okay . The Hawaii National Guard
recently stood up a joint medical
response unit for the cove in 19 .
Pandemic Task Force Medical is
comprised of traditional and full time
guardsmen who are professionals in
their field them from their civilian
entities . We have personnel service
members that work in Queens er Kaiser
Hospital . We are physicians from from
Tripler , from Kaiser from Queens . We
have dentists . We have E . M . T s .
We have firefighters , GMs , workers
and all these . These personnel's come
together in their regular world . And
take those skill sets where you put
together in this three day rodeo that
we're gonna try and utilize the skills
as a team to learn how to work together .
But also , tests are competencies . So
when we deploy would be effective and
efficient as possible for this task
Force Medical is the newest of the task
forces stood up in support of being JTF
toward task Force were recently stood
up in support of the cove in 19
Response for the state of Hawaii
consists of five units , primarily
throughout the gardens of Joint Team
that's combines army and air medical
assets capabilities throughout the
spectrum of the medical response for
the guard that include the 1 54th
medical group GMU Detachment one as
part of the medical group and to serve
P , the F Sirte , which is our mortuary
affairs Fatality Recovery team .
Charlie , lead from the hiring and
medic from Iran Task Force Medical was
assembled quickly and began training on
Specific Cove in 19 tasks they may be
required to perform . These tasks
include proper use of personal
protective equipment , Volunteer Cove
in 19 mapping mortuary operations and
administering the cove in 19 swab test .
The training was two fold in its
apartments and ensure the guardsmen
were prepared for the tasks and fully
protected while operating in a manner
that is compliant with the CDC and
Department of Health Rules . Things
walk away from here is with the ability
not only to get an understanding an
orientation , but also apply some hands
on qualifications so we can use those
skill sets when we go to the civilian
entity to support them . Hawaii is
unique and leaning forward to create
this unique task force that's medical
focus is a center of gravity in
response to the cove in 19 whereas in
some instances you have ah disaster
type of response . Pandemic response is
something that requires this
specialties of the medical field , but
also the ability and the operator level
to respond . And that all comes
together with Task Force Medical .
We're hoping to see how this could
become the next phase of how the state
of Hawaii convene forward and show how ,
as a team we can work and properly use
our resources . We have the guard
once task force Medical completed its
readiness refresher training members or
deployed throughout the state to both
through the medical testing and Cove in
19 response . This is Tax 100 Andrew
Lee Jackson reporting with the whole
National Guard .