WEBVTT 00:01.340 --> 00:03.610 e believe the most important thing that 00:03.610 --> 00:05.554 we were able to provide University 00:05.554 --> 00:07.554 Hospital was really just a sense of 00:07.554 --> 00:09.777 hope and help them grow . Azat Hospital 00:09.777 --> 00:11.888 It was the speed at which we were out 00:11.888 --> 00:13.999 the door . Me and my team way went to 00:13.999 --> 00:16.221 are the young We just started working . 00:16.221 --> 00:18.166 We were only on ground , providing 00:18.166 --> 00:20.110 medical care for approximately six 00:20.110 --> 00:22.332 weeks . However , this was an immensely 00:22.332 --> 00:24.930 impactful six weeks . Do you understand 00:24.930 --> 00:27.430 the magnificence of what you have just 00:27.440 --> 00:31.360 done ? You are about 00:31.360 --> 00:35.220 to go into war . This is 00:35.230 --> 00:37.560 our war . Never in the history of the 00:37.560 --> 00:40.800 United States military has medical been 00:40.800 --> 00:43.730 the warfighter way are the 00:43.730 --> 00:47.360 warfighter wear the tip of the 00:47.360 --> 00:51.260 spear ? The active duty has 00:51.260 --> 00:53.540 sent out what they can and now they 00:53.540 --> 00:55.370 have called upon US 00:57.240 --> 00:59.407 Army Reserve forces trained to respond 00:59.407 --> 01:01.184 to the nation's call whenever , 01:01.184 --> 01:03.370 wherever it's needed . For many , it 01:03.370 --> 01:05.537 was assumed that that call would be in 01:05.537 --> 01:07.592 some far away place against the near 01:07.592 --> 01:09.814 pure adverse surge . As it turned out , 01:09.814 --> 01:12.037 it would be in a place we never thought 01:12.037 --> 01:14.092 we'd go against the enemy . We never 01:14.092 --> 01:16.259 expected to fight . I am Major General 01:16.259 --> 01:18.481 Joe Robinson , commanding General Third 01:18.481 --> 01:20.648 Medical Command , the original concept 01:20.648 --> 01:22.870 of the Urban Argumentation Medical Task 01:22.870 --> 01:25.680 Force called UM TF . Let's provide 01:25.680 --> 01:27.791 health , safety and emergency medical 01:27.791 --> 01:29.930 support of U . S . Persons as a 01:29.930 --> 01:31.710 response to large environmental 01:31.710 --> 01:34.240 disasters when the pandemic swept the 01:34.240 --> 01:36.920 nation and expectation was set forth 01:36.920 --> 01:39.060 from then chief of the Army Reserve 01:39.340 --> 01:41.440 Lieutenant General Charles Lucky to 01:41.440 --> 01:43.551 expect that the Department of Defense 01:43.551 --> 01:45.107 would call upon the medical 01:45.107 --> 01:47.273 capabilities of the United States Army 01:47.273 --> 01:49.440 reserves . That same day , the mission 01:49.440 --> 01:51.273 of the Army Reserve became Covad 01:51.273 --> 01:53.660 Response Way have answered that call . 01:53.670 --> 01:56.400 Three days later , a new order was 01:56.400 --> 01:59.000 received rather than a symbol Hospitals . 01:59.140 --> 02:01.307 A new unit envisioned by Major General 02:01.307 --> 02:03.760 Michael of Win was informed the new 02:03.760 --> 02:05.649 design that could be scalable and 02:05.649 --> 02:09.630 adaptable . The um T F is an 85 02:09.630 --> 02:11.830 person unit designed to support up to 02:11.830 --> 02:14.430 250 patients . It consists of 02:14.440 --> 02:16.273 physicians , nurses , dentists , 02:16.273 --> 02:18.210 environmental scientists , combat 02:18.210 --> 02:20.488 medics , behavioral health specialists , 02:20.488 --> 02:22.710 occupational therapists , pharmacists , 02:22.710 --> 02:25.270 dietitians , physician's assistants , 02:25.340 --> 02:26.880 respiratory therapist and 02:26.880 --> 02:29.860 administrative personnel . The soldiers 02:29.860 --> 02:33.720 from UM T F 332-1 come from 11 states 02:33.730 --> 02:36.070 and work side by side with civilian 02:36.070 --> 02:38.181 medical personnel in areas throughout 02:38.181 --> 02:40.292 University Hospital in New York , New 02:40.292 --> 02:42.690 Jersey Understanding the Army Reserve 02:42.690 --> 02:45.230 soldiers have unique skill sets that 02:45.230 --> 02:47.310 combined both military training and 02:47.310 --> 02:49.860 civilian expertise . Unit commanding , 02:49.870 --> 02:52.530 leveraged each of their soldiers skills 02:52.540 --> 02:54.570 to creatively feel critical need . 