SUPPLYING VENTILATORS DURING A CRITICAL TIME
time or any place, and Army Medicine, USAMMDA and the WDMS PMO will stand ready and be prepared to help with whatever may be needed. Our team is truly proud of our numerous efforts in support of the nationwide response to the pandemic, and we look to use our experience to help withstand any medi- cal emergencies—whether national or global—that may arise in the future.
VENTILATION EDUCATION
Hamilton Medical clinical application specialist Jonathan Beene trained combat medics and clinicians on the use of the Hamilton T1 transport ventilator at Fort Bliss, Texas, in 2018. (Photo courtesy of Hamilton Medical)
ambulance to a hospital center, or from one facility to another. Te Hamilton T1 also allows medical providers to adjust the oxygen concentration from 21 percent to 100 percent, depending on the needs of the patient. During the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, these venti- lators proved to be extremely useful and necessary in many instances, and we were able to help deploy the units to those facil- ities in need.
ABOVE AND BEYOND In an attempt to get ahead of the Army’s mandate to provide ventilators upon order, personnel from USAMMDA’s Force Sustainment Directorate traveled with a medical logistics support team to Sierra Army Depot in Herlong, California, to prepare nearly 300 Hamilton T1 ventila- tors for transfer to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Within hours, seven personnel were on a plane flying to Sierra, and once there, they quickly pulled and secured ventilators on pallets for transport. Once the units were prepared for deployment and immediate
use, they were staged on the airfield to be sent out when needed.
In addition to preparing existing venti- lators at Sierra Army Depot, one of the authors of this article, Dr. Tyler N. Bennett, was selected to form a team in support of FEMA and the nationwide ventilator response. During his six-week assignment, Bennett was responsible for tracking the day-to-day production of ventilators under contract with 10 different commercial vendors across the country. As part of USAMMDA’s overarching effort to ensure the fulfillment of critical medical products and devices, the WDMS PMO team’s research and analyses supported the national stockpile of ventilators. Based on the usage rates that the team recognized early during the crisis in New York City, per our discussions with clinical staff at New York City area hospitals, we calcu- lated what we believed to be the minimum number of ventilators required to meet the mission.
Although we continue to battle COVID- 19, the next crisis may occur at any
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For more information on the WDMS PMO and other products being developed and maintained by the U.S. Army Medi- cal Materiel Development Activity, go to the USAMMDA website at https://www.
usammda.army.mil/.
DR. TYLER N. BENNETT is the project manager of the WDMS PMO at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity, and is responsible for the development,
delivery and of deployable medical capabilities
sustainment for the
warfighter. He holds a Ph.D. and an M.S. in chemistry from Georgetown University, an MBA from the University of Maryland and a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Portland in Oregon. Bennett is a member of the Army Acquisition Corps (AAC) and holds Level III certifications in program management and in science and technology management.
DAVID E. WIRTZ JR. is the deputy product manager for the Medical Devices Assemblage Management program management office within the WDMS PMO at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity. He is responsible for the delivery and sustain- ment of deployable medical capabilities for the warfighter. He holds a B.S. in business administration from Post University. He is a member of the AAC and holds Level II certifications in program management and life cycle logistics.
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