Medical Reserve Corps of Eastern Washington
The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) was developed nationwide after 9/11 to create a cadre of pre-identified, credentialed, & trained volunteers to respond to medical emergencies in disaster situations. In such a crisis, Spokane would be required to be self-sufficient for three days prior to outside help arriving. The MRC would be able to curb the possible surge of medical emergencies in the ten counties of eastern Washington.
Nationwide there are 780 MRC units and 166,170 volunteers. The mission of the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC nationwide) is to improve the health and safety of communities across the country by organizing and utilizing public health, medical and other volunteers.
The mission of the MRC of Eastern Washington is to recruit, develop, and train our volunteer base to carry out the following community objectives in terms of preparedness and disaster response:
- Support the Spokane Regional Health District and Region 9.
- Support Emergency Medical Services (EMS).
- Develop a Rapid Response Team to be deployed in a medical crisis.
- Support local hospitals.
- Provide health promotion and community education.
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