Response to Transportation Events Involving Public Health Presented by Captain Lynn Slepski
Transportation Public Health Incidents Surveillance Educated public Engineered controls Coordinated response – International Standards – Public/private partnerships Medical countermeasures
Surveillance
Educated Public
Engineering Controls
Coordinated Response US Private Partners Local Community Incident Days Since First Case Daily Cases Goal of a Coordinated Response Pandemic Outbreak: No Intervention Delay outbreak peak Decompress peak burden on hospitals/infrastructure Diminish overall cases and health impacts Pandemic Outbreak: With Intervention
Partners
Real World Event— Japan Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Strategic National Stockpile