Middle Tennessee Medical Reserve Corps

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Middle Tennessee Medical Reserve Corps

• Katrina Relief Efforts

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Membership

• Pre-Katrina - 250 Members
• Post-Katrina - 1800 Members
• FEMA Registered 50 Members

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Katrina Relief Efforts Overview

• Administration
• Healthcare for Evacuees
• Donation / Warehouse Site
• FEMA Deployment

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Administration

• Received 200 Phone Calls / Day
• Scheduled of Volunteers
• Registration of 1600 New Members
• Filing of Paperwork for New Members

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Healthcare

• Two (2) locations staffed 24/7
• Red Cross Headquarters - Charlotte Avenue
• Red Cross Shelter Crievewood Baptist Church
• MTMRC Members Provided
• Triage
• Basic Healthcare
• BP monitoring
• Glucose monitoring
• First Aid
• Medication Storage and Administration
• Recordkeeping / Statistics
• A FRIEND!!

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Donations Site(Warehouse Operations)

• Receive Medical and Non-Medical Supply Donations
• Logistical Operations
• Distribution of Donated Items

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FEMA

• Doctors and Nurses Deploying to Affected Areas
  Through FEMA
• 50 Members Completed Registration
• Processing Additional Members for FEMA Deployment

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Thank You to all of those who assisted in this
time of need. Your efforts on the behalf of
victims of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita
will have a positive impact on all those involved
for years to come.
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More Information

• Website www.mtmrc.org
• National Website www.medicalreservecorps.gov
• Phone [phone]
• Email mtmrc_at_vanderbilt.edu