Hawaii National Guard Airmen assist in distribution of key medical supplies during COVID-19 response

Staff Sgt. Joey Paulino (left) and Master Sgt. Cicernesto Zausa (right), Medical logistics Airmen with Hawaii Air National Guard, Medical Detachment 1, witness the operational check of a ventilator at the Hawaii Healthcare Emergency Management Coalition in preparation for the piece of vital equipment to be distributed to a requesting Hawaii medical facility, March 25, 2020, Honolulu Hawaii. Medical logistics Airmen with Hawaii Air National Guard, Medical Detachment 1 have been assigned to Hawaii Healthcare Emergency Management Coalition to assist in the management of inventory key medical supplies for the response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Hawaii Healthcare Emergency Management Coalition is a statewide federally qualified all hazards comprehensive emergency management healthcare coalition program whose mission is to sustain and maintain essential and critical healthcare system services statewide during and after a major emergency or disaster through strong coordination, collaboration and leveraging all of the statewide healthcare resources and information sharing.