AMEDDC

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• AMEDDCS
• OEHS Training Initiatives

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Purpose

• To inform the JESWG of the AMEDDCS training
  initiatives to meet OEHS requirements.

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Outline

• Background
• Facts
• Assumptions
• Initiatives
• Summary

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Background

• OEHS Drivers
• Presidential Review Directive-5
• DoD Directive 6490.2
• DoD Instruction 6490.3
• Force Health Protection (FHP) CONOPs
• Medical Force Protection (MFP) CONOPs (DRAFT)
• OEHS Concept

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Facts

• Deployable PM teams are currently performing OEHS
  missions in support of deployments.
• 91S personnel are the enlisted soldiers currently
  performing OEHS tasks.

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JOINT MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE (DODD 6490.2, DODI
6490.3, Draft Joint Instruction)

• DISEASE INJURY
• SURVEILLANCE
• Epidemiological Surveillance
• Pre Post Deployment
• Medical questionnaire(s)
• Illness Outbreak
• Investigations
• DNBI Data Collection

• OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
• HEALTH SURVEILLANCE
• Ambient Air
• Soil
• Water Quality
• Occupational Hazards
• Disease vectors
• Low-level chronic NBC Agents
• Toxic Industrial Materials (TIMs)
• Food
• Weather
• Noise
• Radiation

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Assumptions

• The Army will continue to function across a wide
  range of operational contingencies.
• The CSAs plan to lighten the Army will
  increase task organizing, causing the need for
  better trained PM soldiers.
• The Army will continue to emphasize protecting
  the operational force.
• The operational force will be exposed to health
  threats throughout their military service.

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Assumptions

• MFP and OEHS will require an enhanced ability to
  collect, analyze, and assess environmental data.
• The battlefield will become more integrated and
  information/data will be easier to gather.
• DoD will continue to evolve threat assessment
  techniques, equipment, and knowledge base.
• Remote sensing and other automated techniques
  will replace existing sampling and surveillance
  methods.

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Assumptions

• Risks associated with NBC-E hazards will demand
  an increasing share of MFP assets.
• Deployable PM teams will continue to perform OEHS
  missions in support of deployments.
• Equipment is available and ready to deploy for
  screening level measurements.
• Sustainment training will be implemented as
  technology and doctrine progress.

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Assumptions

• Missions
• Medical Surveillance
• Environmental Surveillance

• Tasks
• Sampling
• Analysis
• Assessment
• Control
• Training
• Info Dissemination
• Compliance

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Current Initiatives

• PM Specialist - 91S
• CTSB - 9 Mar 00
• C, DPHS - Approved Task List - 20 Mar 00
• Dean, AHS - Approved Task List - 7 Jul 00
• Develop New POI - Nov 00
• Curriculum Review - Jan 00
• Implementation - Jan 00

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Current Initiatives

• Principles of Military PM - 6A-F5
• CTSB - 12 Dec 00
• Implementation - FY 2002

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Training Emphasis(Action Plan 2.2.1)

• 91S
• Equipment
• Sampling
• Health Effects
• Exposure Assessment
• Risk Assessment

• 6A-F5
• Leadership
• Organizational Awareness
• Operational Training
• Medical Readiness
• Medical Intelligence
• Risk Communication

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Proposed Initiatives

• Disaster Relief/Humanitarian Assistance
• NCO Sustainment Training
• Distance Learning
• FHP/MFP Website
• Cooperative Efforts

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Summary

• AMEDDCS is modifying training to
• realistically support OEHS requirements.

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Questions