Deser Shield/Desert Storm Aerospace Medicine Consolidted After-Action Report

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       12. Establish an ~vironmentaI monitoring UTO with one 9O~~) miiitary
public health technician and 1 ~O7XO bloenvironmental engineering tedulician
with their own eqiiipment TA which could be deployed to s~pport ATO
operations when re~uested.

       13. Reevaluate ail report~ng requirements in light of who needs to know
what* when:
           A uniform theater disease reporting system should be established
with defin~d and clinically useftil categones
           Daily MED~D-C reportS should be deleted and a ~se~ inethod of
mportuig current stattis to forward and rear headquarters elements should be
established
           A Bifflpliiiedr comprehensive giiide to all reporLing requirenients
should be published fbr SME1s

       14. Require all SOIXOtS in mobility positions to inaintain EMT
certiftcation.

       15. Require all flight surgeons in mobility positions to maintain AThS
certification  or comparable   trauma  Inanagement  skills and  provide
fkmdin~'courses to meet the requirenien&

       16 Ass~re mnmwn SME participation in exercise deployments.

       17. Revise TAO~ 400-10 and ~ 1284 as needed:
           To incorporate the A~fl~ and ATO concepts of operations
           To change the format of SME after-action reports to reflect greater
emphasis on the aeromedical mission.
           To change the requirement to take medical records on deployments
of greater than 30 days to a requirement to take only completed copy of SF 1480
fl)r non-flyers and SF 1480, the most current SF 88 and A~ 1042 for flyers
           To require medical screening prior to deployment to rr'i'iimi~e the
number of complicated medical problems which must be evaluated and treated
in theater
           To change the requirement f~~r automatic deployment to bare bases
of the environmental monitoring %aain to an as-requested ~LatuS
           To assure that each ATC is issued its own account code for ordering
supplies and retai~ the potential for independeirt flmction even after the ATI~
arrival in the event redeployment is necessary.

       18. Revise the TAO ME~~~ CONPLA~~.
           To include more active role for SME~s incl~ding ATO set up
           To evaluate ~~~~~, EHO's, and 3EE's on relevant environinentaI
monitoring and ~odborne outbreak investigation
           To delete those medical intelligence checklist items which are
paperwork reviews in favor of evaluation of a brie~g given in coiuunction with
the exercise

procedures. To incorporate use of CANA autoinjectors into self aid/buddy cars