NAVGRAM LESSONS LEARNED F H F 1 JAN 91 TO 31 JAN 91

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Subject: NAVGRAM LESSONS LEARNED F H F 1 JAN 91 TO 31 JAN 91             

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              D. DISCUSSION: INFORMATION FROM AN INPATIENT WHO IS A CBR
          INSTRUCTOR STATED THE STAFF SHOULD USE WET SHEET OVER THE
          BEDRIDDEN PATIENTS (WATER CAUSES THE GAS TO ROLL OFF TO THE
          FLOOR). THE PATIENT SHOULD USE A WET CLOTH OVER THE FACE IN LIEU
          OF A MASK. ANOTHER CAUTION IS TO NOT BE TOO QUICK TO PULL OFF
          THE MASK AFTER THE "ALL CLEAR" SIGNAL BECAUSE THE (3ASES STILL ARE
          PRESENT.   THE TENT SHOULD THEN BE OPENED TO ALLOW THE BASES TO
          ESCAPE.
              C. LESSON LEARNED: STILL NEED FURTHER INFORMATION              AND
          EDUCATION   ON PATIENT     CARE IN     A CHEMICALLY      CONTAMINATED
          ENVIRONMENT.
              D. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS: COMMAND CBR          OFFICER, WITH THE
          ASSISTANCE OF PHYSICIANS WHO TOOK THE THREE DAY COURSE, SHOULD
          PROVIDE CLASSES ON CARE OF PATIENTS WHILE UNDER CHEMICAL ATTACK
          OR IN A CHEMICALLY CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT.
              E. COMMENTS.    NONE


          4. WATER LEAKS IN HOSPITAL DURING HEAVY RAINS:
              A. OBSERVATION: RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL FOR ALMOST THREE DAYS
          RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT WATER LEAKS THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL.
              B. DISCUSSION: LEAKING WATER WAS CONFINED PRIMARILY TO THE
          TEMPER TENTS ALTHOUGH CONNECTIONS        BETWEEN TEMPERS AND ISO
          SHELTERS ALSO HAD SOME LEAKS. SITES OF LEAKS, HOWEVER, WERE AT
          ALL LEVELS:   ROOF, FLOOR AND SIDES.      PARTICULAR PROBLEMS WERE
          NOTED IN DOUBLE PASSAGEWAY FLOORS WHERE ONE SOLID WOODEN FLOOR
          ACROSS BOTH SIDES CASED WATER TO RUN THROUGH BOTH.       WHERE SIDES
          OF TEMPERS COULD NOT BE SANDBAGGED DOWN, WATER CAME IN UNDER THE
          TENTAGE SOAKING THE MATS AND FLOORING. TEMPER TENT OPENINGS FOR
          THE AIR/HEAT INLET AND OUTLET DUCTS WERE ADDITIONAL SITE FOR
          SIGNIFICANT LEAKS.
RECTED AFTER THE
          HARD DECKING WAS CONSTRUCTED, ALL TENT SECTIONS NEEDED TO BE
          SECURELY FASTENED AND TIED. THE BOTTOM EDGE OF ALL TEMPER TENTS
          NEEDS TO BE TACKED DOWN TO THE WOOD DECKING. OFTEN THERE WAS NOT
          ENOUGH TENT MATERIAL TO USE SANDBAGS. PROMISED WOOD STRIPS THAT
          COULD BE USED TO TACK DOWN ENDS AND LAG BOLTS TO FASTEN DOWN THE
          LOWER EDGE NEVER MATERIALIZED.         AIR/HEAT DUCTS NEED TO BE
          DESIGNED TO LIFT THEM FROM THE DECK. (THE PULL ON THE SIDES OF
          THE TENTS FROM THESE DUCTS CAUSED SOME OF THE LEAKING).
              D. RECOMMENDED ACTION: TACK OR BOLT DOWN ALL LOWER EDGES OF
          TEMPIER TENTS. REPAIR ALL RENDS AND HOLES IN TEMPERS.         INSTALL
          ALL DOUBLE PASSAGEWAY DECKS SEPARATELY FOR     EACH SIDE   SO WATER
          DOES NOT FLOW ACROSS.      EVALUATE AIR/HEAT DUCT OPENINGS FOR A
          METHOD TO PREVENT LEAKS AROUND OPENINGS.
              E. COMMENTS: THE RAIN IN SAUDI ARABIA IS ONLY ABOUT FOUR
          INCHES PER YEAR AND ONLY DURING DECEMBER - JANUARY YET THE
          LEAKAGE PROBLEM WAS SIGNIFICANT. PLANNERS SHOULD CONSIDER THIS
          IN MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO DEPMEDS UNITS DEPLOYED TO DAMPER
          CLIMATES.







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