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PREPARING OUR COMMUNITY,

PREPARING OUR COMMUNITY,. STRENGTHENING OUR NATION. OBJECTIVES of MRCKC Orientation. Describe history and organization Describe mission, goals, service area, and service model Identify MRC roles in local disaster response Public Health Emergency Management

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PREPARING OUR COMMUNITY,

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  1. PREPARING OUR COMMUNITY, STRENGTHENING OUR NATION

  2. OBJECTIVES of MRCKC Orientation • Describe history and organization • Describe mission, goals, service area, and service model • Identify MRC roles in local disaster response • Public Health • Emergency Management • Identify MRCKC core training requirements • Describe MRKC activation • Identify MRCKC administrative processes • Describe the expectations of MRCKC • Describe the advantages of MRCKC membership

  3. 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 • January 2002 – State of Union Address • USA Freedom Corps created to build on the countless acts of service, sacrifice, and generosity that followed September 11th.

  4. HISTORY • USA Freedom Corps • AmeriCorps • Senior Corps • Peace Corps • Citizen Corps • Medical Reserve Corps • 2003 – KC Metro Steering Committee • 2004 – Launch of Medical Reserve Corps of Kansas City • TODAY – > 700 MRC units and > 150,000 volunteers nationwide

  5. MRC National Growth

  6. MRC Volunteers by Category

  7. MRCKC Volunteers by Category

  8. MRCKC Membership Cumulative Count by Registration Date

  9. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS PROGRAM? • Federal program developed and implemented by Department of Health and Human Services • 42 original grant recipients in demonstration project; 120 more in 2004; currently 741 units in all 50 states, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and Guam • Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) received grant to create unit to serve region • In Kansas City region, effort is partnership between Metropolitan Emergency Managers Committee and Public Health Subcommittee of Regional Homeland Security Coordinating Committee

  10. MRCKC Mission The mission of MRCKC is to protect the health and safety of the community by training and mobilizing public health, medical, and other volunteers willing to donate their time and expertise to supplement existing local emergency management and public health resources during disasters and other times of community need.

  11. MRCKC Goals MRCKC goal is to Prepare Metro KC • http://www.preparemetrokc.org • by training volunteers and the community • by responding to the volunteer needs of local officials • public health departments • emergency management agencies

  12. MRCKC Service Model

  13. MRCKC Service Area • 9 counties • 2 states • 120 cities • 11 health departments • 2 million residents

  14. MRCKC Service Area

  15. TRAINING • Initial training classes should be completed within four months from date of registration • Orientation Course (classroom) • National Incident Management System (NIMS) • IS-100 online • IS-700 online • Personal and Family Preparedness • IS-22 online and classroom • Advanced elective training offered in variety of formats • Training available at no or low cost • Members participate in regional exercises

  16. NIMS Compliance • MRC National Program Office issued guidance in July 2008 re: NIMS Compliance • All MRC members required • IS-100 • IS-700 • Optional / based on level of leadership • IS-200 • IS-800.B • MRC-TRAIN Learning Management System

  17. From: training@phf.org • Subject: An account on www.mrc.train.org has been created on your behalf Dear Firstname Lastname:On behalf of the Public Health Foundation (PHF), we are pleased to welcome you to our website, part of the TrainingFinder Real-time Affiliate Integrated Network (TRAIN) - the nation's premier learning resource for public health professionals.You have been registered on http://www.mrc.train.org/ by Charles Bryan from Medical Reserve Corps of Kansas City. Please go to that site to access your account and complete your course. You may enter the following login information into the Login Name field and click Login. Your login name: firstnamelastname Your password is currently empty. You will be asked to change your password the first time you visit our site. You will also be able to review site privacy policies and update your personal informationYour account information can be changed or updated by visiting the My Account link upon logging in to the site.TRAIN Team (152) MRC TRAIN email

  18. MRC Core Competencies • Personal Protection Protocols (PPP) • Personal/Family Protection Plan • Chain of Command • Role of MRC in emergencies • MRC Communication protocols • Mental/Behavioral Health • Volunteer Activation and De-Activation • Personal Limitation Awareness

  19. PUBLIC HEALTH DEPLOYMENT • Mass immunization or prophylaxis (emergency and non-emergency activities) • Vaccine administration • Patient education • Patient screening • Medical record maintenance • Medical response to vaccine reactions • Strategic National Stockpile operations • Operations in accordance with local and regional bioterrorism response plans

