WEBVTT 05:56.640 --> 05:59.340 ready . All right , serve you 06:00.440 --> 06:04.380 spell it . Great . Major . 06:04.380 --> 06:08.140 Jared Goddard J A r r E T G O 06:08.140 --> 06:11.850 D D a r d I am the operations officer 06:11.850 --> 06:14.280 for the 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron . 06:15.040 --> 06:18.450 Look at me . So , what did you do ? Yes . 06:18.450 --> 06:20.890 So today , our primary mission was to 06:21.500 --> 06:24.950 layout and build 06:24.960 --> 06:27.770 construct a , uh , the acute care 06:27.770 --> 06:30.110 facility here at the Louisville 06:30.110 --> 06:33.960 Convention Center . Alternate 06:33.960 --> 06:37.960 care facility . Okay , Yes . So today 06:37.960 --> 06:40.460 we were responsible for laying out and 06:40.470 --> 06:42.420 beginning the construction of the 06:42.430 --> 06:44.652 alternate care facility at the Kentucky 06:44.652 --> 06:47.790 Expeditious Center . The purpose of the 06:47.790 --> 06:50.450 facility is to accommodate have 06:50.450 --> 06:54.000 hospital bed accommodation for any 06:54.570 --> 06:56.920 patients that might be overflow from 06:56.920 --> 06:59.190 the local hospitals . Do to Kobe 19 06:59.270 --> 07:02.790 pandemic . The capacity . 07:04.610 --> 07:06.900 The capacity of this facility will 07:06.900 --> 07:10.110 initially be 288 beds , with the option 07:10.110 --> 07:13.240 for us to expand up to 2000 beds . And 07:13.240 --> 07:15.407 when did you start work on this ? Ah , 07:15.407 --> 07:17.684 work began actually , about a week ago . 07:17.684 --> 07:19.851 The design phase in a partnership with 07:19.851 --> 07:23.570 you . This 07:23.570 --> 07:25.680 project began about a week ago . The 07:25.680 --> 07:28.180 design phase of it in collaboration 07:28.180 --> 07:30.640 with multiple entities U S Army Corps 07:30.640 --> 07:32.529 of Engineers , Kentucky emerged . 07:32.529 --> 07:34.807 Management Department of Public Health . 07:34.807 --> 07:37.029 Way began the designing and planning of 07:37.029 --> 07:39.251 this , culminating into today where the 07:39.251 --> 07:43.250 construction began this morning . We 07:43.250 --> 07:45.361 started the construction phase around 07:45.361 --> 07:47.950 seven and progressing through this 07:47.950 --> 07:51.910 afternoon . Excuse me . We started 07:51.910 --> 07:53.632 the construction phase of this 07:53.632 --> 07:55.966 beginning at seven o'clock this morning , 07:55.966 --> 07:58.021 culminating through this afternoon , 07:58.021 --> 08:00.243 probably around five o'clock . How many 08:00.243 --> 08:02.077 folks have been assisting in the 08:02.077 --> 08:04.021 building ? So far , the assistance 08:04.021 --> 08:06.940 force here has been 36 Airman from the 08:06.950 --> 08:09.770 from the 1 23rd along with two of our 08:09.780 --> 08:12.380 army engineer counterparts with the 66 08:12.380 --> 08:16.000 13 . And the 6 13 is what kind of unit ? 08:20.040 --> 08:22.318 Kentucky Army National Guard is . Okay . 08:22.318 --> 08:25.230 Shirt . Okay , because numbers don't 08:25.230 --> 08:27.480 mean sure , sure . So from the top , 08:30.520 --> 08:33.510 the Bill of today were 36 members of 08:33.510 --> 08:35.621 the Kentucky Air National Guard , the 08:35.621 --> 08:37.954 Civil Engineer Squadron and a CZ . Well , 08:37.954 --> 08:39.954 as two members of the Army National 08:39.954 --> 08:43.060 Guard , they're both engineers . Next 08:43.060 --> 08:45.460 steps are receiving a little bit more 08:45.750 --> 08:48.510 of the building materials mattresses as 08:48.510 --> 08:51.440 well as electrical runs and partitions . 