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Response to Transportation Events Involving Public Health Presented by Captain Lynn Slepski
Response to Transportation Events Involving Public Health
Presented byCaptain Lynn Slepski
Transportation Public Health Incidents
• Surveillance• Educated public• Engineered controls• Coordinated response– International Standards– Public/private partnerships
• Medical countermeasures
Surveillance
Educated Public
Engineering Controls
Coordinated Response
US
Private Partners
LocalCommunity
Incident
Days Since First Case
Daily
Cas
es
Goal of a Coordinated Response
Pandemic Outbreak:No Intervention
Delay outbreak peak
Decompress peak burden on hospitals/infrastructure
Diminish overall cases and health impacts
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1
3
Pandemic Outbreak:With Intervention
Partners
Real World Event—Japan Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Strategic National Stockpile