  20. PUBLIC HEALTH Video Training

  21. Points of Dispensing • What is a POD? • A site where medications or vaccines intended to prevent or control disease may be given quickly to a large number of people in the event of a public health emergency. • PH Emergency that may require a POD • Many people have been exposed to an infection that may make them sick AND • Disease from that infection may be prevented by antibiotics or a vaccine

  22. Strategic National Stockpile Medical supplies, drugs, and equipment.

  23. Strategic National Stockpile • What is SNS? • A large stockpile of medicine and medical supplies to protect the American public if there is a public health emergency severe enough to cause local supplies to run out. • SNS Components • 12 Hour push package • Vendor Managed Inventory

  24. SNS Components • 12 Hour Push Package • Vendor Managed Inventory

  25. Incident Command System (ICS) and Points of Dispensing (PODs) Key to efficient operation and good communication flow

  26. What is the ICS ? • Standardized • Can be applied to a wide variety of emergencies • Basic features • Common terminology in ‘plain talk’ • Modular organization (easy to grow or shrink) • Management by objectives • Reliance on an Incident Action Plan • Chain of Command • Unified Command • Manageable span of control

  27. Command Operational Structure

  28. ICS – Bottom Line • Each person at the POD has a specific and limited job • Each person within a POD reports toonly one designated person • Each POD supervisor has a specific and limited number of positions reporting to him or her

  29. Job Action Sheet: • Job Title • Job Mission • Supervisor Name • Immediate Duties • On-going Duties • Extended Duties

  30. Internal POD Communication • Communication flow should follow the chain of command • Your communication role in POD operations will be described in your Job Action Sheet • Plain talk – no codes or acronyms • Communication equipment • Radio, cell phone, whistles, bull horn, walkie talkie • Clinic managers will ensure internal clinic communications are tested prior to opening • Make sure you know how to use any communication equipment assigned to you

  31. Data entry personnel Form distributors Translators Medical screeners (MD, PA, RN) Pharmacists Security personnel Food preparers Vaccinators Janitorial staff Mental health workers Traffic Control staff ID/Badging staff Runners Telecom / IT support staff EMS transfer personnel Examples of POD Jobs

  32. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPLOYMENT • Sheltering of Special Needs Population Groups • Cross training with and support for local Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) • http://www.preparemetrokc.org • Other emergency response as needed • Heat-related incidents • Floods

  33. Shelter Overview There are primarily two types of shelters • Evacuation Shelters • Disaster (Residential) Shelters Other sheltering • Hotels/Motels • Shelter in Place • Special Needs Shelters

  34. Shelter Overview Typical services provided at a shelter • Temporary Shelter • Meals & Snacks • Basic First Aid • Disaster Mental Health

  35. Defining Special Needs Populations • Functional needs definition • Those who need assistance in performing activities of daily living • Those with health conditions that require care, monitoring, or support that they cannot manage for themselves in a disaster shelter or evacuation center

  36. Physically disabled Mentally disabled Special Needs Populations Limited or non-English speaking Medically or chemically dependent Frail, elderly and children

  37. Medical Special Needs Sheltering (MSpNS) • Mass care and sheltering of displaced or otherwise affected people is the responsibility of the local community • Medical Special Needs individuals • May reside in nursing homes or other residential healthcare facilities • May be home health patients who require home treatment or care

  38. Medical Special Needs Sheltering (MSpNS) • American Red Cross (ARC) works in partnership with local emergency management agencies to promote appropriate shelter planning for special needs populations • Medical Reserve Corps volunteers may be asked to staff medical special needs shelters operated by local emergency management and public health agencies

  39. Nursing, triage, and monitoring of vital signs Registration Administration/Management Logistics and communications support Food preparation and feeding Environmental services support Security personnel Examples of MSpNS Jobs

  40. Command & Control • Local emergency management or public health agencies responsible for opening, maintaining, managing, and security of shelters • MRC volunteers supplement existing professionals • Medical/nursing care • Non-medical support

  41. ACTIVATION • Activation Authority • Local public health directors • Local emergency management coordinators • Activation Procedure • PH or EM agency contacts MRC Unit Commander or Volunteer Coordinator requesting assistance • Voice, Text, and Email, Alert Notification • Members assemble at pre-designated location and prepare for deployment (not all members may deploy to same area). • Medical Reserve Corps members are integrated into public health and emergency medical response structure operating under NIMS.

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