08:51.440 --> 08:53.607 Walls for the actual facility itself . 08:53.607 --> 08:55.718 Do you know what the plan is for when 08:55.718 --> 08:57.718 this will be operational ? Uh , the 08:57.718 --> 08:59.496 governor has mandated that this 08:59.496 --> 09:01.718 facility be operational for the 1st 250 09:01.718 --> 09:04.290 patients by 15 April . How'd it go 09:04.290 --> 09:06.570 today ? Today we're well ahead of 09:06.570 --> 09:09.350 schedule . Way we've actually caught up 09:09.360 --> 09:11.471 to our logistics piece materials , so 09:11.530 --> 09:13.697 assumes more materials come in . We'll 09:13.697 --> 09:15.530 start . We'll start putting them 09:15.530 --> 09:17.863 together and continue our build process . 09:18.140 --> 09:21.040 It's we're all Kentucky Guardsmen . We 09:21.040 --> 09:23.040 live in the Commonwealth . So being 09:23.040 --> 09:25.130 able to assist and help in a state 09:25.130 --> 09:27.352 mission and help our fellow citizens is 09:27.352 --> 09:29.519 pretty rewarding thing for all of us . 09:31.440 --> 09:32.996 No , No , sir . All right . 09:35.940 --> 09:38.162 Okay . If you would please tell me your 09:38.162 --> 09:41.820 name . Rank and title . Jessica 09:42.110 --> 09:45.950 Garrett . J E S s I c h 09:46.080 --> 09:49.550 g a r r e t t Lieutenant Colonel 09:50.050 --> 09:51.939 And I'm the 1 0/3 Kim , Battalion 09:51.939 --> 09:54.260 commander as well as the surf p a 09:54.260 --> 09:57.610 Kentucky Sir . P Commander . I'm the 09:57.610 --> 10:00.710 Surf P is ah , unit that is made up of 10:00.810 --> 10:03.660 air and Army . It's the Seabourn 10:03.670 --> 10:06.020 Expeditionary Response Force package . 10:06.430 --> 10:09.110 And our goal is to be able to respond 10:09.110 --> 10:10.943 to any event across the state of 10:11.140 --> 10:14.630 Kentucky when needed within three hours 10:14.630 --> 10:17.600 and then six hours main body . So that 10:17.600 --> 10:20.770 if there's a let's go back to our 10:20.770 --> 10:24.160 mission is to I did not . 10:25.070 --> 10:27.126 And then you corrected yourself . So 10:27.126 --> 10:30.830 wait . So what is the mission of 10:30.840 --> 10:34.100 surfing the Kentucky Surf ? P is ready 10:34.110 --> 10:37.390 to respond to any chemical , biological , 10:37.390 --> 10:40.470 radiological nuclear incident in the 10:40.470 --> 10:43.140 state , whether it's a threat or 10:43.300 --> 10:45.300 whether it's something like a train 10:45.300 --> 10:48.200 derailment . What's your mission here 10:48.200 --> 10:52.100 with this here , our goal is to be able 10:52.100 --> 10:55.420 to set up and provide care 10:55.710 --> 10:58.950 for those populations that may not have 10:58.950 --> 11:01.920 a place to go or or in a facility where 11:02.210 --> 11:04.840 they are no longer able to stay and 11:04.840 --> 11:06.673 provide them care throughout the 11:06.673 --> 11:10.100 duration of their What is it throughout 11:10.100 --> 11:12.760 the duration of their sickness ? 11:13.990 --> 11:14.550 Stay . 11:17.960 --> 11:20.190 Uh , how many beds do you have right 11:20.190 --> 11:21.740 now ? We have 250 . 11:24.420 --> 11:27.610 Shit . Yeah , well , there's 48 in each 11:27.610 --> 11:29.666 pot . I just keep it at 2 50 because 11:29.666 --> 11:31.780 that's all we can handle . Do we have 11:31.780 --> 11:35.700 to say to 88 ? I think we concert to 88 . 