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MEDICAL
RESERVE CORPS
The
Mineral County Medical Reserve Corps (MCMRC) has been established by the
Mineral County Health Department to help coordinate human resources that
may be used during a public health emergency. The MCMRC is currently
working with local emergency planners, existing emergency response
agencies, and community partners to establish, coordinate, and train
volunteers so we can better respond to widespread disasters and improve
community health education. The
following is an excerpt from the Medical Reserve Corps Website:
"The mission of the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is
to improve the health and safety of communities across the country by
organizing and utilizing public health, medical and other volunteers.
 | The MRC was founded after President Bush’s 2002
State of the Union Address, in which he asked all Americans to
volunteer in support of their country. It is a partner program with Citizen
Corps, a national network of volunteers dedicated to
ensuring hometown security. Citizen Corps, along with AmeriCorps,
Senior Corps, and the Peace Corps are part of the President's
USA Freedom Corps, which promotes
volunteerism and service nationwide.
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| MRC units are community-based and function as a
way to locally organize and utilize volunteers who want to donate
their time and expertise to prepare for and respond to emergencies and
promote healthy living throughout the year. MRC volunteers supplement
existing emergency and public health resources.
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| MRC volunteers include medical and public health
professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists,
veterinarians, and epidemiologists. Many community
members—interpreters, chaplains, office workers, legal advisors, and
others—can fill key support positions.
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| MRC units are provided
specific areas to target that strengthen the public health
infrastructure of their communities by the U.S. Surgeon General. These
are outlined priorities for the health of individuals, and the nation
as a whole, which also serve as a guide to the MRC. The overarching
goal is to improve health literacy, and in support of this, he wants
us to work towards increasing disease prevention, eliminating health
disparities, and improving public health preparedness.
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| MRC volunteers can choose to support communities
in need nationwide. When the southeast was battered by hurricanes in
2004, MRC volunteers in the affected areas and beyond helped
communities by filling in at local hospitals, assisting their
neighbors at local shelters, and providing first aid to those injured
by the storms. During this 2-month period, more than 30 MRC units
worked as part of the relief efforts, including those whose volunteers
were called in from across the country to assist the American Red
Cross (ARC) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
During the 2005 Hurricane Season, MRC members provided support for ARC
health services, mental health and shelter operations. MRC members
also supported the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
response and recovery efforts by staffing special needs shelters,
Community Health Centers and health clinics, and assisting health
assessment teams in the Gulf Coast region. More than 1,500 MRC members
were willing to deploy outside their local jurisdiction on optional
missions to the disaster-affected areas with their state agencies, the
ARC, and HHS. Of these, almost 200 volunteers from 25 MRC units were
activated by HHS, and more than 400 volunteers from more than 80 local
MRC units were activateded to support ARC disaster operations in Gulf
Coast areas." |
Click on the logo below to view the Mineral County
Medical Reserve Corps recent activities.
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