LA County DHV-Surge Unit Newsletter – Issue #6, June 2015

June 2015
(562) 347-1649
IN THIS ISSUE
Featured Article
Meet Dr. Steven Chin! Register Now Annual Surge Unit Conference - on
June 27, 2015, Latest News: Coming
Soon! SurgeWorld Trainer, DHV Tips Complete Your Profile Today and
Order Now - New LA County Surge
Unit Apparel
www.JoinSurgeTeam.org
Issue No.6
MEET DR. STEVEN CHIN
2015 Surge Unit Conference Presenter
By Millicent Wilson, MD - DHV LA Surge Unit Medical Adviser
ATTENTION - ALL
LA COUNTY SURGE UNIT
VOLUNTEERS
Our next Surge Unit Volunteer
Training Conference
will be held on
June 27, 2015.
Dr. Steven Chin, (photo credit "USAID/LACoFD")
Wow! Talk about High Energy...I recently had lunch with Dr.
Steven Chin, to learn more about his passion for emergency
preparedness and response.
Sandra Shields,
Program Manager,
DHV Surge Unit
Register Now!
Los Angeles County
Disaster Healthcare
Volunteers Conference!
Have You Reserved Your
It was a zeal that began for him as a teenager in Long Island, New
York, where he volunteered as a First Responder. After heading
west for college and earning a degree in Molecular Biology with
honors from the California Institute of Technology in 1982, Dr. Chin,
inspired by the 1970's television show "Emergency!", decided to
become a physician. He subsequently entered the Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine, then completed his Emergency Medicine
Residency at the Los Angeles County, Harbor-UCLA Medical
Center in 1990.
Dr. Chin is currently an Emergency Medicine Physician practicing
at PIH Health Hospital, Whittier and has been a Flight Physician for
the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. He is also an Urban
Search and Rescue (USAR) physician instructor and a Medical
Team Manager of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task
Force, CA TF-2, sponsored by the Los Angeles County Fire
Department. Designated as a United Nations Heavy Rescue
Space for Our 2015
Annual Surge Unit
Conference?
The annual Surge Unit
conference is on
Saturday, June 27, 2015 at
Luminarias Restaurant in
Monterey Park.
The theme will be Earthquake
Preparedness for Healthcare
Professionals.The program will
feature three dynamic speakers:
Dr. Erin Burkett from USGS;
Dr. Steven Chin, Emergency
Room and Urban Search and
Rescue Physician;
and Jeanne O'Donnell from the
County Office of Emergency
Management.
The deadline to sign up to
attend the 2015 LA County
Surge Unit Conference is close
of business on Thursday,
June 18, 2015.
Remember...
Registration is required.
Team, the task force travels internationally, and is specifically
trained for the dangerous job of breaching reinforced concrete to
rescue victims.
Dr. Chin's deployments have included the Oklahoma City bombing
(1995), the Atlanta Olympics (1996), the Sri Lanka tsunami (2005),
Hurricane Katrina (2006), the Haitian earthquake (2010), the
Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake (2011), and the Japan
earthquake and tsunami (2011).
"Haiti," Dr. Chin states, "was the most poignant, because Haiti was
laid flat as far as the eye could see. You could see the bodies
everywhere." Despite his busy schedule, Dr. Chin has been
married 20 years and has two beautiful daughters. Interestingly,
the Chins count the children's birthdays by disasters. The tsunami
and the New Zealand earthquake fell near one daughter's birthday,
while Katrina and 9/11 overlapped the other's.
You will all have the opportunity to meet Dr. Chin when he presents
at our upcoming Disaster Healthcare Volunteer conference on
Saturday June 27, 2015. Dr. Chin will discuss the medical
management of earthquake victims and crush injuries. Please join
us to hear this dynamic speaker and humanitarian.
Sign up for this
event right now by:
1. Going to:
JoinSurgeTeam.org
2. Click on the "Already a
Member" link in the orange box
on the right. You will be
redirected to the state DHV
website at:
healthcarevoluteers.ca.gov
3. Log in to your account by
using your user name and
password.