02:56.240 --> 02:58.129 There's always been a question of 02:58.129 --> 02:59.907 relevance . Can we get the Army 02:59.907 --> 03:01.684 reserves to the fight to make a 03:01.684 --> 03:03.796 difference in the Army reserves ? The 03:03.796 --> 03:05.851 available in days and weeks , months 03:05.851 --> 03:08.930 and years . The response to Kobe 19 the 03:08.930 --> 03:11.097 largest domestic mobilization and Army 03:11.097 --> 03:13.280 Reserve history demonstrates the Army 03:13.280 --> 03:15.690 reserves ability to rapidly adapt to a 03:15.690 --> 03:17.980 wide range of contingencies at 03:17.990 --> 03:20.870 unprecedented speed . Our response to 03:20.870 --> 03:23.200 Kobe proved that the United States Army 03:23.200 --> 03:25.422 Reserve Forces can meet . The challenge 03:25.422 --> 03:27.533 is to make us immediately relevant in 03:27.533 --> 03:30.200 any conflict . Soldiers you will hear 03:30.200 --> 03:33.150 from describe the very real conditions 03:33.150 --> 03:34.928 they encountered and the skills 03:34.928 --> 03:37.410 required to combat this at the time a 03:37.420 --> 03:40.080 much unknown enemy . Their stories 03:40.080 --> 03:42.290 represent only one example of Army 03:42.290 --> 03:45.160 Reserve medical capability . So just 03:45.160 --> 03:47.240 prior to mobilization , a bunch of 03:47.240 --> 03:49.680 calls remained to all the soldiers to 03:49.690 --> 03:51.746 not only see who would be willing to 03:51.746 --> 03:54.460 volunteer to attend , but also to see 03:54.470 --> 03:57.130 um , if they were a critical need to 03:57.130 --> 03:59.352 their employers . right or if they were 03:59.352 --> 04:01.680 already involved in providing care for 04:01.680 --> 04:04.080 patients with Cove in earlier ship 04:04.090 --> 04:06.600 really wanted to ensure that they were 04:06.600 --> 04:09.120 not taking critical resource is from 04:09.130 --> 04:11.297 other communities that were already in 04:11.297 --> 04:14.200 me When we first arrived . We very 04:14.210 --> 04:16.780 quickly realized just how desperate the 04:16.780 --> 04:19.650 facility waas for us to be there . The 04:19.660 --> 04:21.771 nurse patient ratios were very high , 04:21.771 --> 04:24.110 The patients were extremely sick , and 04:24.120 --> 04:26.640 it's one thing to witness and see a lot 04:26.640 --> 04:28.640 of what was going on on the news on 04:28.640 --> 04:30.862 television , but to be there and to see 04:30.862 --> 04:33.084 it first hand , it was a very different 04:33.084 --> 04:34.918 experience , and it was very eye 04:34.918 --> 04:37.140 opening to see just how sick this virus 04:37.140 --> 04:39.196 can make individuals . We're talking 04:39.196 --> 04:41.307 about places probably decided to on a 04:41.307 --> 04:44.420 normal day handle 50 people , and 04:44.420 --> 04:46.587 that's just about it . But by the time 04:46.587 --> 04:48.753 we got there , they were holding their 04:48.753 --> 04:50.976 50 in their in their basic places . But 04:50.976 --> 04:53.309 they're also had an additional 45 to 50 . 04:53.309 --> 04:55.531 When I did my first shift , it was very 04:55.531 --> 04:57.587 intensive , felt like I was drowning 04:57.587 --> 04:59.809 and I was just trying to keep all of my 04:59.809 --> 05:01.809 patients from drowning with me as a 05:01.809 --> 05:04.031 civilian I worked as a medical surgical 05:04.031 --> 05:06.364 I C . U nurse at Tampa General Hospital , 05:06.364 --> 05:08.087 and that level of training and 05:08.087 --> 05:10.364 expertise was of the utmost importance , 05:10.364 --> 05:12.531 especially during this time when there 05:12.531 --> 05:14.698 were so many critically ill patients . 