Army Urban Augmentation Medical Task Forces for COVID-19: Part 1—Development | Zendy

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Army Urban Augmentation Medical Task Forces for COVID-19: Part 1—Development

Author(s) -

Daniel J. Dire,

Robert E. Suter,

Joe D. Robinson,

W Scott Lynn

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

military medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442

H-Index - 67

eISSN - 1930-613X

pISSN - 0026-4075

DOI - 10.1093/milmed/usab309

Subject(s) - task force , agency (philosophy) , pandemic , covid-19 , military medicine , task (project management) , medical emergency , political science , medicine , military personnel , navy , mass casualty incident , aeronautics , public administration , disease , engineering , poison control , virology , law , suicide prevention , infectious disease (medical specialty) , sociology , pathology , outbreak , systems engineering , social science

This article describes how the U.S. Army developed a new ad hoc medical formation, named Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force for the Department of Defense (DoD) in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic in the Continental United States during the spring of 2020. We review the role of the DoD support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a part of Defense Support of Civilian Authorities.

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