11:35.700 --> 11:38.650 I think we concerts to 33 50 . Okay . 11:40.560 --> 11:42.504 Uh , so , uh , what ? Can't hear ? 11:45.730 --> 11:47.897 No , no , no , no , no , no . So these 11:47.897 --> 11:50.008 are patients who come in who are able 11:50.008 --> 11:52.119 to walk . Um , they could if they had 11:52.119 --> 11:54.230 to do self care , meaning they can go 11:54.230 --> 11:56.286 to the bathroom . They can go to the 11:56.286 --> 11:58.508 shower there . Fairly self sufficient , 11:58.508 --> 12:00.452 however , because they are what we 12:00.452 --> 12:03.650 expect to be maybe elderly or , um , 12:04.410 --> 12:07.430 or a population that is not always able 12:07.430 --> 12:10.420 to care for themselves 100% . We 12:10.420 --> 12:12.031 provide that here for them , 12:16.540 --> 12:18.596 excited is an awful word . But we're 12:18.596 --> 12:20.820 proud . Proud to come in and help 12:20.820 --> 12:21.820 Kentucky ins . 12:26.460 --> 12:27.280 Yes , yes , 12:30.510 --> 12:32.810 The Kentucky serve p the one oth er , 12:32.810 --> 12:34.866 Kim Italian . We're proud to come in 12:34.866 --> 12:36.754 and help Kentucky ends in any way 12:36.754 --> 12:38.930 possible . So even if this isn't 12:38.930 --> 12:41.480 something that the med element , um , 12:41.630 --> 12:43.741 is used to but the rest of us are not 12:43.741 --> 12:45.852 used to were able to jump in and help 12:45.852 --> 12:47.810 all hands on deck in any capacity 12:47.810 --> 12:51.120 needed . Is that one of the things you 12:51.120 --> 12:55.010 enjoy ? Absolutely . 12:55.280 --> 12:57.730 If you talk to any guardsmen , air or 12:57.730 --> 13:00.580 army , they are 100% team Kentucky , 13:00.590 --> 13:02.646 and they want to be in the community 13:02.646 --> 13:04.701 helping . That's the whole reason we 13:04.701 --> 13:08.090 serve no 13:08.640 --> 13:10.650 good . I think that's it . 13:12.070 --> 13:16.030 Thanks . All right . Yeah . You 13:16.040 --> 13:19.350 come to take one , two , 13:19.840 --> 13:23.680 three , four , five six 13:24.220 --> 13:27.790 seven a I'm not 10 . 13:30.040 --> 13:31.040 Good . 13:36.830 --> 13:40.690 Kevin Howard K E v i N h o W a r d . 13:40.700 --> 13:44.550 Lieutenant Colonel , I am the 1 13:44.550 --> 13:46.880 23rd medical debt . One commander on 13:46.960 --> 13:49.182 that one is the medical element for the 13:49.182 --> 13:52.940 surf . Come on , folks . We have total 13:52.940 --> 13:56.000 about 54 . We have 34 here . 13:56.800 --> 13:59.100 Those were all conditions . No , it's 13:59.100 --> 14:02.420 made up of physicians , er , nurse 14:02.420 --> 14:04.476 practitioners , physician assistance 14:04.730 --> 14:08.580 and medics . I'm a medical doctor . 14:09.240 --> 14:11.630 So what's the mission ? Our mission 14:11.630 --> 14:13.408 here for debt one is rod direct 14:13.408 --> 14:15.500 clinical treatment of the patients . 14:15.500 --> 14:17.500 They're brought into the facility . 14:17.500 --> 14:19.722 These would be patients that are tested 14:19.722 --> 14:22.810 positive for Kobe 19 but are minimal 14:22.810 --> 14:24.630 care patients . Don't requiring 14:24.630 --> 14:26.852 innovation are requiring high levels of 14:26.852 --> 14:29.019 oxygen . And we would take care of the 14:29.019 --> 14:31.241 patients in the facility until they are 14:31.241 --> 14:33.810 coded the test . Kobe negative and are 14:33.810 --> 14:36.032 able to go back out . Discharged home . 