{"id":100489,"date":"2023-06-19T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=100489"},"modified":"2023-06-20T15:19:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T20:19:00","slug":"biopreparedness-exhibit-showcases-med-centers-expertise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/06\/19\/biopreparedness-exhibit-showcases-med-centers-expertise\/","title":{"rendered":"Biopreparedness exhibit showcases med center&#8217;s expertise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>As initial plans for UNMC\u2019s Wigton Heritage Center came together, the concept always envisioned an exhibit to highlight the med center\u2019s biopreparedness expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By early 2020, special collections and archives staff at the McGoogan Health Sciences Library were even ready to start working on an Ebola display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But as the emerging pathogen of COVID-19 started sweeping the globe, then-Dean Emily McElroy met with the staff to put the idea on hold: \u201cThis is a great initiative, but the biopreparedness team is about to be really busy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Years later, the concept for that display is becoming a reality \u2013 having been shaped by the trials of the COVID pandemic and a history that is as fresh as yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;Biopreparedness in Nebraska&#8221; exhibit officially opens for public viewing today (June 19) at the Wigton Heritage Center. In a museum-level display, the exhibit shows and tells visitors the story of how an academic medical center and its clinical partner in middle America became global leaders in biopreparedness and biosecurity response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It tells of UNMC and Nebraska Medicine offering extraordinary care for Ebola patients and providing steady guidance through the COVID pandemic. It recognizes the originator of the vision \u2013 Phil Smith, MD, the founding medical director of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit upon its establishment in 2005. And it highlights the personal stories of the providers on the unit\u2019s team who stepped forward to the most dangerous of health care\u2019s front lines.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BiopreparednessInNebraska3061923-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BiopreparednessInNebraska3061923-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BiopreparednessInNebraska3061923-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BiopreparednessInNebraska3061923-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BiopreparednessInNebraska3061923-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BiopreparednessInNebraska3061923-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BiopreparednessInNebraska3061923-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Darby Kurtz, assistant professor with the McGoogan Library, archivist and public historian, prepares a saliva test kit to go on display in the &#8220;Biopreparedness in Nebraska&#8221; exhibit at the Wigton Heritage Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Darby Kurtz, assistant professor with the McGoogan Library, archivist and public historian, said the exhibit will provide a wealth of information to people who visit the display cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat we&#8217;re providing is a great way to share their amazing work with the local community, as well as the international community, who may not be active in infectious disease and medicine,\u201d Kurtz said. \u201cIt\u2019s just really exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibit provides an array of artifacts, photos and informational panels to document the med center\u2019s biopreparedness history. On display are two different sets of Ebola personal protective equipment, including a powered&nbsp;air-purifying respirator, or PAPR, mask that could be pulled out of the exhibit if the need ever arose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also on display is one set of COVID PPE and two different COVID test kits. One kit is from early in the pandemic, sent out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that UNMC and Nebraska Medicine lab personnel found to be faulty. The other is a PCR saliva test developed by the UNMC Emerging Pathogens Laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It includes a resolution by the NU Board of Regents acknowledging the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit for its service during Ebola, a binder with nationally adopted protocols on biological and chemical agents disseminated by the med center and a remote stethoscope used for patients with highly infectious diseases, which minimizes the amount of direct contact for providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Different panels walk visitors through creation of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit; the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory; the Global Center for Health Security; the National Training, Simulation and Quarantine Center; the National Emerging Special Pathogen Training and Education Center; and the Center for Preparedness Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BiopreparednessInNebraska1061923-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BiopreparednessInNebraska1061923-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BiopreparednessInNebraska1061923-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BiopreparednessInNebraska1061923-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BiopreparednessInNebraska1061923-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BiopreparednessInNebraska1061923-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BiopreparednessInNebraska1061923.jpg 2040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kurtz prepares the display case along with Russell Lucas of Dimensional Innovations during installation of the &#8220;Biopreparedness in Nebraska&#8221; exhibit on Friday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kurtz said another focus is on the oral histories collected by library staff from 19 campus representatives and three family members to document events. Visitors can access the interviews through a digital display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s just so much information in these oral histories,\u201d Kurtz said. \u201cWe have a plethora of stories to tell.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those oral histories offer personal, in-depth insights into the people behind the 2014 care of Ebola patients in the unit and the early 2020 COVID care of Americans who had been working in Wuhan, China, and passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wigton.unmc.edu\/bioprep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See the McGoogan Health Sciences Library&#8217;s online exhibit of &#8220;Biopreparedness in Nebraska.&#8221;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shelly Schwedhelm, executive director of emergency management and biopreparedness at Nebraska Medicine, said 2014 was an emotional time. Schwedhelm said she as the nursing director and Dr. Smith as the medical director carried the burden and the worry about anyone on the team getting ill from Ebola.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the display, Schwedhelm said, people will see through words and visuals what the team was thinking during the episode, what they wore and how they behaved \u2013 \u201cwhich is to provide extraordinary patient care against all odds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schwedhelm said the display offers a way for people to take the journey with the biopreparedness team \u2013 and learn what motivates a team of health care workers to engage in such a dangerous mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe strongly felt it was our mission to care for Americans in trouble \u2013 Americans with the deadliest pathogen in the world,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd if not us, then who?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christopher Kratochvil, MD, currently UNMC\u2019s interim vice chancellor for external relations, who has held several leadership roles over the years in biopreparedness, said the vision to create the biocontainment unit showed Dr. Smith\u2019s innovative mindset. But, Dr. Kratochvil said, it also demonstrated the importance of fighting for the unit\u2019s development and having the diligence over time to maintain it at a high level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Smith\u2019s pioneering efforts set the foundation for the robust health security work going on today at UNMC and Nebraska Medicine through the Global Center for Health Security and the College of Public Health, Dr. Kratochvil said. It also set the stage, he said, for the future of the medical center in Project NExT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Said UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, \u201cTo say that Dr. Phil Smith was ahead of his time is an understatement. His vision, perseverance and passion for making a difference in the lives of others helped advance a complicated field and, in the process, save countless lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter creation of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, he knew the day would come when the need would be there. We spent nine years waiting for the world to notice us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled that we now have this exhibit to give current and future UNMC students, faculty and staff and the community at large the full picture of the necessity of infectious disease treatment and control \u2013 and the expertise here in Nebraska.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Angela Hewlett, MD, medical director of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, said the biocontainment unit\u2019s team is \u201cnothing short of extraordinary\u201d and its accomplishments can be attributed to Dr. Smith\u2019s leadership and foresight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Said Dr. Hewlett, \u201cIt is truly wonderful to see the rise from local recognition of our unique biocontainment facility and dedicated team to serving as an international leader in biopreparedness \u2013 documented as a part of history in this new exhibit and to see Dr. Smith so aptly honored for his pioneering work in the field.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kathleen Boulter, nurse manager of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, said the exhibit is a tremendous honor for the unit team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt shows how our perseverance with training and being prepared really mattered when it was needed,\u201d she said. \u201cI hope everyone feels the pride we do for this display.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emily Glenn, dean of the McGoogan Health Sciences Library, said it has been an honor for the McGoogan Library to collect, preserve and share the artifacts of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit and the stories of such a dedicated unit team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe believe this is the first exhibit of its kind, perhaps in the world, to focus on health care providers&nbsp;<em>and<\/em>&nbsp;the impact of biopreparedness and biocontainment work on their families,\u201d Glenn said. \u201cWe are proud to illuminate Nebraska\u2019s biocontainment leadership through Wigton Heritage Center tours and online exhibitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" 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