MMRC News V O L U M E 1, I S S U E 1 A P R I L 4, 2 0 1 2 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Hands Across the Bay Exercise Oakland, May 4-5 From Miles 2 Message from the 2 Program Manager MRC National 3 Summit 2011 Volunteer of 3 the Year New Requirements for MMRC 3 Volunteers Leadership Team 3 Annual Report 4 2011 This is an exciting training opportunity for the MMRC as well as an opportunity to get to know other MRC s from the Bay Area and share information, procedures and technologies. The venue will be the Oakland Coliseum. Friday, May 4, will be devoted to MRC training which will include; Disaster Mental Health Workshop (our own Dr. Nancy to present), Field Treatment Site set up, UASI (Urban Areas Security Initiative) mobile Cache demonstration, Lessons Learned from Japan Earthquake, Austere Medical Care, Medical Unit Organization and Response, USAR (Urban Search And Rescue Medical Operations) Medical Operations, Personal Deployment Equipment, Wound Treatment. Saturday, May 5, will include more training and the exercise. The Scenario will be a large Earthquake on the Hayward Fault with lots of damage, deaths and injuries with Oakland requesting MRC Mutual Aid from throughout the Bay Area. We are limiting the number of participants to 42 and this roster has already been filled. David Stainbrook and his Logistics Crew will be taking our FTS trailer to set up for "Show & Tell." The Plan is to park our cars in the Macy's Northgate parking lot and commute by Bus. Continued on page 3. Cone Heads in Action Lucy Edwards, Brian Waterbury, Sunita Ellenby, Jack Marshall, and Amy Rogers attended the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) training in Anniston, Alabama, March 4-9, 2012. Brian and Lucy attended HCL training while the other attending MMRC teammates completed the intense 32 hour Hospital Do Can you you recognize identify these these volunteers? people? Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) The classes consisted of long days, hard work and several intense simulation exercises replicating a Mass Casualty Decontamination incident in which we were part of a decontamination team. Lucy and Brian spent 8 hours in decontamination suits ensuring contaminated patients were properly decontaminated prior to entering the hospital. Lucy was actually the Decontamination Continued on page 3.
PAGE 2 Miles Julihn EMS Administrator Survival Tip In the event of a From Miles... On behalf of the Marin Medical Reserve Corps, I am pleased to welcome behalf you of the to this Marin inaugural Medical edition Reserve newsletter. Corps, I Over am pleased the past to seven welcome years, you to this On inaugural MMRC edition has received newsletter. national Over recognition the past seven for innovative years, MMRC practices has and received is often recognition used as a benchmark for innovative by practices other Medical and is Reserve often used Corps as units a benchmark formed by national other across Medical the nation. Reserve Corps units formed across the nation. As As Medical Medical Health Health Operational Operational Area Area Coordinator Coordinator for for Marin Marin County, County, I consider consider MMRC MMRC to be one to be of one our most of our important most important assets assets during during a major a disaster major dis- or pub- I lic health aster or emergency. public health Under emergency. the sustained Under leadership the sustained of program leadership manager of pro-briagram manager MMRC Brian has become Waterbury, a reliable MMRC and has indispensible become a reliable strategic and partner indis- with Waterbury, Marin's pensible healthcare strategic community. partner with Local Marin's physicians, healthcare nurses, community. EMTs, pharmacists, mental health professionals Local physicians, and nurses, others join EMTs, together pharmacists, for training mental and exercises, health professionals education, and others direct join service together delivery, for training and emergency and exercises, response. public These health opportu- public health nities education, are both direct frequent service and delivery, rewarding. and emergency response. These opportunities The are purpose both frequent of this newsletter and rewarding. is to inform T our medical reserve corps volunteers and to he educate purpose our of this community newsletter regarding is to inform their our great medical work. If reserve you are corps already part volunteers of the MMRC and to team, educate thank our you community for your spirit regarding of volunteerism. their great work. If you are already If you want part to of learn the MMRC more about team, becoming thank you a for part your of spirit MMRC, of volunteerism. If Rogers you want at 415-473-6871 to learn more for about more becoming information a part of MMRC, please please contact Loretta contact Loretta Rogers at 415-473-6871 for more information. an electric outage, keep your refrigerator door closed. It will stay cold up to a week. Brian Waterbury MMRC Program Manager Message from the Program Manager It is with great pleasure that we present this first issue of the MMRC newsletter. It has been my pleasure to be the program manager for the last six years and having a newsletter has been one of my goals since my first day on the job. This goal has finally been achieved. It will be a great resource for us to keep all of you informed of MMRC happenings. We have great plans for the 2012 year. Among our goals is the recruitment of new volunteers and the retention of the ones we have. I would like to see an increase of 10% of our membership by the end of December. Another goal is to improve our training offerings. We plan to continue with our basic trainings of Basic, S.T.A.R.T. Triage, but we also want to provide more advanced training that is tailored to the kind of response the MMRC needs to provide in an actual public health disaster or emergency. The best kind of training is experiential like that in the up-coming May 4 5, 2012 exercise in Oakland. Finally, we plan to increase our community contacts this year, particularly in the areas of public health education and immunization. We want to be in the forefront of public health rather than wait for a public health emergency. We want to work to create a healthier community for all Marin residents. MMRC NEWS
