The Certified Ophthalmic Medical Technologist (COMT) certification designation recognizes those individuals who have progressed through the COA and COT levels or are training program graduates as accomplished eye care professionals.
The DSCA mission includes the broader scope of support that the DOD provides to states upon request, to include support to hurricane, wildland fire, earthquakes, and other natural disasters, through the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act). (21) The Stafford Act is the primary statutory authority for both the DOD DSCA mission and the JTF-CS CBRNE consequence management mission. (22) In accordance with the principles of federalism embodied in the Stafford Act, DOD supports civil authorities during consequence management operations at the direction of the Secretary of Defense to support the lead federal agency (LFA).
The Stafford Hospital scandal concerns poor care and high mortality rates amongst patients at the Stafford Hospital, Stafford, England, in the late 2000s. The hospital was run by the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, and supervised by the West Midlands Strategic Health Authority.It has been renamed County Hospital.he scandal came to national attention because of an investigation by the Healthcare Commission in 2008 into the operation of Stafford Hospital in Stafford, England.