Auxiliary Health Services

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Auxiliary Health Services
http//hdept.cgaux.org/healthservices.html

• COMO Victor J Connell MD
• Division Chief (DVC-HM)
• Chief Medical Officer for the Auxiliary
• POC for PAC Area, Dentists, and EMS Personnel
• Michael Colondrillo MD
• Branch Chief, POC for Atlantic East (BC-HME)
• Joseph Sopko MD
• Branch Chief, POC for Atlantic West (BC-HMW)

(Note AUX Health Services Officers are only
authorized at the National Level - District,
Division and Flotilla Health Services Officers
have not been authorized!)
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Provide Oversight for AUX Health Services Missions

• The Division Chief Auxiliary Health Services
  (DVC-HM) serves as the Chief Medical Officer
  (CMO) for the Auxiliary and shall oversee all
  Auxiliarist medical support activities.
• As Chief Medical Officer, DVC-HM serves as the
  primary liaison between Auxiliary medical support
  personnel and USCG Office of Health Services
  (CG-112).
• CMO attempts to assure that all Auxiliarist
  medical support personnel and those providing
  administrative medical support on the National
  Staff
• Are only participating in authorized CG and
  Auxiliary Health Care Missions - and thus have
  liability coverage while performing their medical
  support missions.
• Are following proper Auxiliary medical support
  mission policies and procedures
• Are coordinating their efforts across different
  Auxiliary National Departments in order to avoid
  duplication of medical support missions

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Current AUX Health Services Missions

• Health Care Providers - defined by CG as
  physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, and
  physicians assistants - volunteering in CG
  Clinics/Sickbays as primary care providers (as
  outlined in COMDTINST 6010.2 series).
• Allied Health Care Professionals (e.g.,
  registered nurses, psychologists, podiatrists) in
  CG Clinics/Sickbays
• Emergency Service Personnel (EMT/Paramedics,
  First Responders, and First Aid/CPR Instructors)
  
• Underway with CGSTA SAR Boat Crews
• In CG Clinics/Sickbays as medical assistants
• Teaching First Aid/CPR/AED to personnel at CG or
  AUX Units (if certified Instructor)
• Aux Med Device is Authorized for vetted
  physician's

Past Health Services Missions

• Auxiliarists provided medical support to the CG
  Academy AIM program
• Auxiliarists provided medical support to the
  National Maritime Center