Hurricane Katrina Response

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Hurricane Katrina Response

• US PHS Pharmacy Logistics Support
• NDMS Section
• FEMA Logistics Center Rockville

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PHS Pharmacy Logistics Team

• CDR Matthew Tarosky, Team Leader (FDA)
• CDR Josephine Lyght (HRSA)
• LCDR Michael Bourg (FDA)
• LCDR Jaewon Hong (NIH)
• LCDR Iain Margand (FDA)
• LCDR Glenna Meade (BOP)
• LCDR Nina Mezu Nwaba (FDA)
• LCDR Ryan Nguyen (FDA)
• LT Courtney Calder (FDA)
• LT Lance McLeroy (FDA)

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Day 1 August 29, 2005

• Category 4 storm with 145 mph winds makes second
  landfall along Gulf Coast near Buras, LA
• Eye passes directly over eastern edge of New
  Orleans
• Category 3 storm with 125 mph winds makes third
  landfall near the Louisiana/Mississippi border
• Catastrophic flooding results in 80 of New
  Orleans

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Day 2 August 30, 2005

• Activated 10 person pharmacy logistics team at
  NDMS warehouse
• Prepared 3 International Medical Surgical
  Response Team (IMSuRT) caches
• 280 line items
• Prepared 21 Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  go-bags
• 50 line items

Team Building Red, Hot, and Blue
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Day 3 August 31, 2005

• Completed pharmaceutical re-supply of
• Three IMSuRT caches
• Completed three DMAT caches (250 line items)
• Three IV Fluid pallets
• Three pharmaceutical pallets
• Completed return order (6 boxes) of expired
  medications
• Completed inventory and organization of
  pharmaceutical overstock (35 totes)

Team Building Pot Belly
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Day 4 September 1, 2005

• Completed re-supply of pharmaceuticals and IV
  fluids for 3 DMAT caches
• Completed re-supply of IV fluids for 3 IMSuRT
  caches
• Completed electronic inventory of
• 21 ACLS bags
• 3 IMSuRT caches

Team Building Hamburger Hamlet
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Day 5 September 2, 2005

• Checked in 80,000 pharmaceutical order
• Completed 4 DMAT caches
• Four pallets of IV fluids
• Four pallets of pharmaceuticals

Team Building China Jade
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Day 6 September 3, 2005

• Completed 4 DMAT caches
• Four pallets of IV fluids
• Four pallets of pharmaceuticals
• Completed re-supply of 4 DMAT caches

Team Building None
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Day 9 September 6, 2005

• Completed 23 ACLS bags
• Completed 4 DMAT caches

Team Building Guapos
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Day 10 September 7, 2005

• Wrote 4 DMAT cache re-supply orders
• Wrote 4 DMAT cache orders
• Wrote 23 ACLS bag re-supply orders

Team Building None
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Day 11 September 8, 2005

• Completed 4 DMAT cache re-supply orders
• Completed 4 DMAT cache orders
• Completed 23 ACLS bag re-supply orders

Team Building None
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Summary Days 1-11

• Prepared 3 pallets of 3 IMSuRT caches
• 280 line items per cache
• Prepared 44 ACLS go-bags (Strike Team)
• 50 line items per cache
• Prepared 34 pallets of 19 DMAT caches
• 250 line items per cache
• Completed return order of expired meds
• Six boxes
• Completed re-organization of overstock
• 20 totes

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After Action Report

• Team integrated well by focusing on mission and
  task completion
• Team building sessions were very complimentary to
  team dynamics
• Safety shoes more practical than oxford shoes in
  warehouse environment