14:40.360 --> 14:44.130 Yes . Yes . A typical say here would 14:44.140 --> 14:46.362 probably be anywhere from 3 to 5 days . 14:46.362 --> 14:48.510 Patients are required to bring seven 14:48.510 --> 14:50.399 days worth of medication into the 14:50.399 --> 14:52.510 facility . So , Max , from seven days 14:52.510 --> 14:54.454 what ? We plan on having them . Is 14:54.454 --> 14:56.732 there a need for this facility ? Right ? 14:56.732 --> 14:58.677 now ? Yeah , I think so . With the 14:58.677 --> 15:00.899 hospitals , especially ours , if we can 15:00.899 --> 15:02.899 take those patients that they don't 15:02.899 --> 15:04.843 need , they have beds for the more 15:04.843 --> 15:07.010 urgent patients , and we can take care 15:07.010 --> 15:09.288 of these patients here . It's that way . 15:09.288 --> 15:11.066 Our hospital's capabilities are 15:11.066 --> 15:13.177 available for other , more urgent . I 15:13.177 --> 15:15.343 see you tie patients . Patients need a 15:15.343 --> 15:14.530 higher level care than we could ride 15:14.530 --> 15:18.250 here . Tough conditions 15:19.240 --> 15:20.800 when they do this world . 15:23.700 --> 15:26.050 Absolutely . I'm a physician at the V A . 15:26.370 --> 15:28.314 From the Air Force side , I have a 15:28.314 --> 15:30.481 physician assistant who works in a gas 15:30.481 --> 15:32.680 terminology . I have a nurse 15:32.680 --> 15:34.847 practitioner who works for the federal 15:34.847 --> 15:37.069 corrections facility , and we also have 15:37.069 --> 15:39.180 a couple of physician assistance from 15:39.180 --> 15:41.124 the Army side , as well as another 15:41.124 --> 15:43.347 physician from the Army side . So these 15:43.347 --> 15:45.920 are for , you know , they're medical 15:45.920 --> 15:47.976 professionals at work in the medical 15:47.976 --> 15:50.087 officials , civilian side . Correct . 15:50.087 --> 15:51.550 No good people . 15:54.980 --> 15:57.091 Absolutely excellent provider is more 15:57.091 --> 15:59.147 than capable of handling this . This 15:59.147 --> 16:01.202 mission . Yes . Let's take that from 16:01.202 --> 16:03.536 the beginning with sense . Okay , folks , 16:03.536 --> 16:05.536 we have here Are excellent riders . 16:05.536 --> 16:08.420 Sort of like that . Okay . The staff 16:08.420 --> 16:10.698 that have here are excellent providers , 16:10.698 --> 16:12.920 excellent medical professionals and are 16:12.920 --> 16:14.809 more than capable of handling the 16:14.809 --> 16:16.976 mission of taking care of the patients 16:16.976 --> 16:18.650 in this facility . How do you 16:18.660 --> 16:22.330 personally feel about support ? I think 16:22.340 --> 16:25.090 it is our duty . It's an honor and a 16:25.100 --> 16:27.322 privilege to be able to help Kentucky . 16:27.322 --> 16:29.433 And that's one of the nice and unique 16:29.433 --> 16:31.544 things about the guard is that we are 16:31.544 --> 16:33.489 Kentucky and helping arts fellow . 16:33.489 --> 16:35.378 Kentucky is in the Commonwealth . 16:35.378 --> 16:37.489 That's a unique aspect of the guard . 16:37.489 --> 16:39.378 And I know everyone here from the 16:39.378 --> 16:41.489 bedside . It is more than happy to be 16:41.489 --> 16:41.350 here . Do we trained to do ? 16:48.340 --> 16:50.780 Thank you . Thank you . Appreciate it .