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 PAGE 3 MRC National Summit in Nashville, TN, May 21-25, 2012 We are pleased to announce that six of our MMRC will be attending the up-coming Medical Reserve Corps Summit in Nashville, TN, May 21 25, 2012. They are Sharlyne Balano, RN, Bob Bundy, MD, Loretta Rogers, MH, Katherine Shotwell, RN, Gauri Tandavan, Logs, and Bill Teufel, MD. Outstanding Volunteer of 2011 Named MMRC Volunteer of the Year for 2011, David Stainbrook has spent countless hours working on the FTS Trailers and stepped up to a lead position when help was needed to prepare the first aid packs. He is extremely responsible and always reliable with a positive and uplifting attitude. A resident of Corte Madera, he is an EMT instructor at Indian Valley College, a member of the Ross Valley American Legion and a Marin County Fire Department volunteer summer lookout, manning posts on both Mt. Tam and Mt. Barnabe. David has earned the esteem of his fellow MMRC volunteers for his outstanding and selfless work in the last year. David Stainbrook Hypocratically Hands Across the Bay Continued from page 1. Uniform of the Day will be BDU's as First Choice and Red MMRC T Shirts, black slacks and shoes if you do not have the BDU's. Contact Ann Klaustermeier at 415-883-4610 or klaustermeier@comcast.net for questions about the uniforms. As part of the pre-requisite to attend the exercise, the following criteria must be met. You must 1) be registered in DHV, 2) have a valid, up to date MMRC Photo ID, 3) have a valid, up to date DSW card, 4) attend BOTH days, 5) commute on the bus from Northgate Mall over and back. Please review your IS- 100, START and jump- START Triage. Call Loretta at 415-473-4163 to make an appointment for your Photo ID and DSW Cone heads in Action Continued from page 1. Unit Leader for the second exercise. Thirty-seven healthcare professionals from all over the United States participated in this class. It took 37 people, 4 hours to decontaminate 50 patients. Imagine how many people it would take to continue decontamination for 24 hours or more. Speaking remember to develop and practice your family disaster plan. New Requirements for MMRC Membership As of this year, we are asking all volunteers to donate a minimum of 16 hours per year. These hours can be earned by attending MMRC meetings, trainings, exercises, drills, work parties or by doing your on-line training in IS 100 or IS 700. If you are getting additional train- ing directly related to emergency preparedness, that may count as well. Contact Brian Waterbury at bwaterbury@marincounty.org to discuss. Link to IS-100 http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/ IS/is100b.asp and IS-700 http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/ is/is700a.asp Leadership Team The Leadership Team meets the last Thursday of every month at 899 Northgate Drive, Suite 104 Conference Room, San Rafael, CA, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The Leadership team consists of the MMRC Program Manager, all the branch directors, the deputy branch directors and the volunteer administrative assistants. However, any MMRC member can attend. Come early as the doors are locked at 5PM.
PAGE 4 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 MMRC Board Members Program Manager Brian Waterbury bwaterbury@marincounty.org Medical Director/Branch Manager-West Marin Bill Teufel wteufel@marincounty.org Branch Director-South Central Marin Sharlyne Balano shabal555@aol.com Branch Director Southern Marin/Training Officer Tom Silver Tomsilver@earthlink.net Branch Director-North Central Marin Diane Ray Diane.ray@att.net Branch Director Northern Marin Vivian Cohen cohanim.att.net Administrative Assistant/Liaison Flo de Losada Florence.losada@sbcglobal.net Administrative Assistant/Logistics Marc Radest marc@radest.net Annual Report 2011 The MMRC Annual Meeting was held on Saturday, January 28th, from 10AM until noon at Trinity Community Church in San Rafael. Approximately 70 members were in attendance where various speakers including Brian Waterbury reported on the accomplishments of the MMRC during 2011. Sheila Martin, State MRC Coordinator, provided an overview of the MRC s throughout California. David Stainbrook was honored with the Outstanding Volunteer of 2011 award. MMRC has experienced an increase in number of volunteers in the last four years. Between 2008 and 2011 MMRC membership increased from 275 to 375 members. We look forward to 2012 in which we plan to increase our numbers by at least 10%. We call on our volunteers to reach this goal It s Our Fault By: Flo de Losada As you know we need to be prepared before we can help others. As a member of the Marin Medical Reserve Corps, it s part of our responsibility to have disaster supplies in our home, vehicle and work place. Have a plan set up ahead of time with your family, so when you get that call out from the County you will be prepared. First Aid Pack Project MMRC volunteers have prepared 85 First Aid packs which are being distributed to selected volunteers based on amount of engagement.
