March 2021

The 2021 Vaccination training course in-residence at Camp Atterbury (Indiana) was successfully completed on 21 March. 23 attendees have been issued completion certificates. Well done!!!

PREVIOUS BULLETINS:

Memo Nov 2020 

In anticipation of State Defense Forces being called up to assist in Vaccine distribution, we are encouraging member states to review and pass the SALT training link below. 

LTC (IN) Julian Ungar-Sargon MD PhD

Chairman, Medical Academy

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COVD Vaccine Distribution Training: Training on-line, SALT

Planning for Distribution of COVID Vaccine in the event of  deployment to assist.

There is a need to determine which triage tools are compliant with MUCC principles. In fact, at the time the MUCC were developed, no single triage tool was available that was fully compliant with the MUCC. NEMSAC believes that compliance checklists, based on the four main categories of the MUCC, could be developed, transmitted, and widely disseminated among national, State, regional, and local EMS officials. Development, transmittal, and dissemination of compliance checklist(s), as well as technical assistance in evaluating compliance of State, regional and local EMS systems, could be carried out by a national EMS organization, such as the National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO).

In developing proposed strategies to support the national adoption of MUCC, the Preparedness Committee examined recommendations made by the NEMSAC and the IOM’s Crisis Standards of Care committee as well as the National Prehospital Evidence-Based Guideline Model Process

National Disaster Life Support Foundation[1]

TO REGISTER FOR SALT TRAINING click belo

https://register3.ndlsf.org.

Mass casualty triage is a critical skill. Although many systems exist to guide providers in making triage decisions, there is little scientific evidence available to demonstrate that any of the available systems have been validated. Furthermore, in the United States there is little consistency from one jurisdiction to the next in the application of mass casualty triage methodology. There are no nationally standardized categories or color designations. SALT Triage is the product of a CDC Sponsored working group to propose a standardized triage method.  The guideline, entitled SALT (sort, assess, life-saving interventions, treatment and/or transport) triage, was developed based on the best available science and consensus opinion. It incorporates aspects from all of the existing triage systems to create a single overarching guide for unifying the mass casualty triage process across the United States.  SALT is compliant with the Model Uniform Core Criteria for Mass Casualty Triage currently contemplated as the proposed national standard for all mass casualty triage systems.

On July 8, 2013 all of the members of Federal Interagency Committee on EMS (members: DOT, DOD, HHS, DHS, and FCC) concurred with the following statement “The FICEMS recommends that state and local Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems improve their mass casualty incident triage capabilities through adoption of triage protocols and systems that are based on the Model Uniform Core Criteria. Federal resources may be used to support development of capabilities which improve EMS system preparedness for mass casualty triage.”

SALT Triage On-line Training (FREE)

 

 

FURTHER COVID 19 VACCINE DISTRIBUTION PLAN UPDATES – Links Below

Memo #1:    https://sgaus.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Covid-Vaccine-Distribution-Planning-Memo-1.pdf

Memo #2:  https://sgaus.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Covid-Vaccine-Distribution-Planning-Memo-2.pdf

Memo #3:  https://sgaus.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Covid-Vaccine-Distribution-Planning-Memo-3.pdf

 

 

The SGAUS Summer 2020 newsletter is out. You can access it electronically via link below on this page; or go to the SGAUS web site’s home page, scroll down, and click on the right side section of the screen.

Link to the Newsletter:   SGAUS Times Summer 2020 – Newsletter

Members, don’t forget to Sign-in for access to all the web site features.

What’s Coming up and What’s Hot!!

MEMS

The 2021 MEMS Student Guide document has been updated and published. Please look under the MEMS Academy tab.

2020 Annual Conference Cancelled due to COVID Lockdowns – New Date is September 22-26 2021 in the same venue below.

We will have a ZOOM style Board Meeting on 19 Dec 2020

The 2021 SGAUS Annual Conference will take place in the beautiful state of California at the Wyndham, Irvine – Orange County Airport, California.

 

 

Online store Update

Members!  SGAUS Store update:  We still are experiencing some disruption in the supply chain from the manufacturers to our suppliers for some of our fastest flowing items like MEMS badges. All of these companies have them made in China. We should be caught up with the next replenishment order.  I’ll let you know. So please be patient this is beyond our control.  We’ll get you your items. Thank you.  BG Santiago

NEW:  The COVID-19 Points of Dispensing (POD) Operations course is now available for everyone (member or not) in the online SGAUS PME Academy.

You, or anyone, can reach the PME Academy from within this web site or directly at:

https://PME.sgaus.org

For non-members, please let them know they can access the course by logging in as “Guest”. The only limitation as “Guest” is that there s no completion certificate (don’t know the name of the person).

SGAUS Leadership and Committee Chairs Contact Info Page

A new page with email address information for SGAUS leadership and Committee Chairs was published to replace the previous.

Two new pages will be added to the “References” section. One as a page with links to services and information useful to US Armed Forces veterans. The other page will contain links to external resources and content for senior citizens. We’ll announce when the pages are published.

Thank you,

Chago Santiago, BG (TN)

Executive Director