Medical Reserve Corps

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Christian County Health Department Christian
County Emergency Management
Medical Reserve Corps
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Purpose

• Provide an introduction to the Medical Reserve
  Corps
• Discuss key issues pertaining to the
  establishment
• Discuss how you fit in

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National MRC Vision
A nationwide network of organized volunteers
strengthening the health and safety of their
communities
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Mission of the Local MRCa county-wide,
civilian, volunteer program that helps build the
public health infrastructure of communities in
Christian County. The Medical Reserve Corps, a
division of the Christian County Citizen Corps,
is organized and trained to address a wide range
of challenges from public health education to
disaster response.
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MRC Concept

• Establish groups of volunteers with interest in
  strengthening local public health system and
  providing help in emergencies
• Organize/utilize locally
• Integrate with existing programs and resources
• Identify, credential, train and prepare in
  advance
• Include medical and public health professionals,
  and others

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MRC Concept

• Foster Community Resiliency!
• Get all response partners to the table with a
  common goal
• Strengthening the everyday public health system
  will improve community preparedness
• Prepared Communities
• ? Prepared States
• ? Prepared Nation

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History

• Following 9-11 attacks
• Thousands of unaffiliated volunteers show up at
  sites
• No way to ID or credential
• Not covered under liability laws
• No Incident Command System (ICS) training
• Difficult to manage
• President George W. Bush 2002 State of the Union

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Long TermRecovery
Executive Committee Comprised of Elected
Officials, Fire, EMS, Police, etc. Including
chairs of committeesLiaison from each Division
Community Emergency Response Teams
LEPC
Tier II Compliance Training Database Mngt.
Neighborhood Watch
Course Delivery C.E.U.s
County City
Amateur Radio Emergency Services
Amateur Radio Emergency Services
Medical Reserve Corps
Volunteers in Police Service
SNS Program Mass Casualty Training / Education
Communications Weather Spotting
Communications Weather Spotting
Sheriff Cadet Program City Programs
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The Tiered System of Volunteering Tier 1 The
tier 1 volunteer chooses to be available only in
the event of a large scale public health
emergency. Typically, a tier 1 volunteer does
not have much time available to attend pre-event
trainings or exercises, yet will be expected to
fulfill volunteer requirements.
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The Tiered System of Volunteering Tier 2 The
tier 2 volunteer is interested in obtaining
additional pre-event training, participating in
exercises, and may choose to volunteer in
non-emergency public health functions upon
request
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The Tiered System of Volunteering Tier 3 The
tier 3 volunteer is interested in accepting a
leadership role within the CCMRC. Most tier 3
volunteers will be assigned to positions within
the National Incident Management (NIMS)
structure. Tier 3 volunteers may choose to attend
local and out-of-town trainings, seminars and
conferences. They agree to participate in
planning meetings exercises, and may choose to
participate in non-emergency public health
functions upon request.
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• Examples of a TIER II volunteer
• Recruitment Committee
• Credentialing, Application, Data Base ID
  Committee
• Training Committee
• Examples of a TIER III volunteer
• Shelter Nurse Manager
• P.O.D. Manager
• P.O.D. Pharmacy Manager
• Command Staff Operations, Logistics, Safety
  Officer

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• The Tiered System of Volunteering
• Tier 2 and 3 volunteers are subject to Citizen
  Corps member requirements
• Attend a C.E.R.T. course.
• Undergo a background check

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Levels of Volunteers
Within each Tier, are the 3 levels of education
TIER I Level I Level II Level III
TIER II Level I Level II Level III
TIER III Level I Level II Level III
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Level I

• Current Missouri professional license or
  certification (medical mental health)
• Consultation Area Medical Screeners
• Medicine Dispensers
• Vaccinators
• Vaccinator Assistants
• Triage

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Level II

• Medical background and experience no license.
• Interpretation Greeters
• Educators
• Registration
• Assisting Dispensers or Vaccinators

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Level III

• Non-medical, basic support.
• Clinic Flow
• Clinic Manager Data Entry
• Security
• Forms Collection
• Supply Manager
• Public Information Liaison

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• All CCMRC volunteers are strongly encouraged to
  complete the following training prior to
  activation
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• Orientation
• CERT
• CERT included Basic First Aid, Family/Personal
  Preparedness, START Triage, Light Search and
  Rescue, Terrorism, Fire Suppression, Cribbing
• NIMS/ICS (IS700, IS100, IS200, IS26)
• Activation Protocol

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CCMRC volunteers will be required to log and
track their training in a web-based system called
MRC TRAIN. MRC TRAIN also provides access to a
nation-wide data base of available training
pertinent to medical reserve corps.
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• Special Projects
• Public awareness campaigns.
• First Aid Booths
• Vaccination clinics (flu, etc.)
• Localized disease outbreak
• Public health education events.
• CCMRC recruitment tables.

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Mass Vaccination/Dispensing Clinics In the
event of an infectious disease outbreak or other
public health threat that threatens the health of
a high percentage of county residents CCHD may
establish emergency mass vaccination or mass
dispensing clinics.
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• Key components of each clinic will include
• Traffic control
• Crowd Control
• Security
• Triage for Ill or contact patients
• Contact Evaluation
• Forms distribution
• Forms review
• Medical Screeners
• Vaccinators/Witnesses
• Vaccine preparation
• Medical Records/Data entry
• IT Support
• Supply management
• Staff support

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Outside-of-Area Deployment of Volunteers Some
CCMRC volunteers may opt to be registered as
deployable to areas outside of the county.
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• What we want from you today
• Decide what Tier you want to be in.
• Figure out what Level you fall into.
• Fill out the volunteer application
• Sign and return
• Volunteer agreement form
• Auto disqualifiers form
• Medical Statement
• Emergency Contact form
• Approval for background check
• Image release form
• Sign Handbook receipt verification form
• Reverse 911 Form

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Questions? Comments? THANK YOU for
attending Christian County Emergency
Management Christian County Health Department