices guidance to a clinical use framework for the judicious, efficient, and
rational use of stockpiled medical countermeasures for the treatment of anthrax during a
mass-casualty incident. This report addresses
elements of hospital-based acute care, specifically antitoxins and intravenous
antimicrobial use, and the diagnosis and management of common anthrax-specific
complications during a mass-casualty incident. Read More>>
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