{"id":13270,"date":"2023-05-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=13270"},"modified":"2023-06-02T06:49:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T06:49:16","slug":"national-guard-provides-medical-care-to-idaho-nevada-tribes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=13270","title":{"rendered":"National Guard Provides Medical Care to Idaho, Nevada Tribes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Approximately 100 Ctizen-Soldiers and -Airmen from the Arizona, Idaho, Minnesota and Nevada National Guard cared for two Native American Tribes in Idaho and Nevada May 11-26 as part of Operation Nimiipuu Health, a Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training program. Guard members provided medical, dental and optometry services to the Nez Perce Tribe and surrounding community of Lapwai, Idaho, and similar care, in addition to behavioral health services, to members of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes and surrounding community of Duck Valley, Nevada. (U.S. National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Becky Vanshur)
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LAPWAI, Idaho – Arizona, Idaho, Minnesota and Nevada National Guard members provided medical, dental and eye care for Native American Tribes in Idaho and Nevada as part of Operation Nimiipuu Health in May.<\/p>\n

Approximately 100 National Guard Citizen-Soldiers and Citizen-Airmen cared for the Nez Perce Tribe and the surrounding community of Lapwai May 16-18, and similar care, in addition to behavioral health services, to members of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes and Duck Valley, Nevada, community May 22-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were able to provide supplemental health services to the tribes that help the tribal health facilities, which is extremely significant since COVID-19 created a backlog of health services in these communities,\u201d said Lt. Col. Tina Williams, Idaho National Guard Medical Detachment chief case manager. \u201cFor every patient we can see, we free up the local clinics to see that many more patients.\u201d<\/p>\n

Operation Nimiipuu Health is an office of Secretary of Defense Reserve Affairs-sponsored, Army National Guard-led, multi-service training event.<\/p>\n

Throughout the operation, Soldiers and Airmen performed more than 3,700 procedures for almost 800 patients at the two locations.<\/p>\n

Guardsmen cared for more than 550 people from Lapwai, Kamiah and Kooskia while building relationships with tribal leaders, community elders and members of the Nimiipuu tribe.<\/p>\n

At Duck Valley, Guardsmen detected a tumor on a young patient, assisted a man in the early stages of a heart attack, and provided care to a woman who was at risk of going blind had her detached retina gone undetected much longer. Soldiers and Airmen also provided educational classes to students and participated in cultural events honoring the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes.<\/p>\n

The mission was part of the Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training program, which provides military members with hands-on, real-world training to improve readiness while offering key services to American communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe skills that I\u2019m reinforcing here at the IRT is patient interactions, making them comfortable, and working with them to provide them the care that they need,\u201d said Senior Airman Gianna Gabrielli, a dental technician assigned to the Minnesota Air National Guard\u2019s 133 Airlift Wing.<\/p>\n

The collaborative program leverages military contributions and community resources to benefit community members while building partnerships between the National Guard and local communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve seen patients come in here who don\u2019t normally come to our clinic because they may be worried about being seen by someone they know in the local community,\u201d said Crystal Kelly, Owyhee Community Health Facility tribal health administrative assistant. \u201cIt\u2019s been great to be able to collaborate with the National Guard on these programs. It really increases the opportunity for the tribal community to get free medical care and build relationships with the National Guard members while they are here.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Idaho National Guard conducts several IRT projects with multiple tribes a year and was activated to assist the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis IRT event addresses all three of my imperatives for the Idaho National Guard,\u201d said Maj. Gen. Michael Garshak, adjutant general of Idaho. \u201cIt sharpens our combat medical treatment skills, responds to the disparate health conditions which exist in these communities, and continues to build on our strong relationships with the Native American tribes throughout Idaho.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Approximately 100 Ctizen-Soldiers and -Airmen from the Arizona, Idaho, Minnesota and Nevada National Guard cared for two Native American Tribes in Idaho and Nevada May 11-26 as part of Operation Nimiipuu Health, a Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training program. Guard members provided medical, dental and optometry services to the Nez Perce Tribe and surrounding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13272,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13270"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13273,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13270\/revisions\/13273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}