4. Click on Missions Tab and
check/change your availability.
This is the same procedure that
Dr.Chin treating 1 of 3 girls rescued from under a 3 story
building. USAID/LACoFD
Coming Soon! SurgeWorld Trainer
By: Millicent Wilson, M.D.
you will be using to make
yourself available for
assignment following a disaster.
If you have any questions
contact the Surge Unit Office at:
562-347-1649
or email at:
[email protected]
We look forward
to seeing you
at the conference!
Tips: Complete Your Profile
Today - It's Easy!
Go to:
JoinSurgeTeam.org
1. Click on the "Already a
Member" link. You will be
redirected to the state
Disaster Healthcare
Volunteers website at
HealthCareVolunteers.ca.gov
2. Log into your account by
using your
user name and password
3. Go to the My Profile tab,
then click through each tab to
fill out the required
information (please check to
make sure your information is
100% complete)
That's all it takes to help us be
more organized and efficient,
should a disaster occur.
"SurgeWorld Trainer" A Triage Learning Platform
SurgeWorld Trainer is a web-based pediatric triage learning platform
designed to enhance the triage skills of any who dare to play. The project was
developed by Children's Hospital Los Angeles in collaboration with LA County
Emergency Medical Services Agency. Funding was provided through the
Hospital Preparedness Program. SurgeWorld will especially benefit clinicians
who are unaccustomed to caring for a large number of pediatric victims.
Unlike many videogames where the purpose is to kill, the purpose of this
videogame is to live. The goal is simple - to improve the Pediatric Triage skills
of any healthcare provider.
SurgeWorld Trainer has two modules: triage and logistics. Each has a
training mode to support the practitioner in understanding how to operate
each module. The training mode reviews the principles of START and
JumpSTART triage.
In the 'triage' module, the practitioner must quickly triage patients into one of
four categories--green, yellow, red or black. The practitioner is guided along
the algorithm for START and JumpSTART and is provided immediate
feedback to foster self-improvement within only a few rounds. In the 'logistics'
mode, the practitioner is challenged to prioritize resources that are available:
space, staff, and stuff.
This form of web-based learning is the wave of the future. It provides an
innovative way to teach, learn and acquire knowledge. So keep you eyes
open for SurgeWorld Trainer, scheduled for release this summer.
New DSW Requirement for All Surge Unit Volunteers
By Sandra Shields
All Surge Unit volunteers were notified in February regarding the new
requirement that all Surge Unit Volunteers must be "affirmed/sworn in" as
California Disaster Service Workers (DSWs) by next year - February 29,
2016. Our volunteers can then be deployed directly to a healthcare facility
following a disaster. Please note that the DSW requirement must be done in
person and takes less than 15 minutes.
Volunteer Today!
Visit our Website:
JoinSurgeTeam.org
There are three ways to complete this requirement:
Come to the EMS Agency --10100 Pioneer Blvd., Suite 200, Santa Fe
Springs, CA 90670-- on the THIRD Thursday of each month, between the
hours of 1pm to 5pm, staff will be available to swear you in.
Attend the annual Surge Unit conference on June 27, 2015.
Agency completes the DSW process for all attendees each year.
The EMS
Schedule an appointment to come in to complete the DSW process by
contacting the Surge Unit office at (562) 347-1649 or by email at:
[email protected].
For More Information Call:
Vanessa Gonzalez
(562) 347-1649
New Surge Unit Apparel Is In...Respond Now!
Be among the first to own a stylish Los Angeles County Surge Unit
jacket and/or polo shirt. This quality merchandise displays your pride as
a volunteer. To order, visit
link http://www.lacountydhv.org/SurgeTeam_Apparel-order.pdf
Los Angeles County
Disaster Healthcare Volunteers Surge Unit
10100 Pioneer Boulevard, Suite 200
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
(562) 347-1649
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