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What is the Medical Reserve Corps? |
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 The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) program coordinates the skills of practicing and retired physicians, nurses, other health care professionals and other citizens interested in health issues, who are eager to volunteer to address their community's ongoing public health needs and to help their community during large-scale emergency situations.
Ingham County is recruiting people to build our own Medical Reserve Corps Unit. We have identified ways you can help our community and we will continue to explore ways volunteers can help meet specific community needs. For example, MRC volunteers may deliver necessary public health sevices during a crisis, assist emergency response teams with patients, and provide care directly to those with less serious injuries and other health-related issues.
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Types of Ingham County MRC Volunteers |
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What can you do to help? Join the Ingham County Medical Reserve Corps today!
"First Responder Volunteers" Needed
- Physician Assistants
- Nurses (nurse practitioners, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, nursing assistants
- Pharmacists
- Dentists
- Dental Assistants
- Optometrists
- EMT (Emergency Medical Technician)
- Infectious Disease Specialists
- Mental Health Practitioners (psychologists, substance abuse counselors, social workers)
- Health Educators and Communicators
Medical Support Volunteers
 Volunteering for the IC MRC.
It's a way to offer your skills at those times when, in the past, you weren't adequately prepared to be part of the response effort. It's also a significant benefit to your community because skilled volunteers offer services throughout the year to augment existing public health efforts or provide emergency backup that would not otherwise be possible.
It's a chance to belong to a group with a strong sense of mission and purpose.
Call us today to volunteer at 517-887-6116 or by E-mail (Click Here). |
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Help Yourself, Your Family, Your Neighborhood and Your Community |
Learn
Getting Your Feet Wet: Take a class or workshop:
- CPR
- First Aid
- Do 1 Thing Family Emergency Preparedness
- Introduction to Emergency Management in Ingham County
- Introduction to Public Health Emergency Management in Ingham County
- Introduction to Pandemic Influenza
- Introduction to Ingham, Clinton and Eaton Emergency Volunteer Opportunities
- Community Emergency Response Team
- Critical Incident Stress Management
Prepare
Taking Care of Your Loved Ones
- Create a Family Disaster Plan
- Have a disaster plan for vulnerable family members who may not live with you
- Prepare Food and Water Storage for 3 days to 4 weeks
- Build a First Aid Kit
- Prepare a "Go Bag" in case of Evacuation
- Gather and make copies of important documents
- Link with a family member or friend out of your area to hold copies of important information and your family disaster plan
- Check your insurance coverage
- Get a flu shot each year and keep up to date with all immunizations
- Don't forget your pets in your plans
Respond
Taking Care of Your Community
- Learn more about possible threats, emergencies, or disasters and how your city, county and state respond to those events
- Learn more about you need to do on a personal level to help yourself and your family
- Prepared Indivduals and families help everyone by requiring less assistance
- Individuals who are prepared maybe ready to help others in their neighborhoods and communities
- Volunteer for Ingham County Medical Reserve Corps
- Call RSVP at 517-887-6116 or by E-mail (Click Here)
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Medical Reserve Corps
