Long Term Disruption After Disaster | Carla Orner | TEDxYouth@FranklinSchoolOfInnovation

The real impact from disasters is not the immediate physical danger we all think about. It is the long term disruption of people's lives in every facet their existence. Carla has more than 35 years experience working and managing CLIA highly complex hospital laboratories. In 2006 Carla started volunteering for Heart to Heart International and was hired in 2010. HHI is a non-profit focused on improving access to health in the U.S. and around the world. Her first project was to develop a laboratory that could be used in disaster response. The model of that disaster lab is still being used today when HHI responds to disaster.

Carla developed test menus appropriate for rural Guatemala and Haiti, wrote and delivered training, developed standardized operation procedures and opened clinic laboratories in both countries. In addition Carla has developed a test menu appropriate for mobile remote clinics in developing countries. HHI developed laboratory training that has been delivered in Papua New Guinea, Cameroon and Haiti.

Working with Safety net clinics in the US Carla developed test menus and protocols. Currently HHI has installed 36 laboratories in clinics serving the uninsured in the US. As part of her responsibilities Carla has responded to various disasters from the EF 5 tornado in Greensburg, Kansas to Category 5 super typhoon Hayian in the Philippines. She has seen the short-term devastating results of disaster and the long-term disruption to people’s lives.

Carla has served as a private consultant for outreach laboratories in the United States. Carla is a regular speaker at international Laboratory professional meetings. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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