Response to Transportation Events Involving Public Health

Presented byCaptain 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

LocalCommunity

Incident

Days Since First Case

Daily

Cas

es

Goal of a Coordinated Response

Pandemic Outbreak:No Intervention

Delay outbreak peak

Decompress peak burden on hospitals/infrastructure

Diminish overall cases and health impacts

2

1

3

Pandemic Outbreak:With Intervention

Partners

Real World Event—Japan Fukushima Nuclear Plant

Strategic National Stockpile