05:14.698 --> 05:16.698 Many of us , as I see nurses , were 05:16.698 --> 05:16.680 able to easily integrate into the 05:16.680 --> 05:18.791 critical care foot pool and go from I 05:18.791 --> 05:20.902 see toe icy , providing just the care 05:20.902 --> 05:22.902 and services at the hospital needed 05:22.902 --> 05:25.690 most . I work as an RN in the civilian 05:25.690 --> 05:28.260 world , and I work in psych in med 05:28.260 --> 05:30.310 Search . So I got planted on a med 05:30.310 --> 05:33.920 search for University Hospital , and I 05:33.930 --> 05:36.152 think that my skill set really helps me 05:36.152 --> 05:38.319 because mental health came into play a 05:38.319 --> 05:40.486 lot during the pandemic , and it still 05:40.486 --> 05:42.652 is trying to do everything with all of 05:42.652 --> 05:44.819 your people donning and doffing before 05:44.840 --> 05:47.040 going into every room . All the doors 05:47.040 --> 05:49.262 are closed . Not everyone has hooked up 05:49.262 --> 05:51.429 to a monitor , so you can't really see 05:51.429 --> 05:53.707 the patients or how well they're doing . 05:53.707 --> 05:53.700 And we were seeing patients crash 05:53.710 --> 05:56.890 fairly quickly , so it was all just 05:56.900 --> 05:59.210 very , very stressful . Being a family 05:59.220 --> 06:01.109 practitioner , that's what I do . 06:01.109 --> 06:04.660 Civilian occupancy treat patients 06:04.670 --> 06:07.960 triaged them . You prescribed 06:07.960 --> 06:10.182 medications , etcetera . So for me , it 06:10.182 --> 06:12.293 was a pretty much smooth transition . 06:12.293 --> 06:14.300 You know , you're going to be in 06:14.310 --> 06:16.088 personal protective equipment , 06:16.088 --> 06:18.310 literally dressed from head all the way 06:18.310 --> 06:21.260 down to your feet , and it's very hot , 06:21.270 --> 06:23.920 and it's kind of reminiscent of the old 06:23.930 --> 06:26.800 model for sorry just doesn't say enough 06:26.810 --> 06:28.977 for these people of what they're going 06:28.977 --> 06:31.360 through . Um , and so I think that was 06:31.360 --> 06:33.527 probably some of the hardest things to 06:33.527 --> 06:36.500 deal with . I think once we got there , 06:36.510 --> 06:40.030 the staff realized that they had been 06:40.030 --> 06:42.252 through the worst of it , and that help 06:42.252 --> 06:44.308 finally arrived and they had reached 06:44.308 --> 06:46.474 the peak and they were slowly climbing 06:46.474 --> 06:48.641 over to the other side of the mountain 06:48.641 --> 06:48.400 and that we were there to help them get 06:48.400 --> 06:50.390 down as a critical care nurse . 06:50.390 --> 06:52.557 Throughout this whole experience , one 06:52.557 --> 06:54.723 of you know , our most rewarding times 06:54.723 --> 06:56.880 was when we got Thio , excavate a 06:56.880 --> 06:59.630 patient when a patient was strong 06:59.630 --> 07:01.630 enough and their lungs were healthy 07:01.630 --> 07:03.852 enough that they could breathe on their 07:03.852 --> 07:06.019 own again and we were able to take the 07:06.019 --> 07:08.130 breathing tube out . And I know every 07:08.130 --> 07:10.019 last one of us remembers that one 07:10.019 --> 07:12.241 patient that made just this second turn 07:12.241 --> 07:14.740 around and got better and we knew that 07:14.740 --> 07:16.684 we were a part of it . Things were 07:16.684 --> 07:18.796 starting to catch up . Hospital caper 07:18.796 --> 07:20.851 produce were starting to uhh balance 07:20.851 --> 07:23.810 out . I think that we brought a lot to 07:23.810 --> 07:25.921 the table coming to this hospital and 07:25.921 --> 07:29.560 really , truly helps them . Yes , we 07:29.560 --> 07:31.730 were sad on that day because we were 07:31.730 --> 07:34.710 leaving our friends . But we knew that 07:34.720 --> 07:37.270 we were there and we did something good . 07:37.280 --> 07:39.320 We were just all everyone was just 07:39.320 --> 07:42.500 willing to help . It was really amazing 07:42.500 --> 07:45.490 example of teamwork action on and I 07:45.500 --> 07:47.500 have never seen anything quite like 07:47.500 --> 07:49.278 that in my 20 years of military 07:49.278 --> 07:52.840 experience . So it really made me proud 07:52.850 --> 07:54.906 to be a member of the armed forces , 07:54.906 --> 07:58.210 even more so than they are one embedded 07:58.210 --> 08:00.290 in hospitals across the Northeast . 