Transcript Requesting Strategic National Stockpile

November 2013
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Identify components of Strategic National
Stockpile (SNS)
Ensure understanding of the process of
requesting/receiving SNS
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The mission of the DSNS is to deliver critical
medical assets to the site of a national
emergency. The DSNS stands ready for
immediate deployment to any U.S. location in the
event of an terrorist attack, or a natural or
technological disaster.
Stockpile elements that DSNS maintains include:
12-hour Push Packages
Managed Inventory
Federal Medical Stations
Other Medical Resources through a Rapid Procurement
System
◦ Technical Assistance to State and Project Areas.
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CBRNE event – chemical, biological,
radioactive, nuclear, or explosive
Medical emergency brought on by natural
disaster
Information from intelligence or law
enforcement
Clinical, lab or epidemiological indications
Unexplainable increase in emergency medical
service requests
Unexplainable increase in antibiotic
prescriptions or OTC medication use
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A variety of medical resources which includes:
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Federal Medical Stations
Antibiotics (oral and IV)
Vaccines, antivirals, antitoxins
Chemical Antidotes
Personal Protective Equipment
Portable Ventilators
Wound care supplies
Items for radiation, burns, and blast
IV administration supplies
Airway management supplies (pediatric/adult)
Significant event occurs
requiring receipt of the
SNS
Hospitals use current
resources to continue
treatment of hospital
personnel/population
Hospital/Treatment
centers contact Local
Health Jurisdiction to
request and coordinate
additional resources
LHJs will access local
resources according to
plans
When local supplies are
depleting...
Request may forwarded on
to local EOC/ECC
Local EOC/ECC then
forwards the request to
the region and the state
State will attempt to obtain
resources or move request
to the federal level (SNS)
Federal Responsibilities
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Act on Governor’s
request for SNS.
Once approved,
ship SNS to state
officials at the
designated
Receiving,
Staging and
Storage (RSS)
facility.
State Responsibilities
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Assess need for supplemental
medications, vaccines, medical supplies
and equipment in collaboration with local
requesting agencies.
Formally request SNS from federal
authorities
Receive SNS; break down, repackage into
unit doses, and affix labels.
Ship SNS elements to point of dispensing
(POD) locations designated by LHJ.
On arrival, break down and transport SNS
needs to distribution locations.
Local Responsibilities
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Work with local authorities and local or regional
EOC/ECC to assess need for deployment of the
SNS.
Communicate need for SNS to health officials at
State EOC.
Setup emergency clinics in communities as
situation dictates.
Dispense medications or immunize residents.
Assist the local EOC/ECC under unified
command in determining needs and distribution
for other critical medical supplies (during an
event of public health significance).
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Establish communications.
Assess your needs! Request ONLY when it is
anticipated resources will be exhausted and
cannot be procured locally.
Request capabilities, not specific items or
drugs unless absolutely necessary.
Track utilization of assets.
Provide information upon request to local
EOC/ECC.