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Sacramento County Office of Emergency Services Sacramento Medical Reserve Corps

Sacramento County Office of Emergency Services Sacramento Medical Reserve Corps. 3720 Dudley Blvd, McClellan, CA 95652. We are ready to help you!. Sacramento Medical Reserve Corps. SMRC was founded in 2003 under the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.

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Sacramento County Office of Emergency Services Sacramento Medical Reserve Corps

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  1. Sacramento County Office of Emergency Services Sacramento Medical Reserve Corps 3720 Dudley Blvd, McClellan, CA 95652

  2. We are ready to help you!

  3. SacramentoMedical Reserve Corps • SMRC was founded in 2003 under the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department. • In 2009 the SMRC was moved to the Sacramento County Office of Emergency Services. • We currently have 180 medical and support volunteer members.

  4. SMRC Response Efforts: • H1N1 – Provided staff for flu clinics & transported lab work for Public Health in 2009. • Severe Weather – Annually assisted the City and County of Sacramento in staffing Cooling and Warming Centers. • Wildfire Response - Lake, Mendocino, Napa, & Butte Counties with SMRC members to help support Evacuation Shelters.

  5. H1N1 Flu Clinics

  6. Fire Response

  7. Camp Fire Response: • SMRC members volunteered 235 hours for the Camp Fire Response effort. • 9 members (RNs, LVNs, and EMTs) provided medical care at evacuation shelters. • SMRC requested by Sacramento County EMSA and deployments coordinated with CA EMSA.

  8. Camp Fire Response- Medical • Provided medical care for evacuees at an ARC Shelter at a church in Chico. • 4 members deployed (2 RNs, 1 LVN, and 1 EMT). • Treated evacuees with Noro Virus overnight, cleaned restroom facilities, and eventually contracted the virus.

  9. Camp Fire Response- Medical Silver Dollar Fairgrounds • Triage and assess patients • Dispense patient medications • Provide breathing treatments • Distribute over the counter medications and medical supplies • Assist in moving evacuees from point a to point b • Blood glucose monitoring/dispense insulin • Bandaging and dressing changes • Assistance with pharmacy refills • Referral to a MD if needed. • Complete paperwork • Organize Medical Station/medication room

  10. Camp Fire Victims • Due to the large number of fatality victims of the Camp Fire, the Butte County Coroner’s Office requested Mutual Assistance Aide from the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office. • The Sacramento County Coroner requested SMRC assistance.

  11. The Loss of Life, the urgency to provide information • A total of 84 remains from Camp Fire victims were transported from Butte County and processed in Sacramento County Corner’s Office.

  12. SMRC/Coroner Partnership: • Mass casualty incidents can happen at any moment. SMRC volunteers were & continue to be trained by the Coroner’s Office to work with them in their efforts to provide vital services during a tragic and difficult time for the individuals, families & community.

  13. Coroner Training SMRC volunteer training included: • History of Coroner’s Office • Tour of the morgue • Bio-Seal training • Participate in mass casualty exercises with the Coroner’s Office.

  14. Corner’s Office Support Camp Fire • Provided 12 backboards to assist in movement of victims. • SMRC members needed to be “background checked” to work in the morgue. • Deployed 9 SMRC volunteers to support at the Corner’s Office between Nov. 2018 – Jan. 2019.

  15. Staffing the Morgue • Volunteers included: RNs, EMTs, Phlebotomists, and support members. • SMRC members volunteered 37 hours. Additionally, we had 12 members on standby to help.

  16. SMRC Role in the Morgue SMRC volunteers assisted: • Unloading remains from trucks • Movement of remains in morgue • Lining up bones • X-ray bones • Act as a Scribe

  17. SMRC members at work:

  18. Volunteers assisting

  19. SMRC members assisted where needed

  20. Sacramento County Coroner Kim Gin and SMRC Coordinator – Establish and grow relationships with partner agencies.

  21. Sacramento CountyMedical Reserve Corps For more information visit: • sacoes.org/SacramentoMedicalReserveCorps • SacMRCfoundation.org • Facebook – Sacramento Medical Reserve Corps • SacramentoReady.org

  22. Thank you! • Questions? Lynn Pesely SMRC Coordinator (916) 874-2291 peselyl@sacoes.org

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