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Quick Start Checklist for Crew Leaders

  • Print the Crew Leaders Guide and the Rules for Scoring.
  • Recruit two-ten Crew Members and choose a Crew (team) name.
  • Invite Crew Members to set weight goals (lose, gain, maintain). (No weigh-ins are required!)
  • Discuss – but do not collect – Health and Fitness History Questionnaires and Contracts with each Crew Member.
  • To get started:
  • Encourage Crew Members to track their food using a food log or app of their choice.
  • Plan a weekly Crew Activity.
  • Ask the Crew to commit to participating in a local health-related event within three months of completing Crews Into Shape.
  • Download, save and print certificates for each of your Crew Members and celebrate their success!
Capitalize on the momentum – turn your new exercise, eating and fluid intake habits into a new routine! 
Web Resources
Clinicians

Clinical guidance, including recognition, management and clinical isolation guidance are generally covered by CDC: CDC Clinical Overview

Clinical management for Fleet medical personnel can be found in the NMCFHPC Fleet Mpox Medical Guidance

Clinical guidance for MTFs can be found in the DHA Mpox Guidance Update_5Sept2024

Currently, neither mpox testing nor treatment are readily available in a forward deployed operational setting. Units should identify suspected cases, isolate them, and move them for care at an MTF when operationally feasible.


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