2019 World Jamboree -- United States
The 2019 World Jamboree was the second world jamboree to be held in the United States, the first being in 1967. This jamboree was co-hosted by Canada and Mexico. It was held at the BSA Summit site (Summit Bechtel Reserve) in West Virginia. Approximately 47,000 Scouts from 152 countries attendend. I worked Echo medical.
The 2019 World Jamboree was the second world jamboree to be held in the United States, the first being in 1967. This jamboree was co-hosted by Canada and Mexico. It was held at the BSA Summit site (Summit Bechtel Reserve) in West Virginia. Approximately 47,000 Scouts from 152 countries attendend. I worked Echo medical.
Given that this jamboree was held in the United States, it is not surprising that the number of medical issues is significantly higher than any previous world jamboree. Most areas had their own specific staff patch in addition to the general medical staff patch. This is similar to recent U.S. national jamborees.
GENERAL MEDICAL ISSUES
The above issues were available to anybody on medical staff in any position. The pocket patch and jacket patch are slightly different in look. In world jamborees neckerchiefs are very popular, and therefore a medical staff neckerchief was also issued.
David Chasen, MD, has taken over giving out gift patches that Dr. Michael Diamond had done in many American National Jamborees. There were five for this jamboree. If you were on medical staff and did not fall into one of the other categories, you received a green border medical staff round. Everyone received one position patch with the loop. The patches without loops could be purchased.
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BASECAMPS
There were six base camps, A-F. Base camp E was for staff. The different countries were spread throughout the base camps. After attending two national jamborees where some of the camps were empty, it was fantastic to see all the camps being utilized and all the various flags, uniforms, and Scouting groups.
Alpha Base camp issued two patches for the jamboree, a council strip and an oval. I am not certain who designed them.
This was the official patch for Base camp Bravo. It was designed by Jennifer Lutz, RN, the chief nurse of this basecamp.
This was the staff patch and neckerchief for Base camp Charlie. It was designed by Russell Brunet, DO. His family actually stitched the patches and the EKG border on all of the neckerchiefs.
These were issued by Base camp Delta. They are not technically staff patches. By learning various health issues (preventative health, foot care, and hydration issues), a Scout could earn one of these badges.
For Base camp Echo, the red patch with the loop was one per person, although there were a few extra available for purchase. The blue border was the trader patch. The gold border was a gift from Echo CMO Michael Parmer, DO, and these were one per person. The red patch without the loop was sewn onto a hat that each Echo medical staff member received. The patches were all designed by Mike Soto. The neckerchief was designed by me using Mike's patch. The neckerchief is embroidered.
The Foxtrot Base camp patches were designed by David Chasen, MD. I believe each member received one patch with the loop and could buy the patches without the loops. The gold border patches were a thank you gift the Foxtrot staff received at the end of the jamboree.
JAMBOREE LOCATIONS
MEDICAL POSITION/SUBSPECIALTY
This patch was made for the people who were providing helicopter services for taking Scouts from the jamboree to the hospital. If a Scout youth was brought to Raleigh General Hospital, they received the neckerchief below. This neckerchief was made in limited supplies and was very difficult to obtain. |
When the jamboree started, I went by the ophthalmology clinic and was told that they did not have a staff patch, but they gave me the sticker on the left. On the last day of the jamboree I found out that they did in fact have a staff patch. I was lucky enough to make a trade for one shortly after the jamboree ended.
The entire jamboree uses an electronic medical record. Being in the wilds of West Virginia, oftentimes there would be difficulty with the network. There was a very large medical IT presence. They had the four badges above. I do not think the border colors mean anything. The EMR that was used was from Cerner. I do not know if this patch was issued specifically for this jamboree, but they had the patch on the right. |
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS)
EMS played a very big role at the jamboree at helping injured Scouts, and the above were their official patch and neckerchief.
EMS was part of emergency management operations, and this patch was issued for the five branches of this service. I believe the first patch was disliked in how it looked and so the second patch was issued. There is a similar patch below that was issued to the stewards.
Stephen McKelvay is a Canadian who was on the EMS team, and he created these pocket and jacket patches for the team.
MENTAL HEALTH/LISTENING EAR
As one might imagine, mental health is a big concern at a jamboree, with thousands of Scouts out of their country and many miles from their home. Each medical unit had mental health practitioners assigned to their group. This group was called Listening Ear. These have been seen in other country's national jamborees, but they had not been utilized in the U.S. before. I believe the program was considered quite successful, and it would not surprise me to see this in future National Jamborees. Below is the official Listening Ear pocket patch, jacket patch, and neckerchief.