3440.10 with Changes - Navy Medicine - U.S. Navy

BUMEDINST 3440.10
20 Nov 2008
b. Operator/Responder Course. First responders/receivers (e.g., general corpsmen, nonclinicians,
MTF security personnel, MTF based Basic EMS).
c. Clinician Course. First responder/receiver clinicians, physicians, dentists, veterinarians,
nurses, physician assistants, independent duty corpsmen, and MTF based Advanced EMS.
d. Executive/Commander Course. MTF commanding officers and Executive Steering
Committee (ESC) members.
5. The EMPRC is hosted on the following sites:
a. Navy Active and Reserve: http://www.nko.navy.mil.
b. Navy-affiliated civilian and contractors: http://www.swankhealth.com.
6. Required specialty training (e.g., MTF EOC Operations, PHEO, etc.) will be identified by
BUMED-M3/5 in coordination with NAVMEDREG and MTF commanders and conducted
following reference (b) of this section.
FHP EMP Standard 9: Equipment
1. The Navy Medicine FHP EMP establishes standardized equipment requirements, designated
as the FoS, for all BUMED facilities as required by references (a) and (b) of this section.
Equipment standards focus on the requirements for Category 5 personnel to conduct safe and
effective first receiver operations. Equipment shall be provided with the appropriate
maintenance, operation, and employment training.
2. Reference (p) of this section addresses the following receiver functions: command and
control (C2), mass warning and notification, communications, detection, survey, identification,
personal protection, personal immediate decontamination, casualty (secondary) decontamination,
medical surveillance, and CBRN Pharmaceutical Countermeasures (CPCs). These standards
address requisite storage, maintenance, inventory, training, repair, and life-cycle cost estimate
(LCCE). These standards shall be solely utilized to proper procurement and sustainment of all
EM-related equipment.
3. Equipment standards shall examine both Government-off-the-shelf (GOTS) and
Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) for initial FoS development as well as for spiral insertion.
a. GOTS equipment utilized to protect against the effects of, detect the presence of, or
remove/reduce the hazard of CBRNE agents shall be procured, maintained, employed, and
inventoried in accordance with applicable Joint Chemical Biological Defense Program
(J-CBDP), J-8/Joint Requirements Office (JRO), JPEO-CBD, U.S. Navy, and USMC guidance.
b. COTS equipment utilized within the scope of the FHP EMP, including CBRNE events,
shall meet applicable OSHA, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and
NFPA standards, guidelines, and criteria as well as all applicable Federal and military standards
and guidelines.
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