Medical departments teams

Metropolitan Medical Strike Team Operational System Description. Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, and the United States Public Health Service, Office of Emergency Preparedness, with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1996. 

This chapter outlines these areas of responsibility and the key players who are needed to fulfil these. It also describes how, by working in crossfunctional teams, the members of the medical department contribute to the process of product development. 

The medical department is usually headed by a senior pharmaceutical physician (the medical director), who is supported by a team consisting of other physicians, graduates and administrative staff. The non-medical graduates are normally pharmacists or life scientists and, in addition to providing informed scientific input, may look after some administrative areas. In some companies they, rather than the physicians, may be responsible for staff management, thus allowing the physicians to concentrate on their advisory roles. 

It is clear that while the medical department can be seen to be a team in itself, its members play on many other different teams. A successful medical department is one that is contributing to the commercial success of the company while maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards. 

Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMATs) are components of the National Disaster Medical System within the US Department of Homeland Security. Each DMAT, containing professional and para-professional medical personnel supported... 

The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) is a section within the United States. DHS is responsible for supporting federal agencies in the management and coordination of the federal, medical response to major emergencies, such as acts of terrorism, including the potential use of chemical agents. Special teams available under NDMS include Disaster Medical Assistance Teams, Veterinarian Medical Assistance Teams, Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams, National Nurse Response Teams, and National Pharmacy Response Teams (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Web site). 

City of Seattle, Seattle Fire Department, Metropolitan Medical Strike Team Web site, http /bioteiTorism.slu. edu/bt/key ref/NDMS/SeattleMMST.DOC (accessed December 2006). 

Title XIV of the Defense Authorization Act of 1997 (PL 104-201), championed by Senators Nunn, Lugar, and Domenici, directed the Defense Department to assist federal, state, and local officials with training, technical advice, equipment, and other actions necessary to increase the local response capabilities to respond to and manage the consequences of a WMD terrorist incident. Specifically, the Defense Department was directed to assist civilian officials in developing chemical and biological defensive programs, and to help the Public Health Service to organize Metropolitan Medical Strike Teams. 

Conard, Robert. Fallout The Experiences of a Medical Team in the Care of Marshallese Population Accidentally Exposed to Fallout Radiation. Brookhaven National Laboratory Report, BNL 46444. Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory Associated University, Inc. Upton, N.Y. U.S. Department of Energy, 1992. 

Before allowing the injured worker back into the workforce, the FLS should ensure that this team member has been released for duty by the company physician, medical department or personnel, or human resource department. Using the company physician or company department authorization is an important point. Team members have been known to perform a variety of interesting antics both to avoid work and to get back to work. 

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Each biological agent chapter has a Response on Scene by First Responders section that includes Caution, Field First Aid, Drugs, Antibiotics, Medical Management, Fire, Personal Protection, Spill/Feak Control, Symptoms, and Vaccines. Also, spread over other chapters, will include basic duties of various first responders including Fire Departments, Emergency Medical Services, Law Enforcement, and Hazardous Materials Response Teams. 

The facts of the case and question and answer documents should be prepared. Key members of such a team are therefore the medical director, or a designate, senior managers who are able to quickly implement actions, a legal adviser if appropriate, and a member of the public relations/communications department, who knows how to communicate the team s outputs effectively. 

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