PAGE 5 Marin Medical Reserve Corps Foundation The MMRC Foundation is a 501C3 non-profit corporation developed to augment and support the efforts of the Marin Medical Reserve Corps. The foundation is governed by volunteer residents that work closely with the Marin Medical Reserve Corps volunteers that are managed by an independent contractor provided by the county. Because the Marin Medical Reserve Corps Foundation is a non-profit entity, separate from the county government, it can accept donations directly and apply them to citizen medical disaster preparedness. The Foundation s Board and their constituents (volunteer medical personnel, donors, and concerned citizens of our community) will determine where and how to spend the monies received. Foundation Focus The MMRCF is very excited to be the recipient of a $5000 grant from Marin County at the requested of Supervisor Susan Adams. The funds will be used to purchase 3 AEDs for our trailers. On April 20th the Foundation will be holding its first speaking engagement for the California Retired Public Employee Association of Marin to explain the purpose of the MMRCF, its importance to the community and its needs. Future speaking engagements are in the planning stages. If you know of other venues please contact Christine Erlach, caterlach@gmail.com or Katherine Shotwell shotslk@aol.com The Foundation board seeking funding to print a new brochure. The Foundation web site can be located at mmrcfoundation.org. Please visit it to see more of what the foundation is doing to support the MMRC. CPR/AED for the Healthcare Provider (American Heart Association Certification) On May 9 training in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) through the American Heart Association is being held from 5:30PM until 9:30PM at Salvation Army Office, Corner of Mary & 4th St., San Rafael, Ca. There is a $75 fee for the class. Contact Loretta Rogers at 415-473-6756 or email at lrogers@marincounty.org to register. MMRC NEWS
PAGE 6 MMRC to Participate in Tdap Clinic Saturday April 21Marin County Public Health Preparedness and Public Health Nursing will sponsor a Tdap Clinic for sixth graders going in to the seventh grade at Davidson Middle School, 280 Woodland Ave. in San Rafael. The event is scheduled from 9AM until 3PM with approximately 250 doses of available vaccine. Lunch will be provided. State law dictates that all 7-12 grade students show proof of having a Tdap booster or waiver prior to the school year starting. For this event MMRC is looking for the volunteers for the following positions: a Medical Director (Physician); 3 Greeter/ Registrars (either medical or nonmedical); 4 Logistics (either medical or nonmedical); 2 Line Monitors (either medical or non-medical; 4 Vaccinators (medical); and 1 Special Services (either medical or nonmedical). Red MMRC T Shirts, Black slacks and comfortable black closed toe shoes are the uniform of the day Contact Loretta Rogers at: lrogers@marincounty. org or 415-473-4163 to Mission Statement The Mission of the MRC is to augment our community s public health and disaster response operations. We are well-trained, available, and we respond to our community s public health and disaster needs - including during a worst-case scenario event. Specifically, the mission is to: Educate and train citizens and MRC volunteers in Disaster Preparedness; Deploy MRC volunteers and resources in the event of a disaster or public health emergency; Deploy MRC volunteers in local public health and other sponsored programs; Build relationships and partnerships throughout our community. Name This Newsletter - Win an Award MMRC newsletter needs a name! Put on your thinking caps and submit your suggestions. Brian Waterbury will select a winner based on creativity. Submissions will be accepted until June 15th and the winner will be announced in the following newsletter. Hurry, hurry don t miss our on your chance to win a prize and be recognized the winner of Name This Newsletter! Up Coming Events April 19th - Health Fair, Tamales April 21st - Tdap Clinic, San Rafael April 26th - Monthly Leadership Meeting, MMRC Office May 4th & 5th Regional Training, Oakland May 9th - CPR for Health Care Professionals, San Rafael May 21st - 25th - ITS, Nashville, TN June 6th & 7th Sidewalk CPR, multiple location in Marin Important Websites Marin County: http://www.marincounty.org DHV: https://www.healthcarevolunteers.ca.gov/ MMRC NEWS