[seaventures] Invitation: Walter Reed Try-Scuba Event @ Fri Jan 8, 2010 (seaventures@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
- From: Al Gordon <aljr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "seaventures@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <seaventures@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:13:55 +0000
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DESCRIPTION:Sea Ventures is sponsoring another Scuba event with the Life Sk
ills Transition group at Walter Reed. If you are available and interest
ed in helping out with a pretty cool event please let Ron know. We can
squeeze by with with four people\, ideally we really need 5-6. In additio
n to 3-4 divecon/instrs in the pool\, we need 1-2 people on deck to keep th
ings running\, serve food\, help setup\, etc.\n\nFor those who weren't part
of the original event last June\, this event is being conducted in conjunc
tion with the Life Skills Transition out-patient program run by Ward-53 at
Walter Reed. In this program\, Soldiers participate in various "Field Trai
ning Exercises" where the are exposed to environments where they must navig
ate new situations or circumstances. These might be either socially\, men
tally or physically challenging in some way. These experiences provide ma
terial which is used in subsequent individual or group therapy sessions and
is an important tool for transitioning folks back to their units or to a p
ost military life. This is one of several new programs that Walter Reed
is using to work with PTSD patients. The program was well received in Ju
ne when we did this the first time\, and the Walter Reed staff is excited a
bout doing another introductory Scuba event as part of this program. All
of the patients we saw last time have now transitioned out of the unit\, an
d a whole new batch of folks has arrived.\n\nThose of you who helped out la
st time\, remember a lot of concern on the part of Walter Reed staff on how
to provide us the information/access we needed (waivers\, medical paperwor
k\, patient access\, etc.)\, without exposing the staff at Walter Reed to s
ome sort of potential HIPAA litigation. They asked us not to photograph\,
not to advertise or telegraph the event in any public way and to limit par
ticipation to immediate Sea Ventures staff. In final analysis\, we neve
r actually involved the Walter Reed staff in any collection of personal inf
o. I personally provided the legal forms to the patients who\, as a prere
quisite to their participation provided forms themselves\, back to us at Se
a Ventures. We intentionally kept the Walter Reed staff out of this loop
. The concern was/is that a patient might have grounds to bring a HIPPA l
aw suit at some future date against the Medical Center or staff individuall
y. So this is a fine line the staff is walking.\n\nWe will follow a simil
ar approach this time. Any personal information will be provided by the
patients themselves directly to Sea Ventures. We will not be posting this
event on the website or broadcasting it in any way. There will not be an
y photography unless specifically requested by one of the soldiers. Howeve
r\, this time I'll leave the definition of "Sea Ventures Staff" up to Ron.
If someone's spouse wants to help with food and Ron's okay with it\, they
are welcome. I've already informed the WRAMC folks of this change and the
y've agreed to it. However\, out of respect for the patients\, remember
that this is privileged access and limit your conversations to Sea Ventures
staff or immediate family members.\n\nSo that's the story. We need a min
imum of 4\, and ideally 5-6 folks to make this work. If there isn't enou
gh support\, we'll punt until June. If you have any questions\, shoot Ro
n or me an email. Or chat with one of the guys who made this a huge succe
ss last time - Bill\, Bud\, Craig Sr. or Tim.\n\nv/r\nAl Gordon \n703-587-
5468\nView your event at http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&e
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