21 st Century Disaster Readiness Kevin Yeskey, M.D. March 15, 2018 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

21st Century Disaster Readiness

Kevin Yeskey, M.D. March 15, 2018

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21st Century: An Increasingly Complex & Dangerous World

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New Madrid Earthquake

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• No notice event
• Consequences eclipse Hurricane Katrina
• Large impact area - 126,575 Square Miles
• 44M people in eight-State region - (12M in high

risk area)

• Multiple jurisdictions
• 4 Regions/8 states/141 counties
• 86,00 casualties/20,000 hospitalized
• 3,700 dead
• 2.1 million in shelters
• >150 hospitals destroyed
• Significant infrastructure impacts
• Estimated shortages: 100 DMATs/16 FMS/?? Ambulances

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Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery is a Departmental Priority

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• 1. Established in the Pandemic and All-Hazards

Preparedness Act of 2006

• 2. Leads public health and medical, preparedness,

response and recovery to public health emergencies

• 3. Enhances medical surge capacity by organizing,

training, equipping, and deploying federal personnel

• 4. Supports state, local, territorial and tribal health

partners by coordinating federal cooperative agreements and carrying out drills and exercises

• 5. Oversees advanced research, development,

procurement, and stockpiling of vaccines, medicines, diagnostics (e.g. BARDA, Project BioShield)

HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

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ASPR Priorities for Building Readiness for 21st Century Threats

Strong Leadership Medical Countermeasures Enterprise Regional Disaster Health Response System Public Health Security Capacity

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ASPR’s Raison D’etre: “Unity of Command”

Public Law 109-417 Pandemic & All-Hazards Preparedness Act

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Flexible, nimble authorities Multi-year funding Promote innovation Facilitate partnerships Cutting edge expertise

BARDA forms unique public-private partnerships with industry to develop medical countermeasures

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ASPR Enhances Medical Surge Capacity Through Multiple Initiatives

National Disaster Medical System Medical Reserve Corps Hospital Preparedness Program Regional Emergency Coordinators Critical Infrastructure Protection

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Evolving Challenges to Health and Medical Response

• Impacted patient populations
• Chronic disease
• In-patient capacity
• Medical equipment dependent out-patients
• Dependencies
• Utilities
• Transportation
• Just in time supply

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What are the key elements of a potential Regional Disaster Health Response System?

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RDHRS

Aware Responsive Regional Ready Resourced

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Questions