company updates from
8-koi
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summer '18
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Happy Summer!
We're settling into the warmer months and it seems like the long days just aren't going to be long enough. Everyone here at headquarters is keeping quite busy, and we're pleased to have the help of Boston College student Annalei Davis as our intern for a couple of months. Our team continues to grow as we take on new projects with expanded capabilities in
healthcare,
training, and
construction, and our 'big fish' Les Daniels has plenty of travel requests to meet with folks at industry events and conferences across the region.
I'm personally looking forward to August when we can officially celebrate
10 years of being in business and recognize our team, our customers, our vendors, and our community supporters and friends. It is only with you all that we've been able to grow and deliver even more exceptional services as an 8(a) Economically-Disadvantaged Woman-Owned Small Business.
View our current capabilities to see what we offer.
I hope you find this issue of
8-koi
kurrents valuable to learn more about our industry and the work we do as a small business alongside our commercial teammates and government customers. Feel free to pass this along to a friend, and
send us
your feedback at any time.
I'm happy to talk with you about how we can help you meet your personal and professional goals now, and in the months to come.
In partnership,
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Inga I. Young
Founder and President
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Coastal communities are using simulation training to better prepare for hurricane season.
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As a result, participants will be better able to determine and mobilize resource needs; prepare shelters for use and operate them within budget; select appropriate and alternative structures; and establish and maintain effective channels of communication with relevant agencies and support groups,
" according to the United States Agency for International Development’s Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA).
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MEET THE TEAM :: Joe Ogershok
Training Site Director
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Joe Ogershok joined 8-koi in 2014 as our first ever employee working on government contract. Over the course, Joe has expertly trained soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, US Public Health Service personnel and Department of Defense civilians, including Commanding Generals and White House personnel, throughout the National Capitol Region. From January 2017 to March 2018 alone, Joe passed 875 trained personnel through his critical skills courses with 100% completion rate.
Joining the military at 17 years of age, Joe was called upon to save a countless number of lives as a Special Forces Medic. After leaving the Army, Joe retired from State Correctional Institution (SCI) Huntingdon, Pennsylvania where he worked with and met his bride-to-be. In 2005, he went to Iraq for five years to work as a medical provider for a security company.
Joe now serves as the Training Site Director of the Basic Life Support (BLS) and ACLS Military Training Network program at Fort Detrick, Maryland where he also leads the Combat Medic Sustainment program. He conducts the Combat Lifesaver program there and can provide Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), and Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) through civilian affiliations.
Not only saving lives on the clock, Joe currently volunteers as an EMT with Walkersville Volunteer Rescue Company where he's been recognized as a top ten responder for the last three years. He's also lent his expertise in Terrorism Response and Disaster Management as a reviewer for the text
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and Jones & Bartlett Learning, Advanced Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, 3rd edition.
Joe was recently recognized by the Surgical Director of Simulation at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences for his support of the recent Advanced Trauma Life Support courses conducted at the military's medical school in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Don't worry if you didn't receive past issues of
8-koi
kurrents
. You can read them here!
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8-koi was proud to sponsor the
Central Florida Marine Corps Foundation
monthly social on April 20th with Inga Young, Les Daniels, and Darlene Parker in Orlando enjoying hot wings alongside Marines and community supporters.
The Central Florida Marine Corps Foundation (CFMCF) serves the Central Florida Marine Corps Community by helping to preserve our traditions, providing a legacy for the next generation of heroes, and offering every Marine and Marine family a voice in our future. As an active and supportive member of the local community, the CFMCF provides scholarships to deserving undergraduate students. Membership is at least 75% war veterans, and is open to present or former members of the United States Armed Forces, cadets (including ROTC students and students at Armed Forces Universities), and spouses, widows, or widowers of qualifying members.
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TeamSTEPPS was developed by the Department of Defense (DoD) Patient Safety Program. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provides a Learning Management System (LMS) to healthcare professionals and staff to take the TeamSTEPPS courses online. It also provides opportunities for students to work at their own pace to obtain a TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer certificate. See the
video
below.
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Full-spectrum contracting solutions with a human touch
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Keep an eye out for our 'big fish' Les Daniels, Director of Business Development, at upcoming industry events, and
contact us for more info.
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August 14
August 23
September 7
October 23
November 26-30
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8-koi proudly supports NAS JAX Hospital
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8-koi is improving technology infrastructure with the replacement of the nurse call system, public address system, and the central clock system in the hospital and attached outpatient clinic, in addition to the required alterations to the existing telephone system. The original construction placed open telephone wiring and termination blocks in electrical rooms. This project will remove existing telephone wiring and terminations in these areas and restore service from new communications rooms or existing data rooms. Along with the electrical work, there is also selected mechanical and primary power electrical upgrades to upgrade service to the primary power electrical distribution. Architectural upgrades include the movement and addition of walls to ensure code compliance for panel installation.
View the photos!
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