Author Archives: Benjamin Eovaldi & Steve Edstrom

About Benjamin Eovaldi & Steve Edstrom

Stephen Edstrom is a board certified family physician and lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force. He is currently completing his second residency in psychiatry at Wright State University.

Vaccine Points-of-Dispensing Medical Exercise

In military medicine, exercises, such as a mass vaccination points-of-dispensing (POD) scenario, test preparedness capacity, and drill for potential real-world public health emergency scenarios. Exercises are designed to challenge medical teams to work under pressure and problem solve according to conditions presented in the exercise scenario. A benefit of medical exercises in the military is… Read More »