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Medical Reserve Corps and Disaster Health Volunteers And The Coalition of Orange County
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- Neither I nor any member of my immediate family has a
financial relationship or interest (currently or within the past 12 months) with any proprietary entity producing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients related to the content of this CME activity.
- I do not intend to discuss an unapproved/investigative
use of a commercial product/device.
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What is the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)
The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a national network of volunteers, organized locally to improve the health and safety of their communities. The MRC network comprises 996 community-based units and over 200,000 volunteers located throughout the United States and its territories.
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Mission
“To assist the community during public health emergencies and promote prevention and health education throughout the year.”
SLIDE 5 MRC Volunteers
YES NO
Voluntary basis to deploy Required to deploy Respond to duties within skillset Asked to respond outside your comfort zone Fully supported during response Left to “figure it out” on your
Pre-credentialed, able to help community much faster Spontaneous volunteer Defined shift No-end time Medically covered while responding Extra coverage required
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How it looks
Disaster Occurs MRC Requested Call out to MRC Volunteers with “Mission” Volunteer Choice to Deploy NO YES Provided Location to Deploy
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Steps to sign-up or learn more
Visit: http://healthdisasteroc.org/mrc/volunteer
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Disaster Healthcare Volunteers
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Why Disaster Healthcare Volunteers?
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Why Volunteer? In a disaster everyone wants to help but lessons learned in 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina show that volunteers who “just show up” cannot always be used
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- Healthcare volunteers are essential to our state during major
incidents and disasters
Medical licenses and certifications must be checked and verified
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Why Volunteer? Local resources can be stretched thin by a disaster or widespread infectious disease
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What is “Disaster Healthcare Volunteers?”
California’s single-source system to deploy healthcare
volunteers in a disaster
Pre-screens volunteers to
verify licenses and credentials
Federally funded and
mandated system
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Who are “Disaster Healthcare Volunteers?”
Volunteer Healthcare Professionals Medical and Support Occupations 49 Medical Occupations Checked Emergency Credential Levels 20,000+ Registered Responders Professionals like you who want to volunteer when
disaster strikes
SLIDE 15 How Does the DHV System Work?
- Register, enter information about your skills and
indicate your deployment preferences (local, state, and federal)
- Once registered your professional license will be
verified electronically with your licensing board
- Your secure verified information will then be available
so you can be called upon when an emergency or disaster happens
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What to Expect As A DHV Registrant
During a disaster, state or local (county) officials will
determine the need for your skills
You will have the chance to accept or decline the
volunteer request
If you accept, you will receive specific instructions on
where and when to report
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- Surge response (fires, floods, disasters, pandemic)
- Mass prophylaxis staffing
- Other healthcare emergencies
SLIDE 18 What Role Will You Have?
- Medical response efforts
- Public health activities
- Training and exercise opportunities
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Disaster Healthcare Volunteers
Nursing Services Physicians EMS Pharmacy Service Hospital Ancillary Animal Service Social Services Mgmt & Support Services
SLIDE 20 Disaster Healthcare Volunteers Resources
http://www.emsa.ca.gov
SLIDE 21 Disaster Healthcare Volunteers
http://www.healthcarevolunteers.ca.gov
Register Here!
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Jason Beach, MPH Health Care Coalition Coordinator jbeach@ochca.com
http://healthdisasteroc.org/mrc
