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Shakopee Mdewakanton Mobile Health/Incident Command Unit to Provide Local/Regional Services
The SMSC Mobile Unit is a mobile medical clinic and a mobile incident command center which can be used to handle emergency situations.
This summer and early fall the Mobile Unit will be busy providing services to Minnesota residents. In addition to the ongoing collaboration with the Scott County Public Health Department, the Mobile Unit will travel to northern Minnesota tribal communities and provide services in the Twin Cities as well. The Mobile Unit is a combined project of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community's Health Department and Mdewakanton Emergency Services.
The SMSC Mobile Unit is both a mobile medical clinic, which provides health screening, mammograms, prevention and education, treatment services, and a mobile incident command center which can be used to handle emergency situations like search and rescue, lost children, Incident Command support, and Medical Support for events.
Last year 1,057 mammograms were performed aboard the SMSC Mobile Unit. A total of 3,550 mammograms have been performed aboard the Mobile Unit since operations began in 2007 through the end of 2011. In addition, 119 well child/lead health screenings, dental services for 537 patients, 240 vision exams, and diabetes management clinics for 107 patients have been held.
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The Mobile Unit also provides services to SMSC Community members, Native Americans who live in Scott County, and employees during monthly health screening events.
Below is the Summer/Early Fall 2012 Mobile Unit Schedule*:
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Scott County Public Health Deployments:
2-5 p.m.
July 13,
August 9, Savage Public Library
August 23, Shakopee Russian Church
September 6, Jordan Fair Grounds
Tribal and Other Deployments
June 19-20, Fond du Lac Reservation, Mammography
June 26, Shakopee Women’s Prison, Mammography
June 28-29, Santee Sioux Tribe, Nebraska, Dental Deployment
July 11, Native American Community Clinic, Minneapolis, Mammography
July 13, Relay for Life, , Incident Command**
July 13-14, Lakefront Music Fest, Prior Lake, Incident Command**
July 19, Indian Health Board, Minneapolis, Mammography
July 24, SAGE Clinic, Minneapolis, Mammography, Tentative
July 26, United Family Medical, St. Paul, Mammography
July 30, Leech Lake Reservation, Mammography, Tentative
August 7-8, CARE Clinic, Duluth, Mammography
August 17-19, SMSC Annual Wacipi, Prior Lake, Incident Command
August 28-29, Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Mammography, Tentative
September 10-12, Leech Lake Reservation, Cass Lake, Dental Deployment
September 24-28, Grand Portage, Dental, Vision, Diabetes
October 2, Indian Health Board, Minneapolis, Mammography
Anyone wishing to schedule an appointment for a mammogram or dental visit can contact the deployment site or tribal health clinic directly. To schedule a visit from the Mobile Unit for health services, call Mobile Unit Coordinator Christine Michael at 952-233-2964. To schedule incident command use of the Mobile Unit, go to http://www.mdfire.org/smsc-mobile-event-request-form.
*Schedule subject to change
**A second similar vehicle, denoted as Mobile 2, will be used for one of these deployments
Check out the Star Tribune story about the mobile unit here.
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