CALL FOR WALPOLE MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS VOLUNTEERS

The Walpole Board of Health is seeking volunteers to assist us in Emergency Situations, e.g. when we have to dispense vaccines/antibiotics to the general population in the case of a flu pandemic or a bioterrorist event.

We will need:

• Medical personnel: doctors, nurses, pharmacists, medical technicians, counselors, etc.
• Clerical processors: greeters and registrars
• Security: traffic flow, parking, etc.
• Transportation: to help people get to our dispensing sites.
• Child care: for our other volunteers

What you can expect from being a member of the Walpole Medical Reserve Corp:

• Free training and continuing education credits, as you learn emergency management and disaster medical operations
• Skills development, to ensure that you will be ready to pitch in when a medical crisis occurs
• Delivery of medical care within your level of expertise to commensurate with your background, skills, and expertise, as required by the incident
• Networking with other health care providers, as part of a critically important and specialized team
• Options to participate in initiatives that enhance public health such as vaccination and education programs
• The ability to serve the emergency public health needs of family, friends, neighbors and loved ones in your own community
• If any vaccines/antibiotics need to be dispensed, volunteers and their families will be given them first