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February 10,
2006
NOTICE
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
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