Preventive Care
The Chief, Preventive Medicine is a board certified Preventive Medicine Physician. The chief directs a department with ten sections staffed by over 71 employees comprising both military and civilian. The DPM serves the same functions on an Army post as a county health department would serve in the civilian sector with the addition of occupational health services and deployment/field preventive medicine.
2021 FLW Community Health Assessment Summary
Occupational Health (OH)
- Fit Testing
- Worker’s Compensation
- Employment and DOT Physicals
- Return To Duty Evaluations & Work Restrictions
- Worker’s Compensation Evaluations and Work-Site Safety Inspections
Industrial Hygiene (IH)
- Indoor Air Quality Sampling and Ventilation Testing
- Work-Site Evaluations (Engineered &Administrative Controls)
- Mold and Asbestos Assessment and Abatement
- Lead Exposure Surveys and Consultation
- Employee Exposure Monitoring (Noise, Radiation, Chemicals, etc.)
Public Health Nursing (PHN)
- Communicable Disease Surveillance and Treatment (Tuberculosis, Sexual Health/Responsibility Clinic, HIV, Hepatitis, Meningitis, etc.)
- Environmental Injury Prevention and Education (Heat and Cold Injuries)
- Rabies Prevention and Education
- Travel Medicine Clinic
Environmental Health (EH)
- Water Surveillance
- Online Food Handlers Course
- Sanitation Inspections of Community Facilities (Gyms, Pools, Daycares, Beauty & Barber Shops, etc.)
- Insect Surveillance and Management
- Field Sanitation Training
Health Physics
- Radiation Exposure Assessment
- Radiation Exposure Monitoring
Army Hearing Program
- Annual Hearing Screenings
- Hearing Protection Fittings (Earplugs) and Hearing Aids
- Tactical Communications Systems
- Hearing Conservation Officer Training