08:00.300 --> 08:02.570 Thes service members were responsible 08:02.570 --> 08:05.110 for providing expert medical care that 08:05.110 --> 08:07.221 brought immediate life saving results 08:07.221 --> 08:09.390 throughout the hospital . With the 08:09.390 --> 08:11.334 assistance of Army Reserve Medical 08:11.334 --> 08:13.470 Command , caromed come the third in a 08:13.470 --> 08:15.637 row . Seven medical commands assembled 08:15.637 --> 08:19.090 15 ETFs and , as ordered , have been 08:19.090 --> 08:21.368 ready for movement in a matter of days . 08:22.040 --> 08:25.500 Ultimately , 17 UMTS reformed 10 from 08:25.500 --> 08:28.510 the 8076 from the third and one from 08:28.510 --> 08:32.510 their income . Army North employed 14 08:32.510 --> 08:35.860 UMTS in response to Kobe , 19 utilizing 08:35.860 --> 08:38.330 them in alternate care facilities . 08:38.340 --> 08:41.480 Jacob Javits Center , the Edison Expo 08:41.480 --> 08:43.820 Center Atlantic City Convention Center 08:43.830 --> 08:45.950 in area hospitals in New York City , 08:45.960 --> 08:47.460 New Jersey , Connecticut , 08:47.460 --> 08:49.570 Massachusetts , Pennsylvania and 08:49.570 --> 08:51.737 Michigan . A . Civilian hospitals were 08:51.737 --> 08:53.903 devastated by the virus . Speed was an 08:53.903 --> 08:56.126 essential part of the response . If the 08:56.126 --> 08:58.181 Army Reserve was to make an impact , 08:58.181 --> 09:00.237 you call . It began immediately with 09:00.237 --> 09:02.126 the largest stipulation that if a 09:02.126 --> 09:04.348 soldier was already engaged in a covert 09:04.348 --> 09:06.181 fight in their own homes , their 09:06.181 --> 09:08.126 priority was the local community . 09:08.200 --> 09:10.422 Despite this and show of patriotism and 09:10.422 --> 09:12.367 service , soldiers by the hundreds 09:12.367 --> 09:14.478 dropped everything and moved to their 09:14.478 --> 09:16.367 home stations , where , in just a 09:16.367 --> 09:18.589 matter of days , they were in process , 09:18.589 --> 09:20.700 taught proper techniques and personal 09:20.700 --> 09:22.533 protection against the virus and 09:22.533 --> 09:24.478 deployed into the fight . The army 09:24.478 --> 09:26.533 proudly and proactively supports the 09:26.533 --> 09:28.533 whole of Nation Cove in 19 response 09:28.533 --> 09:30.367 communities in need and civilian 09:30.367 --> 09:32.367 authorities with any natural or man 09:32.367 --> 09:34.311 made disaster . Our soldiers bring 09:34.311 --> 09:36.533 specialized military and civilian skill 09:36.533 --> 09:39.100 sets , allowing them to increase the 09:39.100 --> 09:41.520 capacity the civilian hospitals in 09:41.520 --> 09:45.020 alternate care facility , the Army is 09:45.020 --> 09:47.242 leading transformational change remains 09:47.242 --> 09:49.242 ready to fight and win our nation's 09:49.242 --> 09:51.298 wars on any battlefield . This was a 09:51.298 --> 09:53.242 medical fighter . The Army Medical 09:53.242 --> 09:55.464 Department answered the call just as it 09:55.464 --> 09:57.409 had trained to and showed beyond a 09:57.409 --> 09:59.242 doubt the capability of the Army 09:59.242 --> 10:01.409 Reserve forces and the relevant in any 10:01.409 --> 10:05.260 country . Be proud of what 10:05.260 --> 10:08.460 you've done . Be proud of what you were 10:08.470 --> 10:11.750 doing . You are patriots . 10:12.240 --> 10:15.080 You are true , Minutemen . And I cannot 10:15.090 --> 10:19.070 tell you with pride that I feel when I 10:19.080 --> 10:21.191 stand and see you ready to go out the 10:21.191 --> 10:23.860 door in less than 48 hours . 10:26.940 --> 10:30.460 God bless every one of you . God bless 10:30.460 --> 10:32.571 everyone in your family selecting you 10:32.571 --> 10:33.860 do it .