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SLDN Council - Alan Steinman
Rear Admiral Alan M. Steinman was commissioned in the United States Public Health Service as a lieutenant in July, 1972 to commence a military career of over 25 years in the United States Coast Guard and the Public Health Service.
He served as senior medical officer at the USCG Support Center, Elizabeth City, NC from July-September, 1972; as senior medical officer and flight surgeon at USCG Air Station, Cape Cod, MA from 1973-1974; as senior medical officer and flight surgeon at USCG Air Station, Port Angeles, WA from 1974-1976, as senior medical officer and flight surgeon at USCG Air Station, Astoria, OR from 1976-1978; and as medical officer and flight surgeon at USCG Support Center, Kodiak, AK from January to May, 1987.
During these operational assignments, Dr. Steinman flew on countless emergency medical helicopter evacuations of ill and injured seamen, fisherman, recreational boaters, loggers and military active duty personnel.
His expertise in emergency medicine and in cold-weather operations, particularly in the areas of sea-survival, hypothermia and drowning, let to his initial assignment at Coast Guard Headquarters as the Chief of Special Medical Operations from 1978-1982.
Dr. Steinman served as Medical Advisor for search and rescue operations in the USCG HQ Search and Rescue Division of the Office of Operations from 1982-1984.
He then attended the University of Washington in Seattle, WA where he earned a Masters of Public Health.
Following his tour of duty at Kodiak, AK, he returned to USCG HQ as the Chief of Clinical and Preventive Medicine from April, 1987 to September, 1990.
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Dr. Steinman also graduated from the U.S. Navy School of Aerospace Medicine, where he earned the designation of U.S. Navy Flight Surgeon in 1973.
Dr. Steinman is Board Certified in Occupational Medicine, and is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine.
During his years as a Coast Guard medical officer and flag officer, Dr. Steinman designed, supervised and implemented an emergency medical services system for Coast Guard search and rescue operations, including the establishment of an EMT training school and the establishment of standardized emergency medical equipment for use on CG helicopters and rescue vessels.
Dr. Steinman also co-developed an underwater escape breathing device for use by Coast Guard helicopter pilots and crewmen trapped within a capsized or submerged aircraft.
He co-designed the anti-exposure, fire-retardant protective clothing used by CG helicopter crewmen in cold-weather operations.
He performed the only realistic, rough-sea tests, to date, of protective clothing worn by USCG and USN personnel, resulting in a more accurate estimation of survival times for crewmen of aircraft and vessel mishaps in heavy seas.
In addition, he developed the current survival time charts used by the USCG for search and rescue operations.
His research and publications in hypothermia and cold-water survival won him the prestigious 1989 Arnold D. Tuttle Award from the Aerospace Medical Association.
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Dr. Steinman has an international reputation in cold-weather medicine, hypothermia and sea-survival.
He is widely published in these areas, including numerous articles in medical journals and chapters in textbooks of emergency medicine and cold-weather medicine.
He has lectured at various national and international conferences and universities on hypothermia, sea-survival and drowning.
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