Unit 4: DispensingVaccination Sites Volunteer Recruitment

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Unit 4Dispensing/Vaccination SitesVolunteer
Recruitment

• Emergency Preparedness and
• Response Programs
• April 2004

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Its an Emergency!!!What can I do??
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Volunteer to help at a dispensing site in your
community!
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When would I be asked to come in?

• You would be called if
• an emergency arises that threatens public health
  AND requires mass dispensing or mass vaccination

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Where and when would I work?

• Locations of dispensing sites hours
  staffed determined by
• -the incident
• -population affected

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How would I be called?

• As a volunteer, you would
• -Provide contact phone numbers to your site
  manager
• -Site manager or designee will contact you

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Who works in a dispensing site?
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There Is A Management Team
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There Are Unit Leaders

• Operations Section
• - Patient Services Coordinator
• - Pharmacy Services Coordinator
• - Special Needs Coordinator
• - Inventory Coordinator

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There Are Unit Leaders

• Logistics Section
• - Facility Coordinator
• - Security Coordinator
• - Supply Coordinator
• - Engineering Coordinator

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There Are Unit Leaders

• Administration / Finance
• - Records Coordinator
• - Personnel / Volunteer Coordinator
• Communications
• - Communications Coordinator
• - Communications Specialist

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There Are Staff Positions

• Some examples are
• - Greeters / Registrars
• - Medical Screener / Triage
• - Sick Room Attendant / First Aid Provider
• - Vaccinator
• - Emergency Transporter
• - Patient Educator
• - Exit Monitor

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There Are Staff Positions

• Other examples are
• - Medication dispenser / distributor
• - Medication dispensing / distribution
  assistant
• - Pharmacy consultant
• - Mental Health Specialist
• - Interpreter
• - Inventory Control Specialist
• - Security Officer

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There Are Staff Positions

• Other examples are
• - Supply Room Clerk
• - Equipment Maintenance
• - Housekeeping
• - Data Entry Specialist
• - Supply Records Clerk
• - Personnel / Volunteer Records Clerk

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All Volunteers Receive Training

• Each dispensing site volunteer receives training
  using
• - Job Action Guide
• - Flow diagram for site
• Two parts to the training
• - verbal explanation with time for questions
• - practice during an exercise

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Signs Help Staff and Patients

• Sign for Dispensing/Vaccinating (Well Patients)

Courtesy of Eastern Shore Health District
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Signs Help Staff and Patients

• Sign for Sick / Injured Patients or Those with
  Drug Interactions

Courtesy of Eastern Shore Health District
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Signs Help Staff and Patients

• Staff Room Sign

Courtesy of Eastern Shore Health District
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Other than helping my fellow citizens, what do I
get out of volunteering?
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If you volunteer

• - You immediate family members get
  medicine/vaccine before dispensing sites are
  opened - Your spouse / significant other can
  also volunteer

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Anything else?
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If you volunteer

• Childcare available on site or nearby
• - Free training classes
• - Self satisfaction

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Your Community needs YOUR help!
-Citizens taking time to prepare other citizens
for an emergency situation -Citizens spending
time learning how they can help their neighbors
coworkers in a time of need.
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As healthcare providers and citizens, we need to
provide the best possible services to protect the
lives of our citizens in an emergency and
everyday!
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What if this happened here?
By remembering what happened on 9/11, we will not
lose sight of what can happen in an instant..

• Emergency preparation and coordination alleviates
  fear of the uncontrollable world around us

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Disasters can happen here
Hurricane Isabel
Pictures Courtesy of Eastern Shore Health
District
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Our community is counting on all of us
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Be Prepared Be Proactive Volunteer!

• You will be helping
• your family
• your friends
• your community

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References

• Eastern Shore Health District, Virginia
  Department of Health
• VDH Central Region Dispensing Site Plan Template
• Based on presentation developed by Eastern Shore
  Health District

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Comments and Questions?