31: CBRN for Dummies COL Melissa Givens

We recorded this live from the Joint Special Operations Medical Training Center where Guest Lecturer COL Givens, shares the CBRNe knowledge she has learned working (among many other positions) as a Clinical Toxicologist around the world including as the SOCAFRICA Command Surgeon where she personally helped prepare members of 10th SFG(A) to deal with some of the most venomous snakes in the world. COL Melissa (Missy) Givens MD, MPH is a graduate of the United States Military Academy and USUHS alumni. She is board certified in Emergency Medicine with subspecialty training in Clinical Toxicology and Sports Medicine and certification as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist. She is the former program director for the Carl R. Darnall Emergency Medicine Residency and EM-PA Fellowship. She has held various academic and operational assignments and completed several combat tours and deployments with both conventional and Special Operations Forces. COL Givens is currently faculty in the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine at USUHS.