Health Security
Our Expertise
Global Health Resilience
From naturally occurring pandemics to intentional acts of bioterrorism, our team collaborates with our clients to provide solutions to today’s most complex health threats. This includes planning, training, and exercise work in medical countermeasures (MCM), emerging threats, biosecurity response, point of dispensing, receipt, store, and stage (RSS) warehouse readiness, and more.
Our work products have been cited as best practices and we are continuously engaged by all levels of government and the private sector to forward our client’s capabilities in public health security. Our team members have hands-on experience as planners, public health professionals, and responders, offering expert capability to help your organization prepare for the unthinkable.
Statewide Medical and Health Preparedness Program
A State as large as California has complex requirements for healthcare preparedness. CONSTANT was engaged to successfully execute a multi-year effort to support the State of California in managing its annual statewide medical and health disaster exercise. The effort spanned multiple trainings, website design, video production, technical assistance, and outreach. CONSTANT brought fresh ideas on managing the complex threat landscape of California, broadening connections with healthcare partners, and evolving resilience capabilities to meet the challenges ahead.
Medical Surge Readiness Program
Healthcare facilities must be ready to surge to meet the needs following a disaster. Working with two regional hospitals in Los Angeles, CONSTANT developed the “15 ‘til 50” Mass Casualty Incident Toolkit that outlines how to prepare for a surge of 50 patients with only 15 minutes' notice. This award-winning toolkit was designed for healthcare emergency managers. It included a PowerPoint deck, checklists, plan templates, videos, talking points, supply lists, and more. This program was recognized by the California Emergency Services Association (CESA) for its innovation and relevance in helping to prepare healthcare emergency managers for MCIs.
CBRNE Readiness for Healthcare
CONSTANT is currently assessing local decontamination plans and jurisdictional CBRNE response capabilities for the Bay Area, California. This includes the design and conduct of a virtual workshop series to understand local government and partner agency operational capabilities, the development of a regional healthcare and hospital response Concept of Operations, and the creation of a purchasing plan to acquire identified necessary CBRNE equipment.
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Award-Winning Health Security Projects
We have produced reputable Health Security work since the inception of our company. Sample Health Security projects span public health disaster response training and medical countermeasures summits for the U.S. Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and COVID-19 After Action Reports for over 20 state and local governments, including the States of Washington and California.
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Public Health Disaster Response Training
ASPR leads the nation’s medical and public health preparedness for, response to, and recovery from public health emergencies. In support of this mission, CONSTANT was engaged to develop training to strengthen ASPR and its partners’ abilities to manage public health emergencies and execute disaster response and recovery missions. Our work resulted in a suite of interactive training using cutting-edge adult learning methods that was informed by first-hand accounts of disaster deployments. The training covered coordination concepts and emerging policies.
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Medical Countermeasures Summits
The impacts of disaster can call for vast and sweeping MCMs – from treatment medications to personal protective equipment. Getting MCMs into the hands of the people who need them involves a complex web of process, technology, security, and supply chain considerations. CONSTANT was selected to support the ASPR with an engagement effort designed to architect strategies for improved resilience at all levels for medical countermeasure distribution. The resulting summits brought together experts from across sectors to identify transformative actions to strengthen MCMs nationwide.
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COVID-19 After Action Report
The first case of COVID-19 to be identified on U.S. soil was in the State of Washington. This was a catalyst for unprecedented response actions that spanned all levels of government and unsurpassed coordination with industry. CONSTANT was engaged to craft the After Action Report for Washington, designed to capture key decisions, cascading events, and learnings. The outcome was an actionable report prepared with a tech-forward, people-focused approach born from heavy data analytics, meaningful conversations with the community, and a lens for equity.