UVA Medical Reserve Corps a joint studentfaculty community service project of the school of medicine

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UVA Medical Reserve Corpsa joint student-faculty
community serviceproject of the school of
medicine

• Health and Medical Volunteers in Disaster and
  Bioterrorism

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What is The Medical Reserve Corps?
The Medical Reserve Corps is one of several
components of Citizen Corps USA Freedom Corps. 
A network of community-based, citizen
volunteer units, which have been initiated and
established by people and institutions for use in
their communities. 
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Citizen Corps Charter Partners

• Medical Reserve Corps
• Volunteers in Police Service
• Neighborhood Watch
• Community Emergency Response Team
• Fire Corps

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• Organized under the Surgeon Generals Office in
  the Public Health Service
• Based in the UVA School of Medicine.
• Joint professional-student outreach, public
  service and educational initiative.
• UVAMRC is one of over 600 MRCs around the
  country.
• First Medical Reserve Corps with a student
  leadership model and one of a growing number of
  university-based programs across the country.

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• Our purpose is to . . .
• Organize volunteers to assist medical response
  professionals during disaster and bioterror
  events.
• Volunteer time and expertise as a supplement to
  the overall emergency response plan.
• Organize and participate in community health
  initiatives.

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• The UVAMRC serves our community in 3 ways
• 1. Augmentation programs to support the
  existing response structure.
• 2. Interdisciplinary medical response
  units.
• 3. Public health project
• initiatives.

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Who runs the MRC?

• Health professionals, medical students and
  nursing students play a very important role in
  the day to day operations of the UVAMRC.
• UVAMRC leadership consists of the Student
  Coordinating Council (SCC) and the Professional
  Advisory Board (PAB).

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• Student Coordinating Council
• Manage the various areas of the project with
  student coordinators for each specialty area and
  administrative functions.
• Based in a model designed to perpetuate student
  leadership and membership through apprenticeship,
  recognition and transitional leadership programs.

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• SCC Management and Oversight
• Student directors are under the supervision of
  the the faculty directors
• Oversee the Coordinating Council which provides
  ongoing planning, oversight, management, and
  project supervision.
• Report to the overall board for final approval of
  activities and budgetary issues.

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• A Professional Advisory Board consisting of
  faculty, community experts and two student
  directors, will administer the operations of the
  UVAMRC.
• Representatives from the Deans office, Relevant
  Departments, Emergency Management, other Schools
  and Community Agencies serve on the board.

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Professional Advisory Board (PAB)
Buzz Barnett Director of Emergency
Services Region 10
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Volunteer Duties

• What are my responsibilities as member?

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Volunteer Duties

• There are three types of members
• General Volunteers
• Completed online application
• Willing to volunteer in times of need
• Members/Corpsman
• Completed online training modules
• Completed Disaster Skills modules
• Submitted certifications
• Active members
• Meet requirements for Corpsman
• Attend at least 3 meetings and or activities per
  year

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Volunteer Duties

• 1. UVAMRC Basics and Online Training
• In order to ensure that all members have a
  similar background in the basic issues of
  disaster medicine and preparedness.
• Welcome letter detailing organization and
  activation procedures.
• UVAMRC has identified two online training
  requirements that all members are required to
  complete.
• Incident Command
• Bioterroism

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Volunteer Duties

• 2. Certifications and Credentialing
• In order to provide appropriate medical control
  and supervision, clinical and support personnel
  will be pre-credentialed through the evolving
  emergency management structure for clinical
  skills and security purposes.
• If you have not already done so, please send us a
  copy of your certifications.

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Volunteer Duties

• 3. General Membership Meetings and Training
• We conduct monthly training classes on a variety
  of diaster related topics.
• Members are invited to attend multiple training
  opportunities throughout the year where they
  learn a variety of disaster skills as well as
  obtain CMEs or equivilants.
• Our goal is to have our members trained to
  respond to all hazards.

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Core Areas of Training

• Terrorism and Public Health
• Mass Medication Dispensing Clinic Ops
• Mass Immunization
• Toxicologic Emergencies
• Mental Health Interventions in Disaster
• Mass Casualty Management/Triage
• Special Needs Shelters
• Personal Preparedness
• Risk Communication
• Incident Command Structure

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Training

• The UVAMRC believes strongly in the idea of
  training reciprocity.
• The MRC is an ideal way to be able to use your
  medical knowledge during times of crisis.
• Following the events of September 11, Americans
  grieved togethermany wishing that there was
  something they could do. Some showed up to
  provide aid but were turned away since emergency
  officials did not know whether these volunteers
  were qualified to help.

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Community Involvement

• Activated in response for Hurricane Isabel to
  augment Red Cross Shelters.
• Participate with the UVA School of Medicine to
  teach disaster skills training to 3rd year
  medical students in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
• Participated in a planned oxygen and medical gas
  outage with UVA Health System in July of 2005.
• Participated in local response preparedness for
  Hurricane Katrina survivors.
• Multiple drills for mass immunization, disaster
  preparedness and community disaster response.

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• When the UVAMRC is activated for an emergency
  event how will members know what to do?

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MRC Activation

• Members will receive notification with specific
  instructions by email and phone.
• These instructions will include the location you
  should report to and anything you should bring
  with you. Specific details will be given to you
  when you report to the meeting place.
• In the event of a large scale disaster in which
  the phone system in the area is down, all members
  should report to the entrance of the West Complex
  at the University Hospital in Charlottesville to
  receive further instructions.

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• How do we fit into the Local Response Structure?
• Who is in charge of MRC members at a scene?

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UVAMRC

• UVa Participating and Supporting Groups
• School of Medicine/Health System
• Student Affairs and External Affairs
• Emergency Medicine/Toxicology
• Psychiatric Medicine
• Infectious Disease
• Emergency Management
• Social Work
• Marketing and Communications
• School of Nursing
• Curry School
• Psychology and Counseling Programs

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• UVa Medical Reserve Corps
• website www.uvamrc.org
• email uvamrc_at_virginia.edu