Articles and Events
2007
2005
- 10/14/2005 - 12-person team (operating with DMAT CA-6) deployed to New Orleans.
- 10/6/2005 - 5-person strike team in Biloxi, Mississippi supporting DMORT operations.
- 10/2/2005 - DMAT OR-2 returns home from Louisiana.
- 9/24/2005 - DMAT OR-2 (full team) in Lafayette, Louisiana providing medical assistance (pictures here).
- 9/21/2005 - 35-person team is currently in Baton Rouge waiting for Hurricane Rita to pass for medical missions in New Orleans. 2 team doctors tasked with hospital support and DMORT missions.
- 9/17/2005 - DMAT OR-2 activated again for Hurricane Katrina-related missions.
- 9/10/2005 - DMAT OR-2 returns home after treating patients at the New Orleans International Airport (a few photos here)
- 8/29/2005 - DMAT OR-2 (full team) activated for response to Hurricane Katrina. 9 team members currently augmenting DMAT WA-1, 1 team member with an NDMS management group
- 2/2005 - DMAT OR-2 on alert for response to Cyclone Olaf
- 1/2005 - Team members pick up new FEMA trucks
2004
- 9/2004 - Team deployed to Hurricane Ivan
- 9/2004 - Team members deployed to Hurricane Frances (photos)
- 8/2004 - Team member deployed to the Republican National Convention
- 7/2004 - Team members provide medical support for Gorge Games
- 5/12/2004 - Team participates in Red Rose "dirty bomb" drill
- 4/2004 - Team members deployed to Yap
- 2/2004 - Team participates in Fire & Ice winter training
- 1/2004 - On alert during Yellow and Orange Threat advisories
2003
- 11/2003 - On alert for Typhoon Lupit in Micronesia
- 10/25/03 - Volunteers provide medical support for Xterra triathlon
- 10/25/03 - Volunteers participate in California Back-to-Basics drill
- 09/25/03 - Volunteers participate in Portland mass casualty drill
- 7/2003 - On alert of Hurricane Claudette and other disaster or public health emergencies
- 6/08/03 - ODMT provides medical support for Dirty Half trail half-marathon
- 3/2003 - On alert for the month due to heightened national threat level and war in Iraq
- 3/12/03 - First ODMT members receive Federal preparedness smallpox immunizations
- 2/14/03 - ODMT participates in Northern Exposure drill in Alaska with AK-1 and WA-1 (new photos)
- 1/25/03 - ODMT drills at Western Shelter
2002
2001
- 12/10/01 - Ground Zero photos from Jon Jui.
- 11/06/01 - Steve Myren, Team Leader/EMT-I, Bev Bauman, MD, Lawrence Hipshman, MD, Giesele Garrity, RN, Jamie Baxter, RN, Christie Wells, EMT-P, Shane Shipley, EMT-P, Bobbie Jo Randolph, Administrative/EMT-B, and Steve Aamodt, Communications, deployed to New York City to staff treatment centers. Photos from Ground Zero and the WA-1 and ODMT teams.
- 10/29/01 - Helen Miller, Team Leader/MD, Jon Jui, MD, Jo Su, MD, Brent Sholar, MD, John Brandon, PA, and Colleen Grunow, Pharmacist, deployed to New York to supplement WA-1 DMAT in providing care for response teams working at Ground Zero.
- 10/18/01 - Susan Bauman, PA and Rodney Dodge, MD, deployed to New York. Both are assigned to provide medical care for response teams working at Ground Zero.
- 10/15/01 - Jim Thomas, EMT-P, Cheryl Thomas, EMT-P, Mark Bothe, Pharmacist, Cindy Parks, Pharmacist, Helen Miller, MD and Brent Sholar, MD returned, from Haiti where they worked with healthcare providers from Washington and Maryland in serving the medical needs of the rural poor at a remote clinic.
- 10/01/01 - Debbie Newell, Administrative Officer, has been deployed to Rockville, Maryland to assist NDMS.
- 9/26/01 - Raelene Jarvis, RN, has been deployed to New York to care for burn victims.
- 9/13/01 - Eugene Register Guard newspaper article
- 9/12/01 - ODMT was mentioned by Senator Gordon Smith in his speech on the Senate floor on Wednesday, Sept 12. "I take this opportunity to recognize some Oregonians who are doing their part to respond to this tragedy. The Oregon Disaster Medical Assistance Team has assembled and is prepared for immediate deployment by the Office of Emergency Preparedness. Many of their colleagues have already been deployed; the Oregon team is still on the ground awaiting availability of air
transport. Their courage and willingness to serve is one of many bright lights that have brightened this dark day."
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