1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,511 I'm Lieutenant Colonel Monique Battle 2 00:00:02,511 --> 00:00:04,567 of the stem , a medical group . I am 3 00:00:04,567 --> 00:00:06,733 the team chief of the IP PD team which 4 00:00:06,733 --> 00:00:08,289 stands for in place patient 5 00:00:08,289 --> 00:00:10,511 decontamination team . Today , we had a 6 00:00:10,511 --> 00:00:12,622 large scale uh mass exercise where we 7 00:00:12,622 --> 00:00:15,260 simulated a um explosion which released 8 00:00:15,270 --> 00:00:17,159 some chemicals and gasses such as 9 00:00:17,159 --> 00:00:19,326 chlorine . The whole purpose of the IP 10 00:00:19,326 --> 00:00:21,299 PD team is we are essentially the 11 00:00:21,309 --> 00:00:23,531 gatekeeper from keeping the entire base 12 00:00:23,531 --> 00:00:26,190 from being um contaminated with um said 13 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,422 exposure as well as the medical group . 14 00:00:28,422 --> 00:00:30,422 So the medical group has a big role 15 00:00:30,422 --> 00:00:32,589 with caring for the these patients and 16 00:00:32,589 --> 00:00:34,756 getting them transferred out to higher 17 00:00:34,756 --> 00:00:36,867 echelons of care . Our exercise today 18 00:00:36,867 --> 00:00:38,922 composed of several teams , manpower 19 00:00:38,922 --> 00:00:41,089 security . Uh We need gay control , um 20 00:00:41,089 --> 00:00:43,959 crowd control as well as uh triage . So 21 00:00:43,970 --> 00:00:46,026 it's very um you know , structured , 22 00:00:46,026 --> 00:00:48,248 every person has a role . Essentially , 23 00:00:48,270 --> 00:00:50,400 I am a part of the decontamination uh 24 00:00:50,409 --> 00:00:54,080 area depending on what type of gas or 25 00:00:54,090 --> 00:00:56,201 chemicals is in the air and infecting 26 00:00:56,201 --> 00:00:58,312 the patient . This can very well go a 27 00:00:58,312 --> 00:01:00,257 little bit more uh chaotic , we'll 28 00:01:00,257 --> 00:01:02,368 clean the patient , make sure they're 29 00:01:02,368 --> 00:01:04,534 not having no any toxins on the body . 30 00:01:04,534 --> 00:01:06,534 We'll , we'll wash them we'll rinse 31 00:01:06,534 --> 00:01:08,701 them off . And then once that's done , 32 00:01:08,701 --> 00:01:10,923 we'll go ahead and pass it to the uh to 33 00:01:10,923 --> 00:01:12,979 the clean side , which is manpower . 34 00:01:12,979 --> 00:01:15,090 And we also have to make sure that we 35 00:01:15,090 --> 00:01:17,257 wash ourselves . So when we're passing 36 00:01:17,257 --> 00:01:16,769 the patient along , we're not 37 00:01:16,779 --> 00:01:18,835 recontaminating them . After washing 38 00:01:18,835 --> 00:01:20,959 the equipment is a very big part of 39 00:01:20,970 --> 00:01:23,137 what we do because we don't want to be 40 00:01:23,137 --> 00:01:25,192 contaminated . The main component is 41 00:01:25,192 --> 00:01:27,248 basically the Papper suit along with 42 00:01:27,248 --> 00:01:29,359 the suit , we have the hood , we also 43 00:01:29,359 --> 00:01:31,303 have boots and then there's also a 44 00:01:31,303 --> 00:01:33,248 battery pack . So we practice just 45 00:01:33,248 --> 00:01:32,769 trying to make sure that everyone 46 00:01:32,779 --> 00:01:34,557 understood what to do . I think 47 00:01:34,557 --> 00:01:36,390 everyone as a whole got a better 48 00:01:36,390 --> 00:01:38,446 understanding of what their position 49 00:01:38,446 --> 00:01:40,668 actually is and how it will work in the 50 00:01:40,668 --> 00:01:40,309 real world . There wasn't a lot of 51 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:42,430 people . So of course , that makes it 52 00:01:42,430 --> 00:01:44,597 more difficult if this was to kick off 53 00:01:44,597 --> 00:01:46,879 our real world a of people live maybe 54 00:01:46,889 --> 00:01:49,309 an hour away and may not can get here 55 00:01:49,319 --> 00:01:51,319 in time . And so we have to use the 56 00:01:51,319 --> 00:01:53,430 resources that we have . So team work 57 00:01:53,430 --> 00:01:55,152 was definitely um there , I do 58 00:01:55,152 --> 00:01:57,041 appreciate that everybody working 59 00:01:57,041 --> 00:01:59,152 together even though it was confusing 60 00:01:59,152 --> 00:02:01,375 in the beginning of not knowing who was 61 00:02:01,375 --> 00:02:03,486 kind of doing what because this is as 62 00:02:03,486 --> 00:02:05,541 similar , which could very well turn 63 00:02:05,541 --> 00:02:05,389 into a real world event . So I want 64 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:07,456 them to kinda know their role , know 65 00:02:07,456 --> 00:02:09,567 their responsibilities and how we fit 66 00:02:09,567 --> 00:02:11,900 into the whole . This is a plan for the , 67 00:02:11,900 --> 00:02:11,580 the base .