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FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. - Nearly a dozen Soldiers from units throughout the 352nd Civil Affairs Command, an Army Reserve unit headquartered at Fort Meade, Md., came together for the command's first medical readiness workshop April 21-22 at Fort Meade.
The CACOM Surgeon's office hosted the event, which brought together medical readiness personnel to network, share best practices and learn about solutions to some of the most common medical issues faced by Soldiers within the command.
"A lot of our subordinate-unit personnel had never been briefed on the proper procedures for documenting, solving and managing medical readiness issues. As a result, Soldiers were suffering – not being able to go on deployments, not being able to attend schools, not being able to be promoted, etc.," said Capt. Margie Dominguez, 352nd CACOM deputy surgeon for readiness, adding that in her experience, medical readiness is the issue that most often prevents Soldiers from deploying.
The conference was designed to give unit medical readiness officials the tools to resolve medical issues more quickly and efficiently, Dominguez said.
"We had subordinate units using CACOM's Surgeon's Office to solve all their individual problems," said Dominguez. "As with anything in the military, the goal is to empower units to resolve problems at the lowest possible level."
Guest speakers included Maj. Lee Burnett, deputy surgeon for U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne). Burnett, who is responsible for all clinical matters within the command, stressed the importance of medical readiness and how it relates to mission readiness.
"It's critical to show the importance of medical readiness to each of the units," said Burnett.
Also speaking was Lt. Col. Philip Wasylina, deputy surgeon for USACAPOC (A), who spoke about the warrior health individual readiness lifecycle.
The job of unit medical readiness personnel is to catch problems before they become issues, Wasylina said. The best way to do this is by asking the right questions and being observant. Wasylina likened the process to a Soldier limping and saying that they have a rock in their boot.
"Let's take that rock out of their boot," he said.
| Date Taken: | 04.22.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 05.02.2010 14:44 |
| Story ID: | 49006 |
| Location: | FORT MEADE, MD, US |
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