Coast Guard Participation and Affiliation with the Department of Defense (DOD)

PROGRAM

PURPOSE. This Instruction announces the Coast Guard's participation and affiliation with

the DOD, USUHS, MTN Program for resuscitative training.

ACTION. Area and district commanders, commanders of maintenance and logistics

commands, commanding officers of headquarters units, assistant commandants for

directorates, Chief Counsel, and special staff offices at Headquarters are encouraged to

support resuscitative training, (i.e., Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support

(ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)) for health services personnel and

provide logistic support when BLS resuscitative training classes are required for regular and

reserve Coast Guard members at units within their area of responsibility.

DIRECTIVES AFFECTED. None.

BACKGROUND. The MTN was established in 1982 by the DOD Health Council. The

MTN provides training, registration, coordination, and centralized record keeping for

resuscitative medicine programs.

DISCUSSION. On 6 May 1999, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the

DOD, USUHS, MTN, and the Coast Guard, Directorate of Health and Safety was signed to

include the Coast Guard as a participant in the MTN as an affiliate.

This program, administered through the MTN, will provide the Coast Guard:

(1)

A single administrative structure for conducting resuscitative medicine training

programs;

(2)

American Heart Association sanctioned training program with universal

reciprocity and recognition credentials;