Flu vaccinations at NHP... Flu vaccines are available at Naval Hospital Pensacola’s (NHP) Medical Home Port Team Clinics or NHP Immunizations Clinic for all TRICARE beneficiaries. Beneficiaries enrolled to a Medical Home Port Team can visit their team without an appointment to get one. All other TRICARE beneficiaries can visit the hospital’s immunizations clinic Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information, call 505-6257.
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October 17, 2014
Facts about the Ebola virus Provided by the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a viral hemorrhagic fever, a type of infection that can cause severe bleeding. It is a serious disease in humans with mortality exceeding 50 percent in those who become ill. Countries in West Africa are currently experiencing an EVD outbreak leading The World Health Organization (WHO) to declare it a public health emergency of international concern Aug. 8. While the EVD outbreak does not pose a direct threat to U.S. forces, this information is being released to inform with situational awareness and provide precautions when traveling to areas at risk. How do you become infected? The virus is spread by direct contact with, • A sick person’s blood or body fluids (urine, saliva, feces, vomit, and sweat). • Objects (such as needles) that have been contaminated with infectious body fluids. • Infected animals. Healthcare workers and the family and friends in close contact with Ebola patients are at the highest risk of getting
sick because they may come in contact with infected blood or body fluids. Unlike the influenza virus, EVD is not spread through the air. EVD is not spread by food or water but can be spread by consumption of “bush-meat” (eating raw/uncooked wild animal meat, especially monkey meat). What is my risk of becoming infected? The risk to Navy personnel and their families is very low. Direct contact with a sick person’s body fluids or objects contaminated with infectious body fluids is the only way to become infected. Those at highest risk include healthcare workers and family and friends of patients with EVD. What are the symptoms? • Fever (greater than 101.5). • Severe headache. • Muscle pain. • Weakness. • Diarrhea. • Vomiting. • Stomach pain. • Lack of appetite. Symptoms may appear anywhere
NAS Pensacolaʼs new emergency operations center (EOC) put to the test ... An active-shooter scenario onboard NAS Pensacola was the focus of a Navy Region Southeast (NRSE) Regional Operation Assessment and Assistance Program (ROAAP) exercise Oct. 9. As observers from NRSE looked on, NASP civilian and military officials coordinated a multi-agency response to the scenario: a gunman holed up at NASP Portside complex. It was the first time the newly constructed basement-level EOC in the Richardson Building has been put to use. Photo by Mike O’Connor
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Sick, injured sea turtles rescued in NASP waters By Ryan Klausch Student Conservation Association Intern/Navy Conservation Associate
On Oct. 10, Navy Natural Resources Manager Mark Gibson and Student Conservation Association intern Ryan Klausch were surprised to learn that a juvenile green sea turtle had been reported near the U.S. Coast Guard Station Pensacola. The turtle had been spotted in the boat basin for a few days by Coast Guard personnel and they
Ryan Klausch with rescued sea turtle Oct. 10.
reported that it looked sluggish, was having difficulty diving and
seemed to have sunken eyes. With the assistance of Seaman Aaron Black and Fireman Stephen Crisco, the sea turtle was caught and assessed for visible injuries and symptoms of disease. It had two minor scratches on the bottom of its shell, also known as the plastron, but no other obvious injuries were found. Many sea turtles are affected by a disease known as floating syndrome. The turtles accidentally ingest marine refuse such as fishing lines and plastics, and it causes an accumulation of gas in
the turtles’ guts. The excess air prevents the turtles from being able to dive and reach their food source. A few years ago, a loggerhead sea turtle rescued near Okaloosa Island suffered from this disease. It was reported to have more than $200 worth of fishing lures, lines and leaders cut off from its body, and it was found to have swallowed more than 10 feet of rope. Without the assistance of sea turtle rehabilitators, this turtle would have most certainly died. At 3 p.m. Oct. 10, Gibson and
Klausch decided that the small sea turtle at the Coast Guard Station needed some medical attention. Soon after, another green sea turtle was spotted in the boat basin. Although slightly larger, it displayed the same symptoms as the first turtle. After consulting with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the National Park Service, Klausch volunteered to transport the two green sea turtles to the Gulfarium
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Museum’s IMAX theater adds D-Day film By Janet Thomas Gosport Staff Writer
NETC chief yeoman commissioned as limited duty officer ... The former flag writer for the Naval Education and Training Command (NETC), YNC (SS) Matt Dooley, was commissioned as a limited duty officer (LDO) Oct. 3 at the National Naval Aviation Museum onboard NAS Pensacola. Dooley served as flag writer for Rear Adm. Don Quinn and in the command’s administration office as a special assistant. He arrived at NETC in February 2013 and is currently heading to the USS Nimitz (CVN 68), where he will report as the educational services officer. His wife, Kelly, holds a Bible as the oath is delivered by retired Air Force Maj. Peter Inglis. Photo by Joy Samsel
A new IMAX film has joined the lineup at the National Naval Aviation Museum. And “D-Day: Normandy 1944” has the right stuff for history loving audiences. The film has been attracting a steady stream of viewers since it opened Oct. 1, according to a manager with the IMAX Naval Aviation Memorial Theatre, The 43-minute documentary offers a new perspective on the battle by spelling out why and how, from the end of 1943 until August 1944, Normandy,
France, became the most important location in the world. Released in March 2014, 70 years after the historic June 4, 1944, landing,
the film is dedicated to the millions of men and women, Soldiers and civilians, who gave their lives in
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Computer generated graphics and animated maps add to the realism of “D-Day: Normandy 1944.”
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